Most expensive bingo game ever

The academic rigors of Harvard have led to some interesting outlets for humor over the years. Why should it end on the last day?

Some Harvard Seniors, having heard it all and seen it all, decided to make NBC News personality Tim Russert's standard commencement address a little more interesting with a rousing game of “Tim Russert Bingo”.

Keen ears at yesterday’s ceremonies perceived the occasional scattered proclamations of “Bingo!” from among the audience, as several students marked off cards etched with key phrases culled from transcripts of Russert’s canned addresses.

Max E.S. Brodsky ’05, who helped to organize the game of “Tim Russert Bingo,” said he felt the need to “rib Russert a little for his lack of spontaneity and the fact that most of his speech is totally recycled.”

Brodsky said the “prank wasn’t actually directed at Tim Russert” but rather was a “response to the conservative choice of Tim Russert for Class Day, which usually calls for a funny, more lighthearted speaker.”

Apparently Russert basically gives the same address over and over, modifying slightly for the different audiences. Probably understandable given the number of addresses he gives.

I see this game becoming as popular and ubiquitous as Monopoly some day.

Fortunately for Russert, given the Sunday morning timeslot of his current gig, I suspect a companion Tim Russert drinking game is pretty unlikely except at the most hard drinking campuses. Like those in Wisconsin.