Bill Murray turns 60 next Tuesday. In honor of the occasion, The Guardian has come up with 60 facts about him. I am especially interested to know if #43 really is true.
I also find it a bit disconderting that people born in the 1950s are now entering their 60s. :eek:
#61. Bill Murray still fuckin’ rocks!
And of course, I really do know how to spell “disconcerting.” Fat-finger syndrome strikes again.
#62: On the 1970s **Fantastic Four **radio show, Bill Murray voiced the Human Torch.
I have to say that while there are those who show it more, I think Murray is the possibly the craziest man in Hollywood.
#63: I live just down the road from Bill Murray’s Caddy Shack. They claim he likes to play golf at the World Golf Village (where the restaurant is located.)
An interviewer asked him about that recently and he ducked the question. I doubt it’s true but it’d be great. Looks like it’ll turn into an urban legend next.
Judging by that list, I think you’re right. He’s not the wacky tabloid Andy Dick self-destructive kind of crazy, he’s the quiet creepy unsettling possibly-hiding-bodies-in-his-basement kind of crazy.
He’s still pretty awesome.
I now have an image in my brain of Christopher Walken climbing out from under Annie Potts’ desk announcing in that awesome deadpan of his that “Print is dead.”
“I forgot to tell you…stares past the camera at a cue card Don’t cross the streams. …It’s bad.”
Bill Murray and I have the same birthday (not including the year). We share 9/21 with Stephen King (and his character Carrie), Ricki Lake, Rob Morrow, Faith Hill, Liam Gallagher, Nicole Richie, and Dave Coulier. Oh, and Alfonso Ribeiro, who is exactly my age and who I always had a little crush on in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Amen to that.
Sounds like you and I were born on the same day, 3 years apart—I have always been a big Bill Murray fan (I suppose Caddyshack is one of my 5 favorite movies of all-time) but over the past few years have read some things about his personal life that have left me a little bit off.
I guess I really don’t care too much about how Bill Murray conducts himself in private, but I would love it if he could once again come up with an iconic comic role a la Caddyshack or Kingpin.
(For some reason, even though I was primed to absolutely love Lost in Translation, I never saw what all the critical acclaim was about; it was not nearly as good as the reviews made it out to be)
Awesome! There have been a few “Doper birthdays” threads over the years, but no one else has shared my birthday until now. 
He’s the father of seven sons (six biological, one adopted stepson).
The producers of Zombieland wanted Steve Martin but he was unavailable- Bill Murray was several names down the list. Nobody could possibly have regrets.
Meanwhile, in LA, the R&R Gallery has an exhibition of Murray portraits opening tomorrow called Mr. Bill Murray: A Tribute to the Legend .
His brother Brian Doyle Murray appears with him in Groundhog Day (as the M.C. at the festivities in the park).
He appears in this funny short film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPo9sCqza98
Mr. S once read somewhere that Bill Murray never wears a pair of socks twice. 365 days in a year, 365 pairs of socks. Wear 'em, toss 'em.
Also, Bill Murray can divide by zero.
As one born in 1951, I assure you I find it equally disconcerting! 