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Subtitles by explosiveskull
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You never heard
the bathroom story?
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I couldn't believe you never...
You 've heard it before?
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I have no idea what
you're talking about, dude.
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No idea what I'm talking about.
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Why do I hang out With you two?
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Ok, so this happened
to a friend of mine's buddy.
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Did you see that article that I posted
earlier? Look, it's right here.
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It's about that new coffee shop
they're building downtown.
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Alright, everyone.
Gather around.
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I've got a story for you. It's only
fitting that I tell it tonight.
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Because you see it happened
on a night just like tonight.
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I forget where, but he was
at a bar somewhere in the city.
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- So he finishes his beer and told everyone...
- I gotta take a leak.
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It's crazy. All these
construction worker guys
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are just working on the coffee shop doing,
you know, construction-worker-things.
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And then they all start
to hear this noise.
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There was a campus party,
like any other.
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The music is loud,
keg is flowing. It's packed.
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As the story goes, there
is this freshman kid.
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It's his first big party.
He's in line waiting for a beer.
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But, they're all
out of red cups.
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So he's gotta make his way into the kitchen
to find an appropriate drinking glass.
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So my man walks to the bathroom. He's
at the urinal minding his own business,
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when all of a sudden someone
puts their hands over his eyes.
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And he leans in and whisper in his
ear: "No one will ever believe you."
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As they all look up,
they see him
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standing there. He just walked
right into the place,
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everyone on the site froze.
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The whole party is full
of college kids like myself.
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But then there is this one older man,
as if he appeared out of nowhere.
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So the kid steps closer,
and his jaw drops.
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- Who was it?
- It was Bill Murray.
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- Bill Murray.
- Bill Murray.
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- Come on, bullshit!
- What was he even doing there?
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He wanted
to read everyone poetry.
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For some reason Bill Murray was at
some random college kids party,
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doing everyone's dishes.
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Wait! So, Bill Murray just shows up at this
almost coffee shop to read people poetry?
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On this
particular day, he did, yeah.
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How was this iconic movie star walking
into this dirty, shitty bathroom,
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covering random people's eyes
and whispering in their ear:
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"No one will ever believe you."
Then he walked away.
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- Seriously?
- Dude, I'm telling you. It happened to my friend's buddy.
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- He told me it happened.
- And you believed him?
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Stuff like this
happens all the time.
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Yeah, Bill Murray
visiting you in the bathroom
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happens all the time.
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You can joke all you want,
but I'm serious.
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It's not always the bathroom. Sometimes
he hops in your engagement photos.
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Or sing a song
at a base-ball game.
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Hell, he'll even jump in a random
kickball game if you let him.
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But the point is, it happens.
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Why would he do that?
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That's just how the stories go.
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This picture
is kind of important.
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But we can get to that later.
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See I'm the guy on the right.
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This movie is about
the guy on the left.
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Hello, I'm Bill Murray,
You can call me Billy.
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But around here everybody
just calls me The New Guy.
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The world was introduces to
Bill in 1976 on Saturday Night Live.
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From his roots in
improv and sketch comedy,
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Bill was quickly launched into
a blockbuster film career.
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Starring in iconic films that help
define generations of comedy to come.
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After decades of notable
comedic performances
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Bill transitioned into acquire
more dramatic roles.
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Bill's onscreen presence shifted towards
more mature parts as he got older.
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No matter what the character, funny or
serious, people love Bill Murray, the actor.
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But more importantly, they
love Bill Murray, the person.
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Ladies and gentlemen please welcome
the one, the only Bill Murray. Bill!
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♪ And I... ♪
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♪ Will always love you ♪
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Bill is fun. When people see
him in interviews just being himself
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the people around Bill
are having fun.
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Who wants a T-shirt?
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So what happens when Bill leaves the
set and goes back to being a normal guy?
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That's where things
get specially interesting.
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There is just something special about him.
Something that drives people to
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put his face on T-shirts, bumper stickers,
pillow cases, even prayer candles.
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But beyond all the novelty items,
there is something much bigger.
