Harvard Class Day June 4 2003 Will Ferrell SNL 352nd Commencement part 3 of 3

I figured I'd leave you today with a song, if you will. So, Jeff, if you could come up here. Jeff Heck, everyone. Please welcome one of your fellow graduates. Jeff is, of course, from Eliot House. You know what you guys? You guys at Eliot House, give yourselves a nice round of applause because you had the head lice scare this year, and it shut you down for most of last semester. But you didn't mind the tents they set up for you, and you were just troopers. You really were.

Anyway, here's a song that I think really captures the essence of the Harvard experience. It goes a little like this.

[SINGING]
I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone,
All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity.
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind.
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea,
All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see.
Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind.

Okay, you know what? I'm just realizing that this is a terrible graduation song. Once again, I'm sorry. This is the first time I've actually listened to the lyrics. Man, it's a downer. It's bleak.

Boy, I want to finish this. Just give me a minute, and let me figure out how to fix this thing. Okay. I think I got it.

[SINGING]
Now don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the Harvard alumni endowment fund.
It adds up, has performed at 22 percent growth over the last six years.
Dust in the wind, you're so much more than dust in the wind.
Dust in the wind, you're shiny little very smart pieces of dust in the wind.

Thank you. Good luck. And have a great day tomorrow...
[plus some additional stuff including "Frank the Tank" skit following the speech]

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[napaman2000]

You're my boy Blue!

[dewlover7718]

Will you are the man.

[priceyboy]

im crying

[InhibitedCube]

@MrDespo3 its all in the confidence. 

[MrDespo3]

this is one of the funniest performances i have ever seen - i studied acting of all kinds - commedia del arte - traditional shakespeare - i've seen EVERY 1990's uk & us stand up worth watching from sarah silverman to sean hughes to whoever - loved greek traditional - did british post war plays - studied brecht & antonin artaud - Whatever! this is only surpassed by his 'evening with george bush' - which is in my opinion - the best and actually poignant and necessary (solo) performances ever.

[wutsgoodnukka]

woooooooooooooooooooo wooooooooooooooooooooooooo WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO someone shut that dude up holy shit 

[shanonmendes]

@Sirblahblah24 Ok, truce on the insults. But seriously...its YouTube, I didn't know I was only allowed comment on the main subject matter of the video. I was simply pointing out what I thought was a pretty funny FAIL - a bunch of obviously very smart & high class graduates trying to recreate a scene from a movie about a bunch of college partiers...kinda like when someone tries to tell a joke & screws up the punchline. It was awkward & full of FAIL.

[Sirblahblah24]

@shanonmendes Okay let's stop the petty insults and sarcasm... Its just that quite frankly I don't see why someone would care about how they poured the beer or even if he finished it. The video is about his Harvard commencement speech. why didn't u just comment about the speech?

[shanonmendes]

@Sirblahblah24 Not sure about a pro beer bong pourer, but if you check your mom's W-2, it should be pretty accurate. As for me...I'm doing just fine. A master's degree & a sense of humor go a long way in this economy...I see you lack at least one of those.

[Sirblahblah24]

@shanonmendes yes im sure those "harvard kids" dont quite have the intellect to pour a beer bong as good as you. have fun being a profressional beer bong pourer.... i wonder how much that pays.

[poetmm]

@gruelandlatkes lol now 69,666

[mt1zapper]

his voice is a mixture between Jesus and Fergie