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education

Watch Lewis Black Give a College Commencement Speech

by | June 17th, 2013

Of course, Lewis Black is the first person you'd pick to speak at a college commencement ceremony. (via Laughspin)

Politics

Watch Stephen Colbert's Speech at His Sister's Congressional Campaign Fundraiser

by | February 26th, 2013

Here's a rare out-of-character appearance by Stephen Colbert as he introduces his sister Elizabeth Colbert Busch at a fundraiser for her South Carolina congressional campaign with a funny speech. I think he's only helping her out so he can butter her up to do a "Better Know a District" segment on The Colbert Report.

Speeches

Andy Samberg Gives Harvard's Class Day Speech in a Very Andy Samberg Way

by | May 24th, 2012

Last year Harvest Harvard had Amy Poehler (below) speak at Class Day and this year they had Andy Samberg. It's not fair. My commencement speaker was some old white dude, I think he was the House Minority Whip but he dressed nothing like Indiana Jones. (Where your hat at Steny Hoyer!?) Nonetheless, Andy Samberg did a great job being Andy Samberg, pulling out all of the Andy Samberg stops. He read that one timeless Yeats poem that sounds identical to Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It", seamlessly (not seamlessly, there were giant seams) worked in his three impressions, and talked all sexy-like to the moms AND dads [...]

Speeches

Watch Stephen Colbert Deliver a Joke-Filled Commencement Address

by | May 21st, 2013

Here's Stephen Colbert giving University of Virginia's commencement address this weekend. It's basically a giant 14-minute pile of jokes and then three minutes of serious stuff.

public speaking

Watch Dan Harmon Give One Heck of a Keynote Speech

by | December 3rd, 2012

Dan Harmon was the keynote speaker at the XOXO Festival, "an arts and technology festival celebrating disruptive creativity" this year, and here's his speech in its entirety. In it, Harmon makes more references to Inside Schwartz than anybody giving a public speech ever.

In other Dan Harmon-related news, he's going on a nationwide tour with his live show Harmontown next month (tickets available now), and you can watch him and Rob Schrab in this recently-unearthed sandwich restaurant training video from 1995 (embedded after the jump):

Late Night

Watch Jimmy Kimmel's Boozy Time 100 Speech (Featuring Bartender Jimmy Fallon)

by | April 25th, 2013

Late nights hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon both made it on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people this year, and here's Kimmel giving a funny speech at the Time 100 dinner this week, all while pounding glasses of wine courtesy of Jimmy Fallon. This is gonna be the best late night rivalry ever.

Speeches

Steve Carell Spoke at Princeton's Commencement; Stuck it to Technology

by | June 6th, 2012

It's too bad that comedians aren't constantly giving commencement speeches because they are great at it. Steve Carell is the most recent example of this phenomenon. He focused his speech on the youth's dependence on technology: "Have we lost touch with our simpler selves? I believe we have. And by we, I mean you." Perfection. Someone in the audience bootlegged the thing, so the quality isn't the best; however, on the bright side, you get to learn what the laugh of a Princeton graduate sounds like.

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