Commencement speeches

TV Guide has a pretty good link to some celeb speeches, worth viewing. Some pretty funny stuff in there. Surprisingly, I really liked Ellen DeGeneres', given at Tulane last week. Among her lines: "When I was your age, I had no idea what I was going to do. I had no idea who I was. I dated men... So, I guess what I'm trying to say is that when you get older, most of you will be gay."

Colbert, Farrell, Jodi Foster included. They are long, though (about 9-10 minutes each).

 

Yeah, the Ellen one was good. We had Jim Lovell (played by Tom Hanks in Apollo 13) and he was pretty good.

 

Link? I couldn't find it on that site.

 

I did not attend my commencement, so I have absolutely no clue who it was. I bet is was good, though.

 

Sorry. Forgot the link:
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Celebrity-Commencement-Speeches-1006279.aspx

 

I attended my commencement in 2004, and I have no idea who it was.

 

Worst ever?

 

If we're talking worst commencement speakers, I've got:

Highest ranking female in the Vatican (at the time).

I win. Or lose, depending on your perspective.

 

After thinking about it, I believe my speaker worked in the Dubya administration. Some boring Asian guy.

 

I had Tim Russert at mine.

 

That had to be cool. Russert could be very funny, and then turn on a dime and be profound.

 

I read somewhere (here, I think) about Patton Oswalt's speech at William and Mary last year. I remember it being pretty funny. Sorry, don't have the link, but I think he put it up on his site.