Ellen DeGeneres at Tulane's 2009 Commencement Speech

[ShannieLovesZeeEarth]

THis was SO awesome and funny!!

[Aspenavius]

41 people are awful.

[soyamoo]

I love the dean, or president or whatever chuckling to himself next to Ellen :)

[sawdoctors]

She's brilliant,what a great graduation I'd say :-)

[Luigy2027]

Love ellen shes amazing

[mariana2062]

She's AWESOME!!!!!!



[sissihooop]

She's so funny!!!! She just pass some important advice through the jokes!! Wise woman!!!

[ilovepianoso]

don't give advice it will come back and bite you in the ass don't take anyone's advice ... So , my advice to you ... HAHAHA

[spdx9]

Thumbs up for the Epic laughing guy at the side!

[nicwisscherzilton]

this is the best commoncement speech ever ;)

[laranesteruk]

dum durumdum, JUST DANCE!

[drinny26]

i'm so glad the president was in the camera shot the whole time because his reactions are just as funny as Ellens speech.

[TheRobMargolin]

PLEASE everyone BEWARE the #1 weight loss pill is killing people PLEASE type in JILLIAN MICHAELS THE TRUTH and please help spread the word and maybe we can save a few lives ELLEN rocks

[juic4win]

I love you so much. You are such a great person. Thank you for making my day!

[CriminalMindsFan55]

Wow she was so great. She was funny and serious and she delivered a great message. Bravo Ellen, Bravo

[ivawzh]

like * 99999

[zombieShell311]

Great speech

[shippynippy]

HAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!

[shippynippy]

hahahahahhahaaaaa

[Patty23Yu]

"youre gonna be okay dum durum dum dum just dance." LOL

[Em183]

lmao I had tears in my eyes did not expect those words hahahah

[aliGuuuu]

hahahah hilarious!

[Waahoup]

I LOVE YOU ELLEN!

[waduwadu69]

go yo JILLIAN MICHAELS THE TRUTH and check out his original posts anytime an old man poses as a 23 year old girl online it is really scary and pathetic....please spread the word and do not do business with Pivk palace productions....He is also guilty of imsuranc fraud and Joe Jomes of Pink Palace productions is just all around scum....even his ex wife hates him and lives on the other side of the country just to get away from him...

[waduwadu69]

the person who posted this is now on a child molestor watch list...please be carefull he is no trying to type like a young girl but check out his original messages his name is Joe Jones and his company is Pink Palace productions....check it out

[Sivels]

woman humor. ugh

[mark49789]

love it!

[izayoichan]

and im not saying that u have wasted you time but look at me im a huge celebrity OMG!! u are a fu#$% genios ellen love u!

[meninaregina]

Amazing!!! The best speech ever...

[mycoolmart]

This is absolutely perfect! It is exactly what a "common-cement" speech should be. How awesome! Great job Ellen!!

[Liz86000]

Love her!

[i3luv3music]

Ellen Ur Awsome!! I Luv Ur Show! Ahahaha Ur HILARIOUS!

Ur My Idol Ellen! Keep On Doing Wat U Do!

[i3luv3music]

Ellen Ur Awsome!! I Luv Ur Show! Ahahaha Ur HILARIOUS!

[eeerrriiikkaaaa]

"When I was your age, I was dating men. So what I'm saying is that most of you will be gay." hahahaha

[WeasleyIsOurKing93]

I'm not saying you waisted your time or money, but look at me, I'm a huge celebrity. Hahaha, love Ellen!

[sailorsun16us]

she is great! she is my idol! i love her

[Sokjisss]

She's so awesome!!!!! :)

[rmbb10]

Love it.

[sueshishi]

This speech is amazing, because she uses humor to send such a positive message! I'm really inspired :)

[pdpstrongsad]

holy fukk that speech was epic

[pearline]

Yeah!!! awesome speech...!!!!

[mkrug4]

one of the few people to say "boobies" in a commencement speech. gotta love ellen!

[Nonmachaine]

"When i was your age i was dating men" :') <3

[huzar237]

luv the part when she said "im not saying u wasted ure time or money, but look at me im a huge celebrity!!! HAHAHHA

[sahib171]

ellen is already famous to begin with, but the dude on the left is probably the most famous background entity in a common cement speech because of this video

[caldinay]

haha, the president is so cool~~~You go Mr. Prez~

[ais0611]

that guy is funny on the left

[MrsLelfe]

"the planet is just fine" :D

[sarasota75]

My graduation how cant I forget that speech?

she rocks and Cowen he is awesome

2009 Katrinas Class

I am proud of that!!!

[01babyxflip]

@sarasota75 WOW youre soo lucky!!!!!!!!! 

[himorhim99]

Ellen gives hope too the world

[intoarut]

Great speech!

[Likollama]

Ok, not gonna lie, definitely thought it was "boobies" in that song until now.

[TheMacey3]

@notbestfriends Ha Hey fuck you asshole!

[4611Alejandro]

@notbestfriends fuck off you twat face, cunt!!!

she is an amazing person and your not fucker!!

