Many of you have probably already seen this—we may have even posted it before—but if you’re looking to kill 20 minutes, here’s Conan O’Brien’s speech to Harvard’s Class of 2000:
Part I
Part II
Speaking of failure, it probably would have made more sense to post this last week. Oh well.
See Also: The Late Movies: Best of Conan
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I love this philosophy of life. making mistakes IS important. thanks conan :)
posted by kat on 1-25-2010 at 2:09 pm
I really liked his closing speech on The Tonight Show Friday night about cynicism and how it leads nowhere. I thought he had a very mature, very articulated closure for a very heated, very public situation.
I <3 COCO
posted by OkieMelissa on 1-25-2010 at 4:03 pm
I love him so much. I was in tears when he spoke the last night of his show. I cant wait to see what he does next though :)
posted by DollyDagger on 1-26-2010 at 12:55 am
Brilliant. We need him back on the air!
posted by Kathleen on 1-28-2010 at 4:36 am