I wonder if the author of the article has realised the irony of his piece.<p>A recount of the career of an actor who has become known for not revealing anything of himself manages to reveal nothing of the actor behind the roles. But as far as hero worshipping goes, this was still an entertaining, if melancholic read.<p>Incidentally, not unlike some of Murray's characters.
Meatballs (1979) [1] was always a favorite of mine, although this will date me slightly (!). As a geek and an introvert facing many of the same social challenges as the main character Rudy (Chris Makepeace) it was incredibly reassuring to see someone as edgy and cool (at the time) as Bill Murray in a sort of gentle, yet fun loving and supportive, mentoring role. I didn't have much of that encouragement in my early life, which was filled with basically the opposite ... adults (esp in my school) chumming up to the cool kids and publicly humiliating the tentative ones. Bill's character in the movie, and how he played it on screen, still today serve as a role model for how I try to deal with other people. For me personally, connecting with and supporting the more fragile people around me still is way more appealing, fulfilling, and meaningful for me than just constantly trying to prop up my own status by latching on to the cool, popular crowd.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079540/" rel="nofollow">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079540/</a>
What an interesting career he's had.<p>I don't know how many fans of college football there are on Hackernews, but Bill's appearance on College Gameday on ESPN was a highlight of this past season, easily the best guest host of the year. He's still hilarious
I think Bill Murray deserved an oscar for "Big Ern" in Kingpin. Maybe it was the timing of when I saw it, but some of the improv pieces he did with Harrelson cut deeper and redefined where comedy could go. The Wes Anderson stuff that followed helps to sell Kingpin as a coming attraction for Murray's best years (so far) Ymmv
"We have been kicking ass for 200 years. We are 10 and 1." [1]<p>[1] <a href="http://movieclips.com/Qy2V-stripes-movie-were-mutants/" rel="nofollow">http://movieclips.com/Qy2V-stripes-movie-were-mutants/</a><p>If you watch only one Bill Murray movie, it should be Stripes.
Murray, Matt Damon and Hugh Bonneville appeared on the Graham Norton Show on the BBC last week. Matt Damon commented towards the end that it was "The best chat show I've ever been on". It was an almost surreal show. Watch it if you can.