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There are a legion of seemingly
unbelievable tall tales
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about Bill that circulates
online throughout the years.
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These so called Bill Murray
stories, are random interactions
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with Bill
and regular everyday people.
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They range from him stealing a
strangers French Fries at an airport
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to randomly showing up at some college
kids' house party to wash the dishes.
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But where does this stories come from?
Is there any truth to these encounters?
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Why would such a big celebrity physically
insert himself into this random situations?
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♪ Lets get physical, physical ♪
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Eventually all these
questions came to a head for me.
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And I wanted to understand what deeper
meaning this Bill Murray stories might hold.
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Regardless of whether
they are true or not.
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If I was going to get to
the bottom of it all,
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- I wanted to talk to the man himself.
- Hello!
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Most celebrities have
managers or agents,
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Bill has neither.
All he has is a 1-800 number.
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It's just an answering machine that he'll eventually
check and hopefully he'll get back to you.
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And getting that 1-800 number
is extremely difficult.
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But from a friend of a friend of a
friend, I was able to get hold of it.
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This will be my first call.
Is it in focus?
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Please select
one of the following options
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followed by the pound key. To
send a numeric page, enter one.
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To leave
a voice message enter two.
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To send a text message,
enter three.
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Please begin speaking your
message at the tone.
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Hello, Mr. Bill Murray.
My name is Tommy Avallone.
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I'm a documentary film director.
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And I wanted to do a story with you.
Oh, dear.
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To cancel press the star key.
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Message canceled. Please begin
speaking your message at the tone.
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I'm a documentary director.
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I direct documentary's.
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And I want to talk to you
about this new documentary.
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I figure I'd say documentary
a few more times.
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Message canceled.
Please select one of the following options
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followed by the pound key.
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Hello, Mr. Bill Murray.
My name is Tommy Avallone.
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And I want to talk to you about this project
I have that I think would be perfect.
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Jesus Christ!
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So, if getting a hold of
Bill is gonna take some time,
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my next best bet was to start tracking
down someone from one of these stories.
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Message canceled.
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- Hello.
- Hello, is this Raheel?
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Yeah, this is Raheel.
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Cool, it's Tommy Avallone.
I was talking to you on email.
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You took the Bill Murray
engagement photo, right?
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It still feels
like it wasn't me.
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Yeah, I mean anytime you look online
for any of these Bill Murray lists,
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I mean you're still always
one of the top five.
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Yeah, I mean, that's the thing.
It's just... yeah...
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Hang out in Charleston then you might just see
him walking on the street crossing the road
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I guess, you know, you wanna be in Charleston,
your odds are way better when it goes with Bill.
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OK, cool.
I'll see you Thursday.
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South Carolina.
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I figure if I just stand here with a
camera crew, he'll find me, right?
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He's across the street.
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- Hello! I realize I didn't know what you looked like.
- Raheel.
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- How are you doing, man? Tommy.
- Very nice to meet you.
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This is Derrick,
John and Max.
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Awesome, how is your trip going
in Charleston so far?
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Great! It's the first time we have
ever been here. It's really nice.
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Really? It's awesome,
it's like, living here
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it's like being
on vacation all the time.
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So where
did you take the photos?
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- On those staircases there.
- Oh, Wow!
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I'm a wedding photographer.
I take pictures all the time.
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Usually we're just walking around
taking pictures of couples.
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I was doing this
with Ashley and Eric.
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We approached
this beautiful staircase.
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Beautiful historic house.
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And I ask Eric and Ashley
to have a seat.
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And I get ready to photograph.
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As I look through the lens,
I'm seeing Eric
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kind of making these weird gestures
with his eyes. Kind of like...
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I look at him, like:
"Eric, look at the camera."
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And he's kind of like this weird
look going past my head.
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So, times like this, what I usually think,
there is these carriages going past and
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sometimes people are really nice.
They say: "Congratulations."
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And sometimes people are like whistling
and saying: "Hey, you're hot!"
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And I look behind me, almost ready to say something
nasty to someone that is distracting him.
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And I see this guy.
