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'Anything for him but mindless good taste'
John Cleese's 1989 eulogy for Graham Chapman opens with one of the great paragraphs in the history of eulogies, and closes with a whole chapel rendition…
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Only Lisa can make Lisa happy
Norman Lear offers some words of advice to a stranger
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'We can't reach old age by another man's road' — Mark Twain's 70th birthday speech
It’s 30th November and Mark Twain’s birthday. Today he’d be 188, which sounds old but I’m sure in the current political climate he’d think about running…
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'Blow your mummas a kiss!' Footy Mum Julie McCreery's magnificent pre-game address
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'I thank you for not moving' —Oprah's eulogy for Rosa Parks
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'This terrible bereavement, for our nation and for all mankind'
It's still the 22nd of November in the USA (just). Here is Senator Jacob Javitz's (R) eulogy for JFK delivered at a Senate memorial service in December…
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'Still riding for freedom', Tom Calma's Charles Perkins Oration, 2008
This year's ACT Senior Australian of the Year, Tom Calma, delivered a stirring tribute to Charlie Perkins, 15 years ago last month.
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'He is all of them, and he is one of us' — Paul Keating's Remembrance Day classic [Repost]
Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating's legendary Eulogy to the Unknown Soldier from 1993 is finally on YouTube. For years it's been audio only. What a…
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'And the best new artist is ... me!' — Little Richard at the 1988 Grammy Awards
Little Richard was given the job of presenting Best New Artist. He had a pointed, (yet hilarious) message for the Grammys. This is the comedy of…
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'You're not spending it so well that we should be donating extra' — Kerry Packer's tax minimisation speech, 1991
It was today in 1991 that Australian billionaire Kerry Packer appeared at a parliamentary inquiry into tax evasion. His speech became famous in…
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The 7 speeches featured on 'Conversations' [REPOST]
The Conversations republish of my Speakola chat has brought over 300 new sign ups to this newsletter. Here's links and info on the 7 speeches featured…
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