Bill Murray: coming soon to a house party near you!

[Lance Uppercut]

http://www.nypost.com/pagesixmag/issues/20081207/Bill+Murray+NYCs+New+Party+Boy

The idea of Bill Murray crashing random parties, shooting the breeze and drinking with random people, and disappearing into the night somehow suits him very well.

[Wraith]

Wasn't there some story some months back of him dropping in on some college party (in Europe somewhere?), and doing some dishes?

[KamaItachi]

I never noticed this before, but Bill Murray and I have the exact same hair!

[Sandman]

Bill Murray can get away with being the creepy old guy that crashes a party because he's Bill freakin' Murray.....the funny part of it is he could be doing research for a movie.

[LongStepMantis]

Bill Murray can get away with being the creepy old guy that crashes a party because he's Bill freakin' Murray.....the funny part of it is he could be doing research for a movie.

Exactly. The end paragraph of the article was great. Mostly because I could see him doing this.

Then again, perhaps he's just toying with us all. There's an urban legend that's gone round until no one is sure who it happened to, or if it happened at all. It was late one night, a few years ago, when a young man was walking through Union Square Park. He suddenly felt someone behind him, their hands over his eyes. When he turned in surprise, there was Bill Murray, his creased face leaning in close. Bill whispered, "No one is ever going to believe you," and then just walked away.

[Ink Asylum]

Man, Bill Murray is too awesome. I still hold a grudge against Sean Penn for winning an Oscar that should have gone to Murray for Lost in Translation.

[Loki_09]

So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet, and I get on as a looper at a course over in the Himalayas. A looper, you know, a caddy, a looper, a jock. So, I tell them I'm a pro jock, and who do you think they give me? The Dalai Lama, himself. Twelfth son of the Lama. The flowing robes, the grace, bald... striking. So, I'm on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one - big hitter, the Lama - long, into a ten-thousand foot crevasse, right at the base of this glacier. Do you know what the Lama says? Gunga galunga... gunga, gunga-galunga. So we finish the eighteenth and he's gonna stiff me. And I say, "Hey, Lama, hey, how about a little something, you know, for the effort, you know." And he says, "Oh, uh, there won't be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice.

Bill Murray can crash my parties any day of the week.

[TheFlyingOrc]

That article is actually very sad. He sounds terribly lonely.

[LongStepMantis]

That article is actually very sad. He sounds terribly lonely.

Yeah, he's obviously having some sort of identity or life crisis. His divorce probably fueled that in a large part.

They always say that the people who bring us laughter publicly are often the saddest of all people privately.

And sad, lonely, weird or anything else...I still can't believe some twenty-something guy had the nerve to tell him "You're making bad life choices." Sure, we can all see he's out of the element he should be in at this point, but come the fuck on...who among us can tell Bill Murray he's making bad life choices? If he wants to be the old guy at the house party, he's earned it. He's made more money and had more achievements than most of us will ever see combined.

[Ink Asylum]

That article is actually very sad. He sounds terribly lonely.

He's clearly going through a rough patch. I'm actually kind of offended by some of the assumptions and the tone of the article, though. The guy may be going through a tough divorce and aging, but he's doing nothing different than what people half his age do all the time and somehow it's wrong or troubling for him to be doing it because he's older than fifty. He's not acting like a drunken asshole, he actually seems really charming and fun to be around. He shows up to hang out with people who grew up watching his movies and idolize them yet doesn't come off like he expects to be treated like royalty.

If he were someone in his late twenties or early thirties and was experiencing a bad breakup and a radical change in his life his current behavior would be pretty unremarkable. Hanging out with fun-loving single people, acting a little crazy and flirtatious. Yet once you're past middle-age acting like that gets you pegged as having a mid-life crisis. I say the more power to him as long as he isn't really self-destructive.

Some of the reports from his ex-wife are disturbing, though, and I can only hope they are not true. If they are, then he clearly does have problems.