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And as I looked closer,
it's actually Bill Murray
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slapping his belly really loud and just
rubbing it like there is no tomorrow.
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I look back at the couple and they're
mesmerized that it's actually Bill Murray.
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And I'm like: "Bill come on let's
do a photo with the couple."
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Now usually when you ask someone
to get in a picture with a couple,
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you would expect them to come
in and kind of be like this
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Not Bill. He has
a signature look on his face
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I think this
photo is mislabeled.
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It wasn't a photobomb
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where he just randomly
popped up in a photo.
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But at the end of the day, Bill showing
up in the most unexpected of places
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giving a piece of himself, giving
a little memory to someone,
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memory-bombing would be a more appropriate
turn. But that's kind of what it is.
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Raheel was on to something.
He claimed Charleston was home
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of a ton of Bill Murray stories.
And it seemed to make sense
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because Bill spends
a lot of time down here.
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Not only is he the owner
of a local restaurant,
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but he's also part owner
of the Charleston RiverDogs,
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a minor league baseball team.
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So I didn't have to
go far for my next story.
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Our favorite party crasher
Bill Murray is at it again.
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The actor busted a move or two while
at a birthday party in South Carolina.
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He goes about how he ended up at the bachelor
hazy, but it looks like he had a ton of fun.
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Bill Murray and I had
been friends for a little while.
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We have some relationships
with his kids and my kids.
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Who is that?
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Ah, that's a fucking
reminder for me to be here.
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I'm here. Let's do that again.
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My Bill Murray story, so we where
at a friend of mine's house.
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It was his 50th birthday. He had
struck up a relationship with Bill.
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And they had discussed that it was their mutual
birthday. Now they know that I'm coming.
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And a couple of people had known
that they had made a phone call
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to Bill and see
if he would show up.
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And we're just about
to sit down for dinner.
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Knock at the door, through the
garage door comes Bill Murray.
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He sits down at the head of the table.
He's just a regular guest.
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And everybody... I mean, you got 20
people from Jedburgh, South Carolina.
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Just like: "Holy shit,
what the hell is he doing here?"
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And it wasn't until the people
needed the energy.
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And you know they were having
some chilled music on.
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And he just took over
and played the DJ.
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And then just got in there
and just cutting up dancing.
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And I'm like: "Hold on,
I've got to check this out.
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But it wasn't a five minute DJ.
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It was a 30 to 45 minute,
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and he's dancing
with everybody in the house.
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I don't know if he can understand it, or
if I can even understand on that night.
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Just the impact and the change
he had on that group of people
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for that night,
forever in their mind.
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And took pictures
with everybody in there.
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Took his time, made sure that
everyone had special attention.
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Before you knew it,
Boom! Houdini, gone.
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So why do you think these news
outlets have picked up on the story?
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It's not that one episode, is why
they picked up on it. A bit it's because
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it's a series of
this kind of urban legend.
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I don't think people can figure out
the purpose of why he would do that.
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You know, why would he show up to some one's
house? Who are these people? What are they?
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There's got to be
a larger purpose than him just
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doing something cool and
unique for some people that
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he felt whatever was in his brain
and his heart. "I need to do this."
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I'm gonna give you
all this advice.
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Why does he show up at
restaurants and give life advice
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to people
who are about to get married.
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Why does he show up
here there and everywhere?
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I's like, you know,
where is Waldo?
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It was starting to look like
some of these stories were true.
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But they couldn't all be true, could they?
As I left South Carolina,
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Bill is off
making a new Bill Murray story.
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What a game!
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Grand slam!
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A Grand
Slam by the Chicago Cubs.
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It's history making stuff.
And this lucky Cubs fan
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got to witness every minute.
Thanks to actor Bill Murray.
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Murray actually gave
this complete stranger
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a priceless
ticket to the big game.
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She was wearing a Cubs' shirt.
She is a Cubs fan.
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Bill Murray sees her as he
is walking into the stadium.
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He says: "What are you doing?" She
goes: "I'm trying to get a ticket."
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He goes: "Come on!" And he
brings her into the stadium.
