Evan Gregory - Commencement Speech

[Ondeck616]

He raised the bar with that

[Strawhat78]

29 people had the sound turned off

[3sque]

This speech is so much better than the one given at my graduation. Ours was about some bird falling out of a nest.

[JDS777]

You're natural Evan. Impressive.

[VTPPGLVR]

"'Why are we here today?' *pause* To graduate! That was too easy!! Swarthmore is about asking the HARD questions! Like... 'What is the nature of this cafeteria meat-product?'"

Part of me wonders if he worked so hard in school partially so he could give such an epic speech. ;-D

[iphrowe]

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[SuPeRsTaR71679051]

The Gregory Family carry some awesome genes...

[LucidDream]

That was intensely hilarious. You are such a great person.

[C4pitalise]

I would love to be able to do that!

[Scootrpi123]

Best speech ever next to the Steve jobs one

[Barto1361]

this is as good as Steve Job's commencment speech

[tollpatsch1986]

such awesomeness :)

[ImWeirdAndILikeIt]

this is the greatest thing i have ever seen

[muffinsandrocky]

That was crazy good!!!

[clintallen123]

The kid is a natural comedian. Amazing pace and timing! 12 thumbs up!

[Facepalmguy]

I need some wisdom; HOW IS HE SO AWESOME? Seriously, i wanna be that awesome!

[whw524]

"in my lifetime I have given thousands of graduation speeches" favorite line.

[Bearingz]

Hooooorrrah-hahahaha!

[Moshmasher]

Absolutely incredible speech :D

[Bearingz]

I found I had to watch this to the end! :D Too funny, great stuff!

[Joshzilla93]

Duh...big words hurt my brain!!!

[zEPIC100]

shouldn't malfoy be in hog warts making trouble?

[grantjackson108]

just beautiful

[ArkansasFoozeball]

What is the nature of this cafeteria meat product, and how may we know it?

[StrawbarryFreak101]

Has anyone noticed that at 8:06 a crow loled at him epicly failing xD

[Jgarcia68]

I love Evan !!!.

[MazikeenMS]

Best. Commencement speech. EVER.

[MazikeenMS]

Best. Commencement speech. EVER.

[Aliciabees]

awesome!!



[TsukikoMumai]

i want my college graduation to be that awesome

wait why wasnt my high school graduation this awesome OAO

[bellaitaliana11]

To say that this is EPIC just does not even capture it. No commencement speech in the history of ever will ever live up to this one.

[iaNeRia03]

Cute, smart, and talented. Oh my, a triple threat!

This is the most epic speech I've ever seen! I love the pirate part.

[johnizzle725]

OH. EM. GEE. What a man. This is surely public speaking at its very finest :D

[AceBurrito]

Holy shit that took balls.

[GiantFuzzyPenguin]

...this guy is smooth

[garrrgi]

I LOVE YOU.



[scotts689]

No he didn't just do that. That was awesome.

[ViperSRTnACR]

They need to auto tune this.. come on Gregory Bros, you got this one...

[jeltevanderveer]

On secomd thought college is nothing like that.

But non the les!

[kegianturco]

BEST. SPEECH. EVER.

[netstric1234]

jealous of sarah? IM JEALOUS OF EVAN! he's soooo lucky to be married to sarah..

[24gludokane]

THAT QUESTION WAS TOO EASY!! Hahaha

[24gludokane]

OMG Evan Is So Damn Cute I Love His Sexy Voice <3

[scruffyexaminer]

Well if I was American I know who I'd vote for for president.

[Zirc0nium69]

the robert frost part was delightful

[terran236]

This whole family seems to be outgoing, happy with life, and talented. I'm jealous.

[budfrogluv]

26 people have no soul

[AAErikCO]

Colonel Sanders top left at 3:25

[TheJeremiahHankins]

it's just not fair that one family should get so much talent, brains, (and hot wives).

I didn't stop laughing the entire time. Truly great stuff, Evan!!

[hanscombe72]

There's the guy that married Sarah!

Bastard!

[BigFatBetty]

oh my gosh i hope he found a job

[sirgrizzly90]

@BigFatBetty Yep. And it's a pretty good one.

[mayito8593]

Youre pretty cool

[phly95]

Oops, you forgot to auto-tune before uploading!!!

[MrBoNeThUg420]

why does this shit look like 1983 doesnt it say 01' in the begining.hahahahahahaha.

[ThePinkcharm1]

Man, I didn;t know Evan Gregory was that old! In backin up he doesn't look very old! Man, and I thought he was cute...

[KyuubiBloodSucker]

Man! I can't believe he held up so well for almost 10 minutes. I was able to speak at my high school graduation and say a personal quote, but it got my heart pounding a mile a minute.

[smplguy]

Hey Evan ... way to be a total prick on the New Jersey bus!

[Ctownwolf63]

they should auto tune it also

[Ctownwolf63]

i thought evan was late 20s but he must be 30 something

[hijklmchrist]

@Ctownwolf63

Everyone seems younger, auto-tuned!

[uniqueandepic]

HOORAHAHAHAH!

