Yes, this really did happen. George Hamilton, playing the part of the Crispy Colonel, delivered Friday’s commencement address at The Art Institute of Portland.

“Life you will take you places you have never imagined,” he told graduates. “Maybe one day you’ll be an actor, or a chicken salesman, or an actor who’s pretending to be a chicken salesman.”

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