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Roker also show this goofy Video
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of Murray playing
hairdresser with another fan.
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Grand Slam!
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What a memorable night!
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And thanks to Bill Murray
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a night this fan
will never forget.
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As much as I wanted to meet Bill,
this was more of a search for answers
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than a hunt to find him. And as I kept seeing
more and more of these stories pop up,
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I started to feel like
I might be getting somewhere.
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South By Southwest is a huge music
festival that happens here in Austin.
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Also now includes film, people
come from all over the world.
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It's generally a pretty crazy
party here in town.
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♪ Still look good, girl
My mama warned ♪
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So South By Southwest 2010.
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The bar had only been open
for about a year and a half.
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This particular day was pretty slow.
We were kind of hanging out. And...
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I walk in the door, and Bill
Murray is sitting at the bar
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talking with
one of my bartenders.
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I kind of just stare at the TV
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because I don't... He's standing
right next to me.
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And I don't know
how to like, just go: "Hey."
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Because I'm a little starstruck.
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And so he's like: "Who are you
rooting for in the game?"
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And I know
like zero about sports.
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And I was just like:
"I don't know."
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I don't even know,
I'm just staring at the TV.
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So we do a shot of tequila
and he puts out his hand
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and he goes "I'm Bill by
the way." And I go: "I know".
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More people are coming in and they're
starting to come up to Bill,
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and they're saying: "Oh, my gosh,
Bill my dog's name is Venkman."
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She's like: "Can I have a hug? And he goes
"Yeah, give Trevor a hug, he's a handsome guy."
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Joking around and, it's like:
"Can we take a picture of you?"
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And he's like: "Yeah, but we're
having a conversation."
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And I felt pretty special
that he was like:
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"We are trying to talk here,
me and Trevor."
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He goes: "Hey, I'm going
across the street
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to see The GZA.
Do you wanna come?"
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I'd been at work all morning and I said "I
actually have to go and let my dogs out."
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And he was like: "Oh, okay."
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So later in the day it gets busier.
I'm bartending outside on the patio.
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And I get a text message that says Bill
Murray is back looking for Trevor.
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I come back to the bar
with the dogs,
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and I go to the door
and the door guy is like:
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"Fuck you!" And I was like
"What? What's up?"
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And he goes "Bill Murray just walked in
the door and asked: "Is Trevor here?"
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And I like waved through the crowd with
my dogs. And I tap him on the shoulder.
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And he turns around
and he goes: "Trevor!"
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And then
I get another text message.
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Trevor is back
talking with Bill Murray.
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Tyler, the owner, calls me
and he's like:
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You think he wants to bartend?
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And I was like:
"No, I don't want to do that."
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He was like: "Just ask him the question.
Just do it, just do it."
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And I was like: "Alright."
So I go: "Hi, Bill,
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- the owner wants to know like, if you want
to bartend." -And he's like: "Really?"
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And a couple of minutes goes by and
I just get another text message
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that just says:
"Bill is bartending."
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It's like three beeps at the bar, and
everyone, just like, is going apeshit,
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like holding up money
and waving it.
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And I run inside and Bill Murray
is behind the bar, and it's chaos.
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Bill just started, well, taking
orders from all the people around.
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You know people would order a
whiskey coke, shot of... what-ever.
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It didn't matter what they ordered. He would
literary just grab the closest bottle to him
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regardless of what...
If it's what ordered or not.
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And pour them straight Tequila
in a glass straight Gin in...
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whatever, he'd just... Whatever was
close, that's what they were getting.
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Nobody gave a damn.
It was awesome.
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How crazy would it be if you walked around
town and everyone loved you. Everyone.
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When you're pumping your gas,
everyone loved you.
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And when you were ordering
a coffee, everyone loved you.
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That would be exhausting. But he seems to
have just kind of turned that on its head.
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And just gone with it, and
realized that he has the power
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to make other people
have an amazing experience.
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You know eventually it gets really
crazy and he and his friends take off.
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So, I snuck out the back door with my dog to
like bee-line to meet him to the entrance.
