Amy Poehler feted by Harvard’s Hasty Pudding
Associated PressCAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — Amy Poehler turned the tables on her roasters, poking fun at Harvard and its famed Hasty Pudding theater troupe during its annual Woman of the Year award and roast Thursday. “I want to thank Hasty Pudding for reminding us how hard it is to write funny jokes,” she said after the two student roasters teased her about past roles in comedies such as “Baby Mama” and “Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo.” The Golden Globe-winning “Parks and Recreation” star and “Saturday Night Live” alum also poked fun at the university’s elitist reputation and pointed out the lack of female actors in her performance with the nation’s oldest undergraduate drama troupe. Poehler promised to treat her award — a golden pudding pot — “with the respect any fake award deserves.” Speaking to reporters after the roast, Poehler said being raised in the Boston-area shaped her comedy. It certainly helped.” Chris Pratt, Poehler’s co-star on “Parks & Recreation” who starred in the “Guardians of the Galaxy” film is Hasty Pudding’s 2015 Man of the Year. She spent seven seasons on “Saturday Night Live.” Earlier Thursday, Poehler was paraded from Harvard Square to the theater hall with a boisterous marching band, costumed marchers and a duck boat in tow.
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