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Watched by Matt on September 14 2009:

As long as we’re talking about unconventional acceptance speeches, here’s a great one: Jerry Seinfeld won the first ever American Comedian award and used his speech to basically roast the whole idea of award shows. “Your whole career as a comedian is about making fun of pretentious, high-minded, self-congratulatory, BS events like this one…I feel very honored, but it’s just that awards are stupid.”

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5 comments so far

Jay Owen 14 Sep 09

Good stuff – thanks for sharing.

Joe 14 Sep 09

Excellent speech! Not really a fan of Seinfeld, but this speech has made me want to check it out again…

So what does this mean for businesses? Are awards for business BS? rewards for fancy accounting perhaps? I dont know…

Taylor Brooks 14 Sep 09

Best line:

“if I hadn’t already won all these awards I would not be talking like this.”

Matt Vague 14 Sep 09

Every-time the camera pans to Chris Rock he looks even more awkward, until eventually he stops clapping haha.

Berserk 15 Sep 09

The best thing is that he probably mean every word.. and he is right.

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