[sarasota75]

@4611Alejandro WAY TO GO MAN!!!! YEAH!!! SHE IS AN AMAZING HUMAN BEING

BY THE WAY...41 DISLIKE THE SPEECH BECAUSE THEY NEVER HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO GRADUATE FROM TULANE UNIVERSITY, THE BEST OF ALL!!!

[stacygepigon]

i reAlly love ellen

[ArayCaramba]

I used to be a confused and unhappy catholic, now i'm a happy liberal atheist humanist, with a little inspiration by people like George Carlin and Ellen. Upright honest and smart funny people like that just beat all those dogmatic fuckers out there big time for me.

[Lucifera1011]

If I would be gay I would definitely fall in love with her. She is amazing, smart and intelligent woman! God bless her!

[austinwarrendesign]

GREAT SPEECH ELLEN!

[stbambova]

AMAZING SPEECH!!!!! Ellen's her awesome self as usual!

[iluvdancin]

that was brilliant, ellen is amazing without even trying!

[missdiana19981]

omg why is it a problem with people with other people being gay its not a choice its somethin inside u u cant jus say to god i dont like tht person coz its wrong why dont u jus get over it we are still human there are loads of people tht are in love wiv the same gender... oh well if they are gay it doesnt matter

[TheMacey3]

@missdiana19981 Thank you! I agree completely! I'm glad someone else agrees with me.

[docd1o1]

wow Ellen is so great.

[Liv3Lov3Laughh]

love this

[TheJustinSalvanera]

ahahahahah. i luv her :)

[lotte2208]

i was dating man!!! That was the best!!

[TheAmandaBeans]

& at first i thought the FLEAS thing was a joke but she was serious

[rastas485]

you rock ellen love you !!

[TheAmandaBeans]

LOL, you know whats funny, just the whole thing, the ending was hilarious, arghhhh i cant wait to meet her one day, its one goal in life i have to do :D ELLEN ROCKS woooooooooooooooooooooot

[juliejeanne]

wow... she doesn't even read anything...

[2005bama]

to conclude the conclusion i previously concluded --love it

[abfab4tal]

love love love! so funny!!!

[hzqt1k]

Really good info - with humour. Get a life if you think this is bad information for kids.

[xiphosforr]

It's absolutely Genius! Ellen is just like my life <3 and lol 'I mean i'm not saying you've wasted your time but look at me i'm a huge celebrity' xD

[myownworld777]

"Is anybody writing this stuff down?"

No, but I've watched this video enough times to memorize this lol

"Common Cement" haha

[HiAdrian]

Very good speech! Ellen is a wonderful person.

[rajsuckslikehell]

"When I was your age, I didn't know what I was doing. I was dating men!"

[JessMurgatroyd]

Love this so much :)

Common cement lol

Laughed so much.

Ellen is the best ever!!!!!

[polishsoccerpmp93]

Ellen should get an award for being awesome.

[lovinlivin14]

@polishsoccerpmp93 I know! But she doesn't even have a star on the hollywood walk of fame

[kxlee1]

She is AWESOME!

[lavancadelparque]

How she is the best

[Minuite2WinItGrls]

haha i love ellen........ she is soo amazing

[Minuite2WinItGrls]

haha i love ellen........ she is soo amazing

[drinny26]

the guy on the left's reaction is the best.

[TheDanger0uz]

I love this women !

[slinahksl]

W@W the advice she gave was awesome, although she asked us not to take others advice hehe........ =)

[millicent1990]

omg i love this lady!!!!!

[chichi123xx]

I love her!!! : p

[ZachmanTheCool]

"You're all going to be gay." ROFL!

[jaisand]

She is fantastic! I love her!!!

[TheMrsbieberlol]

Love it!!! Thank you ellen!! Beautiful and funny:)

[imagolfer47]

TULANE, New Orleans, President Cowen (guy to left), and ELLEN what an amazing commencement!

[RedGyrl10]

LMAO! SHE IS SOOO FUNNY!! I LOVE ELLEN.

[QueenAzooga]

The guy to the left is awesome.

[mnadi]

@QueenAzooga The guy is Tulane's President Scott Cowen

[PetersonMatthewT]

@QueenAzooga "That guy" is Scott Cowen, the president of Tulane.

[PetersonMatthewT]

@QueenAzooga "That guy" is Scott Cowen, the president of Tulane. And yea, he's pretty awesome in this video.

[gcruz537]

God I love her so much lol quoted pussycat dolls lol I thought I was boobies but it groupies and dum dutu dum just dance she is very inspiring

[UNC3345]

that guy beside her was so awesome

[FluXez00]

The guy in the green, next to Ellen - he bounces up and down everytime he laughs. ahah!

[RuthieJey]

I would LOVE to have Ellen give a speech at my COMMEN CEMENT

[zhaoqy04]

That makes me think my commencement speech is shit!

