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...much for the press conference. Travolta is hustled away by rotund men with electronic devices in their ears. Are they undercover police? Or Travolta fans with hearing problems...
...half-hour later, everyone's moved downstairs into the theater, and it's time for Travolta's official presentation. The band strikes up a sort of Broadway-tuned "Stayin' Alive," and he strides down the aisle, anxiously tugs his bowtie, smiles as a small army of press cameras assaults him, and takes a seat. The show's producers take the stage, nervously fumble their introduction, and Travolta moves towards the mike. And stands there. Sheepishly, he throws his arm into a Saturday Night Fever diagonal, to cheers; then the band steps in to save him--playing "Happy Birthday," it conveniently...
...added that being named "Man of the Year" was "more exciting" than his Academy Award nomination for Saturday Night Fever, the movie which established Travolta as a film star...
...pointed out himself, there was something ironic about a Harvard club honoring a high school drop-out. But no one seemed to care last night as the Harvard Hasty Pudding Theatricals paid tribute to John Travolta as its 1981 "Man of the Year...
Officers of Hasty Pudding presented Travolta with the traditional "pudding pot" before last night's opening show of "Serf's Up," and he told the black tie audience that the award "came as a complete surprise...