60 years ago today, a legend was born. Today we celebrate William James "Bill" Murray

[HandBanana]

60 years ago today, a great prophet was born in the North. He rose forth in a great and tumultuous cloud of dry sarcasm and razor wit. His words and deeds have rung sound and true for decades. His name is William James "Bill" Murray. Today we celebrate his name. He is the Cinderella boy. Twelfth son of the Lama. Happy Birthday Bill Murray.

[eskamo951]

Bill Fucking Murray! Happy Birthday, even if he won't be reading this

[Gribbz]

I had a drink with Bill Murray before a UA basketball game last year. Super nice guy.

Oh, he also painted a big "A" on his face before the game. So awesome.

[obzen]

[rskapcat]

[zimmy1222]

Happy Birthday Bill!! : )

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

Hooray! Bill Murray is one of the only celebrities that has been there and been consistently entertaining for literally my entire life

[zimmy1222]

Hooray! Bill Murray is one of the only celebrities that has been there and been consistently entertaining for literally my entire life

Exactly.

[HandBanana]

[HandBanana]

[paulb]

Anyone else a big fan of Broken Flowers?

[luckyface]

This was my favorite Bill Murray performance since What About Bob?



Seriously, this man is a legend. His run in the 80s and early 90's was fantastic. Today should be Bill Murray day.

[thom cobain]

dogs and cats, living together!! mass hysteria!!!

[thom cobain]

Anyone else a big fan of Broken Flowers?

Great, great movie.

[PotVsKtl]

[HandBanana]

So underrated.

"You hear me? There dead man! You send squad car NOW!"

[HandBanana]

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

How the hell have I never heard of Quick Change before? Must see immediately.

[HandBanana]

Um yes you sure the fuck should.
Bill (co)directed it and for alot of us it's one of his best.

[thom cobain]

the "crying on the inside" kind i guess

[chairmenmeow47]

[TomAz]

Well, how about Garfield? Can you explain that to me? Did you just do it for the dough?
No! I didn't make that for the dough! Well, not completely. I thought it would be kind of fun, because doing a voice is challenging, and I'd never done that. Plus, I looked at the script, and it said, "So-and-so and Joel Coen." And I thought: Christ, well, I love those Coens! They're funny. So I sorta read a few pages of it and thought, Yeah, I'd like to do that. I had these agents at the time, and I said, "What do they give you to do one of these things?" And they said, "Oh, they give you $50,000." So I said, "Okay, well, I don't even leave the fuckin' driveway for that kind of money."

And it's not like you're helping out an indie director by playing Garfield.
Exactly. He's in 3,000 newspapers every day; he's not hurtin'. Then this studio guy calls me up out of nowhere, and I had a nice conversation with him. No bullshit, no schmooze, none of that stuff. We just talked for a long time about the movie. And my agents called on Monday and said, "Well, they came back with another offer, and it was nowhere near $50,000." And I said, "That's more befitting of the work I expect to do!" So tehy went off and shot the movie, and I forgot all about it. Finally, I went out to L.A. to record my lines. And usually when you're looping a movie, if it takes two days, that's a lot. I don't know if I should even tell this story, because it's kind of mean. [beat] What the hell? It's interesting. So I worked all day and kept going, "That's the line? Well, I can't say that." And you sit there and go, What can I say that will make this funny? And make it make sense? And I worked. I was exhausted, soaked with sweat, and the lines got worse and worse. And I said, "Okay, you better show me the rest of the movie, so we can see what we're dealing with." So I sat down and watched the whole thing, and I kept saying, "Who the hell cut this thing? Who did this? What the fuck was Coen thinking?" And then they explained it to me: It wasn't written by that Joel Coen.

And the pieces fall into place.
[shakes head sadly] At least they had whats-her-name. The mind reader, pretty girl, really curvy girl, body's one in a million? What's her name? Help me. You know who I mean.

Jennifer Love Hewitt?
Right! At least they had her in good-looking clothes. Best thing about the movie. But that's all ugly. That's inappropriate. That's just... [laughs] That's why, when they say, "Any regrets?" at the end of Zombieland, I say, "Well, maybe Garfield."


Except that he also did the sequel.

[Gribbz]

Just saw this the other day...


Loved it.

[fatbastard]

[TomAz]

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awww fuck it.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/97833/satu...-back-in-anger

[gaypalmsprings]

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awww fuck it.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/97833/satu...-back-in-anger

[BeaverCat]

I don't have to take this abuse from you, I've got hundreds of people dying to abuse me.
-Bill Murray

[luckyface]

How could I have forgotten this gem?



He had a really shitty run of movies in the late 90's. I am glad he was able to get out of that rut.

[kreutz2112]

Space Jam is not a shitty movie.

[BigBryan]

I always LOVED Kingpin