He is owner/part owner of a couple of minor league teams and in the Carolina Minor League Hall of Fame, I bet he gets free tix. The article I linked to said he often doesn’t pursue payment for a lot of the products with his likeness.
It’s like The Onion except with less heft.
And Chevy Chase was on Community. That’s not what “heyday” means. I’m not arguing that he wouldn’t get work or that he wouldn’t still be a celebrity without the Chive.
I’m just saying they’re renewing his lease on fame, especially among the younger crowd. And even that may not be the right way to say it. He’d still be well known among movie buffs, just like Woody Allen. But 21 year olds aren’t getting tattoos of Woody Allen’s face over spring break, if you know what I mean. The Chive is granting Murray a different kind of fame. Meme-ification, if you will.
No, they’re utilizing his fame and general coolness among the younger crowd. The Chive is benefiting from it more than Murray is; they look cool by being associated with him.
Bill Murray Uber alles?
An earlier thread on the show: A Very Murray Christmas - Cafe Society - Straight Dope Message Board
Lyft, actually.
Are people being serious about the Christmas special or is it sarcasm???
In what sense? I loved it and I fucking hate Christmas.
What do you mean?
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(Maybe) coming soon to a P.F. Chang’s near you: Bill Murray applied for a job at P.F. Chang's in the Atlanta airport | CNN
Don’t Murray me, man, I ain’t no zombie!
Maybe he wants to be easier to find for when somebody is interested in casting him. He’s used a toll-free number since at least 2002.
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Soon ol’ Bill might be hanging on some of the finest art gallery walls: Artist Inserts Bill Murray's Face Into Famous Paintings, Wins The Internet | Digg
I though it was related to this/.
The “Post no Bills” gag where there were pics of Murray, Cosby, Clinton etc,
Part of the appeal of Bill Murray is his rejection of much of the trappings of celebrity. He has no agent or manager. He has given a small number of people in the entertainment industry the telephone number of a voice mailbox that he checks only every few weeks to see if he has been offered a role (and sometimes misses the chance for a good role because of that). He travels alone without an entourage. (I can confirm this one secondhand, since a coworker of mine met him and talked with him in the Salt Lake City airport.) He walks up behind random people in public and puts his hands over their eyes and says, “Guess who?” When they turn around to see who it is, he says, “No one will ever believe you.” He crashes weddings. He goes to random parties put on by random people and stays to wash up the dishes afterwards.
Hmm. My problem with a “Bill Fucking Murray” promotion is that is reminds me too much of “William Fucking Shatner”* and the latter is hardly complimentary. Bill Murray, on the other hand, is a delight.
I don’t believe it. I posted earlier without looking at the whole thread and totally missed that I’d already said the same thing months ago.
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My sister told me about this documentary, which looks fun: The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man (2018) - IMDb