[MusicBiggestLover]

GOD I LOVE ELLEN SHE AMAZING =D

[angadsharma]

"alumnus, alumni, alumnum" LOLOL

[wittyworldlee]

this made me smile, thanks ellen

[fantasytoreality32]

I love Ellen and She inspired me to just go out of my comfort zone and just be me!!!!

[sunochannel]

Go Ellen!! And the laughing guy next to her!

[othfan96]

@sunochannel Would that be the president?

[MayaTeahRox]

ohh how i love herrrr

[chester01ification]

go ellen go......

[3xXShayXx3]

i read she went to new orlains college... is it true?

[Damdamdamdumzz]

and creepy spanish teacher! xD

Lol!

I luv her!

[xxbprocksxx]

Ellen is soo funny! I love that she throws in jokes when she is talking about something serious!!

[delshayDiCamilliano]

love her.

'nough said.

[tenniscolorguard]

haha i tottally thought it was boobies too! lol goooo ellen!!

[Melly2oo]

bahahaha she is so great. very well said.

[Dragonfly4556]

She is just awesomee

[jack390]

the title has her name wrong....but inspiring speech! :D

[fuseoflove]

she is so funny and this is the one of the most impressive speech as a matter of fact

[korcako]

1:26-1:36 best quote ever. lmao.

great video. especially that guy on the left.

[carribbeandreams2004]

How is Ellen Degenerate qualified to make this speech?

[jenoir2008]

This is brilliant. So inspiring. What a legend Ellen is.

[thatoneasiankid]

Ellen is such a joyful person! I love herrrr

[sugarychocobot]

Them's some powerful words... I love how she can be honest and witty at the same time without taking the seriousness out of it.

[aguedasusy]

i love u elllen!!!!

[wwican]

Thank you Ellen for sharing your pain and your courage. Bravo!!!

[Lysafisza]

She should come to my graduation day, that would be sooo cool.Ellen is fantastic

[carlrtucker]

I LOVE Ellen and I LOVE this video! Hysterical!

[winchestboyzarehot]

this made me cry

[aguedasusy]

i just love ellen she's awesome!!

[PWLmanana]

SHE'S HILARIOUS =D

I wish she could come 2 my school...

"I'm not saying that you wasted your time or money, but look at me, i'm a huge celerity" hahhaha

[bobster687]

this was my graduation! i like to watch it every once in a while because it was so great.

[Mobee211]

I am a college professor (I am still in my 20s---29--- so I am not an old foagie lol) and I have my students write a 'rhetorical analysis' on a current speech. i got more papers on Ellen's speech than anyone else. What a inspiration. Rock on Ellen! What a wonderful role model. Thank you Ellen for inspiring a generation of young minds!

[PlanetOfBrian]

Wow that was a very good speech.

[izayoichan]

im not saying tht ur gaseting ur time, but look at me im a huge celebrity hahahaha lol shees awsomeeeee

[mrrepeat]

Ellen needs to come to my graduation in 2 weeks, what an awesome and inspiring speech! Makes Steve Jobs' Stanford speech look like crap in comparison...

[thewinner84]

@mrrepeat

No i think Steve Jobs' speech was still great!

His delievery was worse than Ellen's, i agree, but the content of Steve jobs was far superior than hers....

[GreyChar23]

i thought too that it was boobies XD

[Ricky8706]

This is back when we had white presidents...a long time ago...LMAO!!!!!!

[mipake]

Perfect commencement speech!! Wow.

[cornrowdude]

i love how ellen came out of the closet. i am not gay but i respect it and that she came out. she is funny.

[babyk82509]

hahahaha! HILARIOUS ELLEN...=)) goodness!!! LMFAO!!!

[knightsraiders27]

"so when you're older, most of you will be gay" LMAO

[TubbyWilliams]

omg... like for example when i was your age i was dating men! hahahahah that kills me

[SilverEyedHyuuga]

hahahaha. shes all jking all the time, then she gets all serious, and then shes funny. i <3 her!!

[felicity1titanic]

I love Ellen, I wish she'd come and talk to us at my university!! :-)

[electricavenue5]

Good lord, ellen, I LOVE YOU.

[tuanis9021]

she is soooo fucking funny!

[Liebromeistal]

god hates faggots

[TubbyWilliams]

@Liebromeistal what a stupid comment... god and hate don't go together because god is perfect and thus cannot feel hate

[knightsraiders27]

@Liebromeistal GO FUCK YOURSELF

[knightsraiders27]

@Liebromeistal GO FUCK YOURSELF

[new86517]

I LOVE U ELLEN!!!!! This the best commencement speech ever spoken !!!

[Rebeccam971]

1:25 - 1:36 couldnt stop laughing

[vordonez12]

"like is it above sea level" ahahahahhaha

[anafromspain]

Portia's books are written in Australian!!!! LOL!

[mbchenny10]

Wow. We're all so fortunate to live in the same generation as you Ellen, u make the world a better place & make me a better person, much love to you!!! ...brilliant speech baby ; )

[TheNika2009]

just hearin this makes me want to drop out of college....but im not