[Mr. Murphy]

He's clearly going through a rough patch. I'm actually kind of offended by some of the assumptions and the tone of the article, though. The guy may be going through a tough divorce and aging, but he's doing nothing different than what people half his age do all the time and somehow it's wrong or troubling for him to be doing it because he's older than fifty. He's not acting like a drunken asshole, he actually seems really charming and fun to be around. He shows up to hang out with people who grew up watching his movies and idolize them yet doesn't come off like he expects to be treated like royalty.

If he were someone in his late twenties or early thirties and was experiencing a bad breakup and a radical change in his life his current behavior would be pretty unremarkable. Hanging out with fun-loving single people, acting a little crazy and flirtatious. Yet once you're past middle-age acting like that gets you pegged as having a mid-life crisis. I say the more power to him as long as he isn't really self-destructive.

Some of the reports from his ex-wife are disturbing, though, and I can only hope they are not true. If they are, then he clearly does have problems.

It's a shame what being famous forces people to expose to the world. I love Murray, and I also had a little problem with the tone of the article, but I certainly hope he didn't really hit his wife in the face.

[Ink Asylum]

And sad, lonely, weird or anything else...I still can't believe some twenty-something guy had the nerve to tell him "You're making bad life choices." Sure, we can all see he's out of the element he should be in at this point, but come the fuck on...who among us can tell Bill Murray he's making bad life choices? If he wants to be the old guy at the house party, he's earned it. He's made more money and had more achievements than most of us will ever see combined.

That's the part of the article that pissed me off the most. Fuck you, hipster. You're at the same party he's at, probably drinking the same booze and dancing with the same women. Yet it's ok for you because you're in your twenties but he's in his fifties and shouldn't be doing any of that? Way to throw that first stone, shithead.

Clearly, that screed is directed at the nameless guy in the article and not Scurvy. :)

[opsin]

Wasn't there some story some months back of him dropping in on some college party (in Europe somewhere?), and doing some dishes?

Yea, he crashed some party in St. Andrews (just a ways out of Edinburgh, and essentially nothing but a college town now - where one of our idiot princes wentto Uni).

[Ink Asylum]

It's a shame what being famous forces people to expose to the world. I love Murray, and I also had a little problem with the tone of the article, but I certainly hope he didn't really hit his wife in the face.

That's something that does worry me. I've seen couples with those kinds of problems and sometimes it is very difficult for the wife to be taken seriously because the husband can be charming and well-liked in public, causing those that admire him to be in denial about any possible wrongdoing.

Imagine if we heard that Tom Hanks beat his wife. How loudly those accusations would be shouted down without hard evidence.

[TheFlyingOrc]

That's the part of the article that pissed me off the most. Fuck you, hipster. You're at the same party he's at, probably drinking the same booze and dancing with the same women. Yet it's ok for you because you're in your twenties but he's in his fifties and shouldn't be doing any of that? Way to throw that first stone, shithead.

Clearly, that screed is directed at the nameless guy in the article and not Scurvy. :)
I'm going to disagree. I don't think its kind to say something like that to the face of someone you don't really know personally, but I think showing up at college parties when you're nearly 60 isn't healthy behavior. If someone that age showed up at one of my parties it would feel very strange. You have to grow up sometime.

[Ink Asylum]

I'm going to disagree. I don't think its kind to say something like that to the face of someone you don't really know personally, but I think showing up at college parties when you're nearly 60 isn't healthy behavior. If someone that age showed up at one of my parties it would feel very strange. You have to grow up sometime.

But if you're someone who hasn't grown up yet, like that partygoer since if he had he wouldn't be there either, you certainly don't have the moral high ground to tell someone else to do so.

[TheFlyingOrc]

But if you're someone who hasn't grown up yet, like that partygoer since if he had he wouldn't be there either, you certainly don't have the moral high ground to tell someone else to do so.

