Word: lampooning
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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From the dim, funnied halls of the Harvard Lampoon, at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 23, Natalie Wood will step into the telling sunlight of Mt. Auburn St. to receive the 'Poon's Worst Actress Award...
...there will be more to the ceremony than granting the diploma. "Mass Wood is here as a guest of the Lampoon and we hope to act in an appropriate fashion," Lewis said. A hand will provide music from her worst pictures and lead balloons will be handed out to the crowd...
Natalie Wood's visit to Harvard to accept the Lampoon Worst Actress Award should be appropriately celebrated. Miss Wood, who reached the pinnacle of her career in her brilliant portrayal of the little girl in Miracle on 34th Street, understandably considers this award a fitting tribute to her thespian talents. It is be hoped that the Lampoon will take advantage of the visit by presenting, from its vast, library of movie, grants, some of Miss Wood's finest hours for the benefit of the Harvard community. Included among these we would suggest her classic ingenue as Marjorie Morningstar...
...Lampoon has given Natalie the worst actress prize "for this year, next year, and the following year" thereby retiring the award, which now will bear Miss Wood's name when it is given to other actresses...
Miss Wood has indicated she wants the same lavish treatment from the Lampoon editors that Ethel Merman received from the Hasty Pudding when she picked up the 1966 Woman of the Year Award. Her press agent has already called the Lampoon three times to make sure the festivities get planned