[stevnated]

Brilliant! <3 Evan!

[uniqueandepic]

ugh I wanna go to Swarthmore partly because of this speech!!!! (and it's a good college!)

[LegacyMusicHome]

26 PEOPLE DIDNT PASS THEIR EXAMS

[ploothable]

Epic.

...In lack of a more appropriate word.

[Katieeebooyeah]

AAH I wanna auto tune this. o_o but I don't know how. :|

[bstjames1611]

epic

[Karoger1987]

This is so great.

[DustyChica25]

@182saramgc False, Sarah is his wife.

Also, I really, REALLY wanna try to auto-tune this . . . I know it's old, but still.

[GivensixFan]

This is amazing! Thank you for sharing a piece of your history with us.

Best wishes,

GivensixFan

(visit givensix.com)

[NotSoTipical]

nice green screen effect you got going there. I actually thought parts of that where real!

[TheOptimalmale]

@NotSoTipical pretty sure its real he real

[CptGap48]

Haha We dare you to autotune this speech

[tyke714]

this is totally underwatched!!!!(:

[uniqueandepic]

@tyke714 right? OMG!

[commetsmasher]

holy shit! even his speeches are epic!

[tyhouston5]

Why does the recording look like something out of the 80s?

[MattTrevett]

@tyhouston5 I wonder.

[EarthBus]

You Bros. got the creds.

[stillatin]

you know youre funny when you have 40-50 year old professors laughing until theyre crying.

[Lenguagestar]

Evan is awesome. For me he is very funny.

[nufsaid321]

I love the tag "boyz II men" best group ever and best song ever ;)

[stowavision]

That was INCREDIBLE.

[grifyn]

"...why are we here today? This is the question we must ask ourselves.  Well, it's because we are going to graduate. That question was too easy! We must challenge ourselves. Swarthmore is about asking the tough questions!" LOL

[jermook]

Absolutely brilliant!!, I hope i can be an outstanding student like him!

[iburl]

Well played! ha! Better than my crappy commencement speech :)

[acrowwing]

what year was that in ?????

[Meanderthal17]

@acrowwing "To the class of 2001"

[EquusInfinate]

I could listen to this every day. His deadpan humor is SO epic!! Monty Python, move over, there is a new comedian (and singer) in my heart!!

[I wish I could have met this guy... for real!]

Evan- To say that "you rock" would be a grave understatement. Keep it coming!! ;)

[av6162]

Awesome speech.

[Th3AngryGam3r]

Truly Epic

[SlugTruffle]

College is like a boat. A sea-faring ship, _____ by the waves of controversy and propelled by the engine of bureaucracy. ARRR, mateys as we sail all the ocean of academia, we must surely ___ our own ___ deck lest we be broadsided and forced to walk the plank of overcommitment and be devoured by the sharks of extracurricular activities, at long last ending up in Davy Jone's locker of scurvy personal unfulfillment. Please Fill in the blanks, I can't tell what he says!!

[Chadraln]

@SlugTruffle buffeted, be swabbing, poop

[Chesterton7]

best commencement speech in history

[pipjmalt]

Can someone figure out the exact words in his "goodbye" song so I can make it into a song? = )

[demonblade64]

@pipjmalt it already is a song. "how do i say goodbye to yesterday" by boyz ii men

[pipjmalt]

@demonblade64 oh, thanks. Now I don't feel so bright. :)

[demonblade64]

@pipjmalt lol its cool. not many have heard of it.

[Zargogo]

I thought it was going to be auto-tuned.

[varsha1010]

filmed in '01? looks like '95.. lol

[natedogg40222]

hmm i didnt know they taught Auto tuning at swarthmore

[mikkimix66]

EPIC SPEACH and epic ants on a boat for college

[Danrakich]

@schmoyoho "We dare you to auto-tune his speech." <<< Touche guys.... touche

[PeTyZoOsSs]

COLLEGE IS LIKE A BOAT!

[pinktool311]

HAHAHA so good! Was he trippin face?

[skyfoldingunderyou]

This is the most incredible thing of all things ever.

[harrydemon]

Anyone else think he kind of looked like Malfoy from Harry Potter?

[cookie4me]

@harrydemon lmao, yeah.

[sarahtutor1]

@harrydemon you are so right! I knew he looked familiar....

[FangsUpCobraFans]

Omg I was six! Wow!

[aprates92]

amazing!

[marleyinlex]

I have wasted many precious hours watching the gregory brothers. Now I'm probably going to fail my physiology exam!!! This is what nerdy crushes do to me....

[Nowraidond]

this has to be the most awesome graduation speech ever in existance.

[amandamcmom]

Did anyone Auto Tune this?

[JorgelShmorgel]

Hmm, i watched it twice, it was that good. 

[tekqist28]

epic speech. love the gregorys. ;D

[Krusenik]

where's the auto tuned version?!!!

[anythinggoesjoe]

you should auto tune this video

[rachelinthecity]

def a real speech & not a skit! it's posted on Swarthmore's official site & was broadcast on NPR ...

