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Jimmy Fallon didn’t surprise students in Parkland, Fla., on Sunday, so much as he made good on a promise he’d made to some of them following a meeting with them during the March For Our Lives protest for gun reform. Fallon showed up on Sunday to deliver a special commencement …
Kumail Nanjiani, who graduated from Grinnell College in 2001, returned 16 years later to deliver the commencement address at his alma mater. Nanjiani joked about how the even more famous Grinnell alums never even graduated. Good luck out there with that “gaping maw of uncertainty!” Roll the clip!
Maria Bamford graduated from the University of Minnesota with a creative writing degree in 1993, and returned 24 years later to deliver a creative and meta commencement address to the class of 2017. In her speech, Bamford described exactly how she ended up getting invited and paid to speak. “Was …
Will Ferrell, a 1990 graduate of the University of Southern California, returned to USC today to deliver the commencement address to the class of 2017. What has he learned in the past 27 years since college? “After my first show [on Saturday Night Live], one review referred to me as …
It’s commencement time. Why sit through 15-minute or half-hour speeches, when all you really want to hear is some sound advice. Here is Norm Macdonald with his literal keys to success. Via Funny or Die. Roll the clip!
Charlie Day showed up on campus at Merrimack College in 1994. Twenty years later, Day ’98, returned to deliver an inspiring commencement address to Merrimack’s Class of 2014. His life lesson: “Don’t wait for your break, make your break. Go make it happen for yourself.” Ladies and gentlemen, Dr. Charlie Day: …
Thank you for Tim Minchin. Minchin, a brilliant musician and comedian from Australia who made his comedy name in the U.K. and wrote the music for the Broadway adaptation of Matlida — among many other things he has accomplished, now has accomplished this: A sincerely lovely and noteworthy guidepost to …
