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Bill Murray is great and I enjoy his works BUT
Posted on 7/9/19 at 2:24 pm
Posted on 7/9/19 at 2:24 pm
It seems to me that internet culture has made him WAY bigger than he actually is. He's funny, don't get me wrong. But since around 08-09 when Zombieland came out, he has been made into some god of comedy. To me he is not as great as everyone makes him out to be.
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Posted on 7/9/19 at 2:28 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Posted on 7/9/19 at 2:32 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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But since around 08-09 when Zombieland came out, he has been made into some god of comedy
I've got news for you--he was a god of comedy WAY before that came out. We all know his history--SNL, Caddyshack, Stripes, Groundhog Day, Ghostbusters, etc. etc. etc.
But he's also just a great guy. He shows up at golf tournaments and goofs with people. He'll join your party at a bar and just hang. He not only seems like an "everyman", he IS an everyman.
I saw a great quote from him recently.
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"I think everyone becomes a jerk for about two years when they become famous. So I give people two years to figure it out and pull it together. But you end up behaving poorly because there's just no training for it. There's nothing your parents ever did, no matter what kind of people they are, because everything just gets different. The information coming to you comes differently, and people treat you differently, sort of, and everything changes for us. So it takes you a little while to figure it out."
He's figured it out.
Posted on 7/9/19 at 2:37 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Posted on 7/9/19 at 2:38 pm to parrotdr
My favorite quote from him is that you can tell a lot about a person by the way they treat people in the service industry. (He was talking about his years as a caddy.)
Posted on 7/9/19 at 2:40 pm to parrotdr
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But he's also just a great guy. He shows up at golf tournaments and goofs with people. He'll join your party at a bar and just hang. He not only seems like an "everyman", he IS an everyman.
One of my best friends is a writer. He was working as a writer's assistant on Vice Principals at the time and went out in Charleston one weekend with Danny McBride and Walt Goggins, and one of them had Scott Caan with them. They ended up at a bar hanging out with Bill Murray. My friend said that Bill Murray could not have been any cooler to him or any other "nobody" they encountered that night. He also said that Bill Murray was a complete dick to Scott Caan all night because he had no respect for him riding his dad's name to fame
Posted on 7/9/19 at 2:47 pm to parrotdr
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But he's also just a great guy
The best Bill Murray story I’ve heard is about him walking up to a random person at a restaurant, swiping a single French fry off their plate and telling them “no one is ever going to believe you”
Posted on 7/9/19 at 2:48 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Wes Anderson turned him into a hipster icon
Posted on 7/9/19 at 2:57 pm to Brosef Stalin
Posted on 7/9/19 at 3:05 pm to Henry Jones Jr
He's not a Billy Crystal, that's for sure.
Posted on 7/9/19 at 3:20 pm to jchamil
quote:whats wrong with Charlie Tweeter? I mean Scott really isnt very famous.
was a complete dick to Scott Caan all night because he had no respect for him riding his dad's name to fame
Posted on 7/9/19 at 3:27 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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by far his best role
Posted on 7/9/19 at 3:30 pm to CarRamrod
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whats wrong with Charlie Tweeter? I mean Scott really isnt very famous.
I'd probably be star struck meeting Scott Caan myself, I loved Tweeter
Posted on 7/9/19 at 3:32 pm to Jor Jor The Dinosaur
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The best Bill Murray story I’ve heard is about him walking up to a random person at a restaurant, swiping a single French fry off their plate and telling them “no one is ever going to believe you”
And then there's this one.
Posted on 7/9/19 at 4:11 pm to parrotdr
I think there is a Netflix film about "Bill Murray stories"
He often times just hangs with strangers in Charleston. They was a story where he popped into a dive bar in Austin, TX to hangout. The bartender asked if Bill would like to help out, so Bill started bartending. After that, he went back to the bartender's house for a party. Everyone was hanging out and the party got loud. Eventually the cops were call and Bill talked them into hanging out at the party for a bit.
He often times just hangs with strangers in Charleston. They was a story where he popped into a dive bar in Austin, TX to hangout. The bartender asked if Bill would like to help out, so Bill started bartending. After that, he went back to the bartender's house for a party. Everyone was hanging out and the party got loud. Eventually the cops were call and Bill talked them into hanging out at the party for a bit.
Posted on 7/9/19 at 4:57 pm to Alt26
There is! Im watching it. Pretty cool documentary.
Posted on 7/9/19 at 5:24 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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To me he is not as great as everyone makes him out to be.
Posted on 7/9/19 at 5:25 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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To me he is not as great as everyone makes him out to be.
Death Therapy Henry, it’s a guaranteed cure.
Posted on 7/9/19 at 6:12 pm to Henry Jones Jr
What's great about Murray is that in public life when he's not getting paid he's still working to be on.
He does the AT&T Pro-Am every year and is the hit of the tournament every year and every year everyone expects him to be on and entertain everyone while he's trying to play golf...and he does.
To me it has to be exhausting, always trying to make jokes when maybe you just want to play golf.
But it appears he lives for this stuff as evidenced by the documentary previously mentioned Bill Murray stories.
Contrary to OP, he's not viewed as some God of comedy but rather the coolest down to earth celebrity.
So he's far from over-rated.
He does the AT&T Pro-Am every year and is the hit of the tournament every year and every year everyone expects him to be on and entertain everyone while he's trying to play golf...and he does.
To me it has to be exhausting, always trying to make jokes when maybe you just want to play golf.
But it appears he lives for this stuff as evidenced by the documentary previously mentioned Bill Murray stories.
Contrary to OP, he's not viewed as some God of comedy but rather the coolest down to earth celebrity.
So he's far from over-rated.
This post was edited on 7/9/19 at 6:14 pm
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