The theater went dark, eerie music came on, and Curtis belted out a scream that would do even the most die-hard horror film aficionados proud.
When presented with her brass pudding pot, Cutis shrieked, "Oh my god, wow, I didn't know I actually got a prize!"
As Curtis tried to give her acceptance speech, her microphone went dead and she had to hold Schlesinger's small clip on mike in front of her to be heard.
"How much does Harvard cost?" she quipped about the technical difficulties. "This is so sad."
Cutis said she was both "honored" and "disconcerted" to receive the Pudding's award and be surrounded by so many smart young people.
" This will be my millennium memory," she said.
Curtis poked fun at Schlesinger's scripted eagerness on stage, saying "you're like a mime."
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