[Nobodyfuckwitdajesus]

You, sir, may one day rule the world...

[tylerthehuman]

Evan Gregory is an epic person

[PeaceMeg129]

@123Peat1 I saw on something that Evan is like 31 or 32

[dcb2078]

@PeaceMeg129 Yep, the youngest Gregory graduated from App State not long ago.

[AdrismDJ]

Thats been brave

[unamickq]

Jeez i am soo jealous of Sarah....

BTW HOW THE HELL CAN ONE FAMILY BE SOO COOL???!!

[ashura517]

@unamickq sarah's his wife?? not sister?

[crapatoa]

@ashura517 Yeah

[OmgitsNeens]

This is amazing!

[TheJQKteam]

I was expecting him to give the speech auto tuned live, that would have been awesome.

[Jibeker]

Excellent

[MrManuelNoriega]

This guy is a genius!

[lolwutsif]

That has got to be the worst hair cut i have seen. The federal commission of t-pain does not approve nay

[Ambertiedgen]

Evan is freakin hilarious!!!!

[dayday4day]

5:52 hillarious

[tmitro4]

short-ay

[bmh008]

Evan graduated from college in 2001? That would make him roughly 32 years old. WHAT? He looks about 20 in the Bed Intruder Song.

[123Peat1]

@bmh008 he didn't graduate in 2001, that is they year that they started high school, they are referred to the class of _____ depending on what year they began high school, not graduated.

[ZippityBeans]

@123Peat1 wrong, Evan is in his early 30's, and did graduate from Swarthmore COLLEGE in 2001. This is their graduation speech. It was played on NPR and is on the college website. Everyone underestimates the Gregory's ages, they look a lot younger than the are. Michael is the youngest, and he's in his mid 20's now!

[ZippityBeans]

@bmh008 I know, Evan is the oldest, in his very early 30's, Andrew is next, in his upper 20's, and Michael is youngest, now in his mid 20's having graduated 2 years ago from college.

[LilyLar]

What an inspiring, amazing, and did I say funny speech! I loved it. My new role model!

[eelwoman75]

Wow! I have a thing for class clowns.... I TOTALLY woulda LOVED this kid!!!!!!!

[dmoney517]

This speach is pure win. I wish he would have spoke at my commencement. I almost fell asleep my graduation speaker was so boring.

[arena2101]

Evan, you're a fucking rock star.

[missismercury]

evan is so cool

[Candnloveweed420]

Why is the Gregory family so cool? what did their parents feed them?

[ducktapelover1]

@Candnloveweed420 a piece of bread :D

[arienh4]

@Candnloveweed420 Very thin ice.

[gorftran43]

@slinkee2k aight man that really does make it a lot better. Lol.

[slinkee2k]

I can't believe he didn't start cracking up!!! hahahaha

[gorftran43]

Is that actually his graduation speech? or is this a skit or something

[slinkee2k]

@gorftran43 I think this is legit. LOL that makes it better

[ZippityBeans]

fuckin' evan is awesome, what a family of talented musicians with unique senses of humor.

[pseudocaveman]

'In my life time, I have delivered thousands of graduation speeches.'

That was so well placed that I nearly choked laughing. You are such a legend.

[CaNdYaNgEl313]

this is beyond amazing! what a character

[EtherSnake01]

Only in America!

[ohnomajnun]

I had been under the impression that everything sounds better auto-tuned.

What a fool I was.

[ebonyflesh69]

why must i be crippled by social anxiety

[QuikVidGuy]

This is the speech that got him Sarah.

[182saramgc]

@QuikVidGuy sarah is his sister

[alvinz9801]

It would have been funny if he spilled the water all over his papers and said

" It's OKAY! I have a ShamWow!"

[Jacomelo117]

WHAT IS THIS!?!?! its hilarious!

[ZippityBeans]

@Jacomelo117 It's his college graduation commencement ceramony, where he was the keynote graduation speaker.

[Albakurky1096]

yes

[punchrocker202]

Somebody auto-tune this already!

[alvinz9801]

Did any one actually auto-tune this?

[comediancentralmusli]

lol, for so long I thought this said ewan mcgregor

[densle1]

that...was beautiful...

[SpecialFester]

Til the end the whole thing is lampooning the stereotypical puffed-up flowery graduation speech (lols, Robert Frost quote, ugh!).

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Amazing speech. He knocked it out of the park.

[ninjaaron]

Nice. would sound better auto tuned.

[jojo421266]

Well done. Nice tone xD

[birchgroveownsu]

COLLEGE IS LIKE A BOAAAAAAT

[deucejmp]

Very touching, and very amazing. I wish Evan gave this speech at my college graduation--if he had, I'm sure each of the graduating students would be a better person for it. (And why couldn't my college have been one of the thousands of graduation speeches Evan gave in his lifetime? lol)

[punchrocker202]

BEST SPEECH!

[XopenexHFA]

Best Speech EVAR!!!

[nongo]

is he michael's brother?

[PantherFox]

Yup.

[lewfc2011]

hahaha in my lifetime i have given thousands of graduation speeches