Will Ferrell or Michelle Obama set to give a speech for their graduation, they were more likely to have "some congressman from the '80s with questionable views about gender bathrooms" giving their ...

As graduation ... other genres of speeches, which tend to focus on the speaker. A commencement address has to be about the graduates: It is their day. Getting the “trite ideas out”—Pursue ...

Nelson found out the University of Arizona would be giving him an honorary doctorate — and asking him to give the keynote address at graduation — he initially thought it was a “huge mistake.” ...

New book: How to Write a Funny Speech . . .: for a Wedding, Bar Mitzvah, Graduation & Every Other Event You Didn’t Want to Go to in the First Place from Emmy-winning comedy writers Carol Leifer ...

College graduation season ... Who was funny? Who was utterly incongruous? Here's your first batch of Commencie winners. Poehler 's Class Day speech was jokey and fun, but she also offered ...

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia gave a riveting high school graduation to Stone Ridge High School graduating seniors. In his commencement speech there last week, he gave lighthearted and ...

“This is the part of my speech where I share some inspirational quotes I found on Google,” Bowling said in his graduation speech ... classmates would find it funny, but wasn’t sure about ...

Whether you’re embarking on the next chapter post college or high school, here are 28 quotes to share for graduation or to include in a commencement speech by inspirational scholars, celebrities ...