60 Bill Murray Facts for His 60th Birthday

[Marley23]

@Elendil_s_Heir

66. His brother Brian Doyle Murray appears with him in Groundhog Day (as the M.C. at the festivities in the park).

I think he’s also one of the DJs Phil hears on the radio every morning.

[Captain_Midnight]

Bill Murray smokes a lot of dope and drinks a lot of liquor.

Probably one of the most anti-Hollywood people in Hollywood.

Him and Chevy Chase got into a fist fight because Chevy is an untalented dick.

From Chicago.

Invaded Czechoslavkia in a movie.

[Sampiro]

I like his quote about being rich and famous:

I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: ‘try being rich first’. See if that doesn’t cover most of it. There’s not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job.

[MPB_in_Salt_Lake]

@Dangerosa

68. He used to be part owner of the minor league baseball team, the St. Paul Saints. He wears a Saints ballcap in Space Jam. (We were season ticket holders during that period, he’d come to games once in a while - generally sitting in the announcers box so people would watch the game and not him. The waitresses at Gabe’s said he tipped really well).

He was also a part owner of the old Salt Lake City Gulls minor leauge team, (back in the early 1980’s) and would visit SLC frequently to watch a few games…

[Roderick_Femm]

[totallyirrelevantaside]I’m older than Bill Murray! Ack! Ack! I can’t be older than Bill Murray!

Ack![\TIA]

[Horatio_Hellpop]

@Scarlett67

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.

My God! Is Bill Murray the Anti-Chuck Norris?

[Beware_of_Doug]

Bill Murray once “motorboated” Carol Burnett. Blblblblblblblblb!!1!!!11

[kidneyfailure]

-His son is the kid who drives by and glares at him at the end of Broken Flowers.

-I heard Bill Murray is a pretty big dick to alot of people.

-Regardless, I still love Bill Murray.

[EvilTOJ]

@Siam_Sam

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.

Oh it’s true, but no one will ever believe you.

[MsWhatsit]

@Captain_Midnight

Him and Chevy Chase got into a fist fight because Chevy is an untalented dick.

True, although the really hilarious thing about this is that in the fist-fight, Murray, enraged, screamed at Chase that he had “medium talent!”

I read a book a long time ago (sorry, can’t remember the title, the author, or anything else about it) in which there was a scene where a character in LA was grousing because all the beautiful women were flocking to the table of an “ugly, pock-marked comedian who just happened to be rich,” and I thought, “He’s talking about Bill Murray.”

I’m sure the money helps, but I gotta say, making girls laugh will make up for a hell of a lot of pockmarks.

[Captain_Midnight]

@MsWhatsit

@Captain_Midnight

Him and Chevy Chase got into a fist fight because Chevy is an untalented dick.

True, although the really hilarious thing about this is that in the fist-fight, Murray, enraged, screamed at Chase that he had “medium talent!”

I read a book a long time ago (sorry, can’t remember the title, the author, or anything else about it) in which there was a scene where a character in LA was grousing because all the beautiful women were flocking to the table of an “ugly, pock-marked comedian who just happened to be rich,” and I thought, “He’s talking about Bill Murray.”

I’m sure the money helps, but I gotta say, making girls laugh will make up for a hell of a lot of pockmarks.

I think this is a strong selling point of Bill Murray. That he is a regular looking guy. Not handsome by a stretch.

This board is from Chicago, and Murray is the definition of that city. Not flashy, from a large Catholic family, likes alcohol, weed, women and the Cubs. The one representation that the midwest is not full of boring dolts without a clue.

I’ve wanted to start a thread entitled, "Name an average looking guy, just folks, successful in Hollywood. John Goodman is a good example. So is Jeff Bridges although he comes from a Hollywood family. Tom Hanks. People like Tom Cruise and Leonardo Decaprio are the opposite of that. Those two guys were genetic mutants created to make us “average Joes” jealous.