Conan’s Harvard Commencement Address
Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend
Team Coco & Earwolf
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🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody, it's Matt, here with a special treat. |
| 0:05.9 | Conan recently delivered this commencement speech at Harvard University and thought that |
| 0:09.9 | he'd like to share it with you, the listener. |
| 0:12.4 | So here you go. |
| 0:13.4 | Enjoy. |
| 0:16.0 | Welcome, trustees, deans, faculty, alumni, graduates, families, |
| 0:29.6 | my fellow honorans, justice department spies, and that Uber eats driver delivering mimosas. |
| 0:40.3 | As I look upon this gathering of tomorrow's greatest minds, I'm confident saying there is no |
| 0:46.8 | less flattering outfit than the cap and gown. |
| 0:50.9 | We all look like the potions professor at Hogwarts. Up here on stage, it feels like an AA meeting for Druids. |
| 0:59.0 | I want to thank President Garber for his incredible stewardship of this graduating class. |
| 1:07.0 | Fantastic job, sir. Really nice. |
| 1:10.0 | Really nice. Normally, I would give you an A-plus, |
| 1:16.6 | but in keeping with upcoming Harvard policy, I'm adjusting your grade to a C-minus. |
| 1:31.8 | Trust me, it's for the good of the school I will keep my remarks brief |
| 1:36.3 | because MIT's graduation is also today |
| 1:39.5 | and I want to give you a 15-minute head start |
| 1:42.4 | on your job hunt |
| 1:43.4 | those nerds down the river won't know and I want to give you a 15-minute head start on your job hunt. |
| 1:49.0 | Those nerds down the river won't know what hit them. |
| 1:53.0 | Also, just a quick announcement after the ceremony, Tequila shots are on me at the Porcelain Club. |
| 1:57.0 | Yeah. Yeah. |
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