Sure, I don't think the guy should have said it to his face like that. However, I think I can say it here on the internet. He shouldn't be looking to what he enjoyed in his 20s to make him happy.

[Bad Buddha]

I'm going to disagree. I don't think its kind to say something like that to the face of someone you don't really know personally, but I think showing up at college parties when you're nearly 60 isn't healthy behavior. If someone that age showed up at one of my parties it would feel very strange. You have to grow up sometime.

Guess I'm never coming to any of your parties! :(

[TheFlyingOrc]

Guess I'm never coming to any of your parties! :(

Which really sucks as we will have pie and not one but two clowns.

[National Kato]

Which really sucks as we will have pie and not one but two clowns.

You invited two clowns but would balk at Bill Murray. I'm sorry, who has problems? :D You know how you make your college party the best party ever? Tell people Bill Fucking Murray is going to be there.

[TheFlyingOrc]

You invited two clowns but would balk at Bill Murray. I'm sorry, who has problems? :D

Bill Murray is one of the clowns. The other is Barack Obama. Looks like you messed up getting scratched off the list just now hmmm?

[Mr. Murphy]

Personally, I like partying with older dudes. I don't see why age has to keep you from enjoying company, music and a few drinks.

[National Kato]

Bill Murray is one of the clowns. The other is Barack Obama.

I don't know. I just don't see those two doing much clowning around with all that emocore you blast at your parties.

[Sandman]

You know this could just be his way of connecting with his audience....and he realizes that his audience is college students.

[Slack3r78]

Bill Murray is awesome. There's a particular Kerouac quote that comes to mind...

[Ink Asylum]

Personally, I like partying with older dudes. I don't see why age has to keep you from enjoying company, music and a few drinks.

Exactly. This is starting to sound like the theme for our zombie movie. :D Age should be no barrier to having fun. As with anything, moderation is the key. Anyone who spends too much time drinking and partying is making bad choices, whether they're 60 or 25. It's not more wrong just because someone is older. People past middle age can and should have fun as long as they're responsible and considerate. From the article, Bill Murray sounds like the ideal party guest; fun and charming during the party, respectful of other guests, and helps keep it going and cleaning up if needed.

When it comes to sharing a drink and swapping stories, who would you rather be seated next to? Some snotty hipster or Bill fucking Murray? Even if he weren't a well-loved celebrity someone with a lifetime under their belt is probably a much more interesting in a conversation.

[Mr. Murphy]

Bill Murray party update! Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics (http://www.qwantz.com) sent a text message to Chris Hastings of Dr. McNinja (http://www.drmcninja.com/) that directly led to Hastings enjoying some karaoke time with Mr. Bill Murray himself!

HE'S STILL AT IT, PEOPLE

Hastings' blog (http://drhastings.livejournal.com/58116.html) has the details.

[Slack3r78]

Bill Murray party update! Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics (http://www.qwantz.com) sent a text message to Chris Hastings of Dr. McNinja (http://www.drmcninja.com/) that directly led to Hastings enjoying some karaoke time with Mr. Bill Murray himself!

HE'S STILL AT IT, PEOPLE

Hastings' blog (http://drhastings.livejournal.com/58116.html) has the details.
That. Is. Awesome.

[Ink Asylum]

I will now be wandering the streets of NYC every night hoping something like this happens to me. Too awesome.

[Bad Buddha]

When it comes to sharing a drink and swapping stories, who would you rather be seated next to? Some snotty hipster or Bad fucking Buddha? Even if he weren't a well-loved celebrity someone with a lifetime under their belt is probably a much more interesting in a conversation.
Fixed that for you! ;)

[Bad Buddha]

Bill Murray is awesome. There's a particular Kerouac quote that comes to mind...
This one?

"Come on out, stop fucking the blonde! Come on out and have a drink!"

—Jack Kerouac

Now that I think about it... I can see Murray yelling this as he's standing in your front yard with a drink in his hand.

