We are very jealous of these graduates.
Commencement speeches are a big deal in the USA, particularly in the more prestigious colleges. It’s common practice for people as important as Hillary Clinton, Steve Jobs, Conan O’Brien and Will Ferrell to impart wisdom unto graduating classes before they head out into the world.
Tufts University, based in Massachusetts, managed to get Hank Azaria to deliver their commencement speech yesterday – and after doing 12 minutes of the speech in his own voice, he gave the people what they wanted: his Simpsons voices.
Azaria is the voice behind such legendary Springfieldians as Chief Wiggum, Moe Szyslak, Comic Book Guy and Apu – and he breaks ’em all out here.
He then ends with some advice from Agador Spartacus, his character from the 1996 movie The Birdcage which also starred Robin Williams and Nathan Lane.
It sure beats the regular ‘follow your dreams’ platitudes.
Clip via tuftsu.
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