Making Whoopee
I won't be in the office on Friday. I'm attending my son's graduation from Montclair State college. My joy would be wholly unadulterated were it not for the fact that the commencement speaker is Whoopi Goldberg.
She's not exactly the person I want giving my child advice as he sets sail for the real world.
This should be quite the affair.
She's not exactly the person I want giving my child advice as he sets sail for the real world.
This should be quite the affair.
posted by Michael Riley at 1:09 PM
15 Comments:
She might say something useful, you never know. She seems to have a knack with connecting with the youth.
I had Father Bruce Ritter at my commencement ceremony. At the time he was highly regarded; he ran Covenant House in NYC and I was a big fan of his. Fast forward some years later, and he was accused of molesting some of the teens he was protecting. I never heard if the allegations were true or false, and, I never heard what happened to him. All I know was I was shocked and devastated that he might have done such a thing.
So Whoopee as a commencement speaker? Not someone who can disappoint you in later years, or one who would surprise you with scandalous headlines, because those are things that have already happened...and, she's not exactly perched on any kind of PEDESTAL that I know of. What you experience is what you get. Might be fun, actually.
well, you'd have shuddered at my daughter's grad from Monmouth Univ a few years ago..it was your favorite NJ son,singer/songwriter/poet-in-residence Jon Bon Jovi (I think Bruce was already booked)...he told/quasi-sung to them: "It's your life; it's now or never.."
oh no...not another nappy-headed ho..
good one Imus..sorry, not PC..but that was funny..
I heard they originally had Jerry Falwell scheduled but he had a prior committment with Hell.
You're showing your age Mr. Riley. It hasn't been Montclair State College in years
Could be worse, i.e the Rev. James McGreavy. I shudder at the thought.
OOPS, I mispelled his name, but then, he doesen't know who he his either.
it coulda been even worse(esp for your son) - they coulda asked you!
Could be worse, at Kean we had a Deal or No Deal girl....I mean..she opens a case!!!! I could have read her speech better!
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Boy, I hope your kid that graduated is smarter than you. First of all, it's Montclair State University (not College) and second of all, to prejudge someone before you even hear the speech is pretty pompous of you. Her speech was light-hearted and funny, not political at all. On the other hand, the speech that U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J)gave was once again another "campaign speech and look how great I am" representation of the ultimate politician. Not a big fan of Whoppi, but she hit a homerun with her comments.
I'm not a big fan of "fluff" commencement speeches. "Light-hearted and funny" are not qualities I look for in an initiation into the real world.
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