[Ink Asylum]

Fixed that for you! ;)

When the alternative is a snotty hipster there are about a million ways to fix that sentence.

[Bone]

Guess I'm never coming to any of your parties! :(

Don't listen to him. Instead remember the raucous cries of "Buddha" when you showed up at the PAX party.

I love having older people at a party. Especially when you get a salty old grandma who can drink everyone under the table! People who have great stories to tell and know how to have a good time, why the fuck shouldn't they enjoy a party? I respect the shit out of Murray and would love seeing him show up at a party.

[Slack3r78]

This one?

"Come on out, stop fucking the blonde! Come on out and have a drink!"

—Jack Kerouac

Now that I think about it... I can see Murray yelling this as he's standing in your front yard with a drink in his hand.
Well, that one works, too. :p

“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!”

[Squidbot]

I'm going to disagree. I don't think its kind to say something like that to the face of someone you don't really know personally, but I think showing up at college parties when you're nearly 60 isn't healthy behavior. If someone that age showed up at one of my parties it would feel very strange. You have to grow up sometime.

You hear that old people? Stop having fun!

[Ink Asylum]

This one?

"Come on out, stop fucking the blonde! Come on out and have a drink!"

—Jack Kerouac

Now that I think about it... I can see Murray yelling this as he's standing in your front yard with a drink in his hand.

And if it were Bill Murray yelling that at my window, I would listen to him.

[Lint of Death]

Bill Murray party update! Ryan North of Dinosaur Comics (http://www.qwantz.com) sent a text message to Chris Hastings of Dr. McNinja (http://www.drmcninja.com/) that directly led to Hastings enjoying some karaoke time with Mr. Bill Murray himself!

HE'S STILL AT IT, PEOPLE

Hastings' blog (http://drhastings.livejournal.com/58116.html) has the details.

Further proof that Ryan North and Chris Hastings are gods among men :p

[Lance Uppercut]

New goal in life: host a house party that is crashed by Bill Murray.

[Jackel]

Like others in the thread are saying. I'd love to have Bill Murray crash one of my parties.

As for having older folks at a party, I think it can really bring a different perspective to the parties.

One of my best friends in university was a guy in his thirties, and another guy we spent time with was easily in his fifties. He had been the production manager for the show "Andromeda".

[Karak]

In this world of haters. People hate people for doing what they want. And people hate people for NOT doing what they want.
But no one is Bill Murray. If he showed up at a party I threw I would bbq him a steak and talk creamsauce.
Just as I would anyone who was nice.

[Bone]

Personally, I think it's a bad life choice to tell Bill Fucking Murray he's making bad life choices. You are earning karmic douche points that can't be reversed.

[TheFlyingOrc]

Personally, I think it's a bad life choice to tell Bill Fucking Murray he's making bad life choices. You are earning karmic douche points that can't be reversed.

Listen, considering the general claim is that there would already be a ghostbusters 3 except that Murray doesn't want to do the project, PLUS two Garfield movies, you can say whatever you want about him these days, dangit.

[VerseD]

Wow Bill Murray is living the dream. Or he is his character from Lost in Translation.

I don't get how going out and meeting people and dancing is a bad life choice. I guess he should be sitting at home watching Groundhog Day on Lifetime and drinking himself to death.

[Bone]

Listen, considering the general claim is that there would already be a ghostbusters 3 except that Murray doesn't want to do the project, PLUS two Garfield movies, you can say whatever you want about him these days, dangit.If he has held off on a Ghostbusters 3, it's because the script wasn't good enough.

I can't explain away Garfield. But to me, Lost in Translation and Life Aquatic more than make up for that. He's one of the few greats from his era who still has the fire. Compare him to today's Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, and Dan Akroyd, and he's still a God among men.

[Mdot]

Just as I read this thread, Take Control from Ghosbusters II came on my iPod.

Bill Murray rules. Sounds like he should be writing a book about all these random things he's doing.

