Watch Maria Bamford share some sage advice and ER horror stories with the class of 2020
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The Class of 2020 is having a really rough go of it right now. A spiraling economic depression, a pandemic of historic proportions, Ruby Rose leaving Batwoman—it’s just not a great time to be graduating high school or college (or, just, like, living in general). With a deluge of big name digital commencement speeches hitting the internet recently—ranging from Jimmy Fallon to AOC to Beyoncé—it might be hard for some seniors to figure out which celeb and/or politician to turn to for advice. Thankfully, all-around great person Maria Bamford recently passed along some sage advice for curious minds looking towards an uncertain future.
Sponsored by Adult Swim, Bamford’s six-minute speech from a podium in what looks to be a dingy alleyway provides us with some great tips about becoming a young adult, from taking advice from everyone around you (no matter how awful or shitty) to what to do if your cervix is accidentally removed in the ER. Her audience in the clip also appears to be “School” in general, which just so happens to be the comedian lounging in a blow-up pool. It’s, you know, the sort of stuff you’d expect from Bamford at this point, which is never a bad thing.
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Love her! I miss her show Lady Dynamite. But then, I’m a pterodactyl
Well, I prefer to get my ‘sage advice’ only from people who know what they’re doing more than half of the time … however I’ll make an exception for Maria …
I agree with her pandemic-era advice to lower the bar. “Are you drunk YET? Did you shoot anyone, TODAY? Our gun laws make it almost impossible NOT to shoot loved ones”
Maria Bamford is awesome, I love the way she turns on her “professional” voice and how it is so different from her natural voice. When she was younger she was generically funny with youthful enthusiasm but now with time and all of the things she has gone through her tilted humor also contains wisdom. I think she deserves more fame and accolades.
Also, that is not a podium, but a garbage can!I love the Bamf.
I love the symbolism of the podium being a garbage can.