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Over the course of the roast, Robbins was harassed by a boldly-attired gumshoe who challenged him with “outstanding offenses,” a literal “parole board”—a large piece of plywood with the word “PAROLE” in block letters—and a trio of drag-wearing picketers protesting films including Antitrust and Mission to Mars...
...addition to the radiant Pudding Pot, a gift basket with products from local retailers valued at approximately $5,000, and the undergraduates’ constant stream of verbal barbs, Robbins received a motley shower of additional presents. Towards the beginning of the roast, he was offered a baggie of what appared to be faux marijuana, which he swiftly pocketed...
...were completely and utterly not in control of the roast. She was in the driver’s seat, and Sam and I were just getting dragged along and were going to have to keep up,” Ferrante says...
...cast and developed; professional contractors help to create costumes and sets, to coach the singers, and to ready the orchestra. The entire HPT company stays at Harvard over intersession break for marathon 14-hour rehearsals. The Woman and Man of the Year happens almost as an afterthought, the roast written late at night in the weeks before the celebrities’ arrivals...
...members of the Pudding say that if it weren’t for the roast, the show and the Theatricals would not be what they are today. “Nobody wants to perform to an empty audience,” says...