[Maskatron]

http://origin.theonion.com/content/node/34917

[torrefaction]

Hey, anyone in this thread judging Murray for living his life the way he wants? You're being a dick. Don't be a dick.

Seriously. Everyone talks about living the age that you feel, and I admire him for doing so. When I'm old, I'd want to be around people living a full life. Unfortunately, most older folks tend not to do that. Youth brings ideas and vibrancy, while he brings character and a life full of experience.

Who the hell is ANYONE to judge Bill Murray.

Except if he hit his wife in the face. If he did that, he deserves an ass-whoopin...Bill Murray or not.

[Bone]

Hey, anyone in this thread judging Murray for living his life the way he wants? You're being a dick. Don't be a dick.

Seriously. Everyone talks about living the age that you feel, and I admire him for doing so. When I'm old, I'd want to be around people living a full life. Unfortunately, most older folks tend not to do that. Youth brings ideas and vibrancy, while he brings character and a life full of experience.

Who the hell is ANYONE to judge Bill Murray.

Except if he hit his wife in the face. If he did that, he deserves an ass-whoopin...Bill Murray or not.
Agreed. And it seems to me, even now, as an arguably pathetic man (although I'm not arguing that), his life is more epic than most anyone on this forum. Come back when anybody is quoting you from any number of moves you've done that have affected generations of audiences.

[J Arcane]

If I make it enough in this world for my appearance at random parties to be a newsworthy event, I'd say I've done pretty fucking well by myself.

[AniAko]

That article is actually very sad. He sounds terribly lonely.

:( Yeah it was incredibly sad. My favorite performance by Bill was Lost in Translation because although I wasn't in the film business I worked on the road a lot and was attempting to start a home life. It really resonated with me and it's just sad to see him reaching out for that connection with the world he probably feels he lost. :( I really just want to give the guy a hug, hand him a beer, tell him it'll be ok, play some video games with him, and just admire some of the time that has passed us by.

[Roaddawg]

life aquatic sucked ass, it was cool for about a month, but then it got old, but lost in translation is one my top movies.

[Wackman3000]

Im a huge fan of Caddyshack. In fact, I think it's one of the most brilliant comedies to ever come out of that generation. To spend an evening with someone has talented as Bill Murray could only be something out of fantasy and if the day happens, he will be drilled on the Ghostbusters questions until COG is satisfied with the results. :)

[Bone]

life aquatic sucked ass, it was cool for about a month, but then it got old, but lost in translation is one my top movies.
How was a movie cool for a month? Anyway I think it's an excellent film.

[Sl1pstream]

Personally, I like partying with older dudes.

Bow chicka wow wow.

I'm totally inviting Bill Murray to my next birthday party! I'm not inviting the assholes that were at the party the article is about. Damn hipsters.

Since we're throwing out Bill Murray movie titles, everyone needs to see Broken Flowers (and Ed Wood and The Life Aquatic and....).

[Gormanimal]

Life Aquatic I'm a big fan of. Broken Flowers isn't one I've heard of but I'll definitely check it out.

[J Arcane]

Life Aquatic fucking owns on soundtrack alone. Mark Mothersbaugh and David Bowie sung in Portugese? Fuck. Yeah.

[Bone]

Yeah, that Portuguese singer/guitarist kills me every time. And Bill Murray's dance when he's demonstrating his music player/rebreather combination.

And the bond company stooge: "we fuckin' stole it, man!". Shit, I need to watch this one again soon.

[AniAko]

Life Aquatic I'm a big fan of. Broken Flowers isn't one I've heard of but I'll definitely check it out.

Broken Flowers was ok, I didn't feel his character developed as well as it did in Life Aquatic or Lost in Translation.

I actually really disliked Life Aquatic the first time I saw it. Subsequent viewings though I really fell for it.

[Roaddawg]

http://roflrazzi.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/celebrity-pictures-murray-gopher.jpg