10 Funniest Commencement Speeches to Keep You Awake

Amy Poehler

American actress Amy Poehler spoke before the graduating students at Harvard University in 2011. She said she believed her presence was due to the success of one of her films, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo. She followed that up by telling the students that everything they see in movies is the real thing. In the movies, Harvard graduates get rich for their inventions or for bringing people to court for stealing inventions.