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I go up and I say: "Hey, Bill are
you leaving?" He goes "Yeah."
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And he shakes my hand and he goes: "You're
a really interesting guy, Trevor,
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it was really nice to meet you." And
I was just like: "Oh, my gosh."
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This is like
the perfect end of the story.
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He just walked out
in the middle of the street
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and wanders down the road.
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And I don't know what happened
after that, but...
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So, who is Bill Murray?
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Oh, man.
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To me he's just like this unicorn
who I've always wanted to meet.
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And it's always that one person
who you want to meet.
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And in your head, you're just
like this is never gonna happen.
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And this guy shows up
at your fucking door.
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My Bill Murray story I share
with a couple of my friends.
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So, that night
we were having a house party.
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It's kind of a tradition that we
do with our friends
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at the end of South By
we'll have a couple of bands.
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Jordan ran into this band
called The Like.
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And he asked the girls
if they wanted to play.
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Sure enough they show up.
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And as I'm walking out, I see
Bill in the passenger seat.
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I basically just
have a heart attack
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and stop walking and I was just
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Oh, my God!
Oh, my fucking God!
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Jordan goes... Opens the door,
and then comes running back in.
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He goes: "You're not gonna believe
it, Bill Murray is here."
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Like I run inside,
close the door
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and I'm like: "Shhh..."
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And I started jumping up and down
"Bill fucking Murray is here.
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Bill fucking Murray." My buddy Adam is
like: "Jordan how drunk are you right now?
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"I'm not drunk.
Not that drunk."
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- But he's here!
- And sure enough Bill Murray is walking in the front door
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carrying guitar amps.
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Bill Murray, everybody!
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And everyone
in the party just stopped.
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It was almost like the movie
where like that record stops.
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And he was just... Looked around
and just, you know, did this.
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He's like: "I don't know what you guys are
looking at. Like I'm the roadie tonight."
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Bill himself did a lot to put people
at ease by just being as normal as possible.
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Like he wasn't making
a big deal about himself.
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He was more concerned with
the lasagna in the oven.
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- Did you do that?
- Yeah.
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Please send that to me because all my friends
like, fuck that shit, it's not true.
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They start playing.
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We ran out of beer.
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Bill comes up to Jordan
and goes: "Hey, let me put in."
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And I'm like: "Man you're good,
you're good. Like I appreciate that."
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He's said: "No, Jordan,
I'm really serious.
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And I said: "Bill, no, you're my
guest, come on."
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He reaches into his pocket and pulls
out a soft ball of wadded up cash.
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Then Bill Murray leans over
Jordan and whispers in his ear:
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"Jordan, listen, I've been
saving up for a little bit."
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And I said: "Alright, fuck it." And I was
like: "I'll let you buy me some beer."
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And so I ran through the grocery
store, freaking... I mean running.
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They're about to close, and I end up
bringing the cashier back to the house.
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And it's a knock at the door.
It's the cops.
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- Jordan!
- Jordan! Cops!
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They... You know, we were too loud.
They wanted us to turn it down.
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And I walked out, said: "Hi,
gentlemen how are you tonight?"
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Oh, good. You know, we
just got six calls.
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We can hear you five blocks away.
You guys are really loud.
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Can you guys turn it down?
And I was like:
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"Man, officers
with all due respect
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I can't really do that right now
because Bill Murray is inside my house
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and he's playing in the band
that you want me to stop
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from playing.
And I just can't do that.
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So if you guys wanna come in
to my house and tell Bill Murray
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that he can't play the
tambourine anymore. Go for it."
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The two police officers,
me and Jordan...
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Bill Murray comes up with the
tambourine and plays it in their face.
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He is there at the door to
greet them as soon as they walk in.
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He got a tambourine in his hand
shaking it vigorously in their face.
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And all he said was: "You are Bill Murray."
And he has his tambourine in his hand
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and he's shaking it, and he said:
"Yes, I am, I am Bill Murray."
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And puts his arm around him and
brings him into the party and...
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We keep playing.
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For Bill it's probably just
the spontaneity, is perhaps the fun.
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If nobody expect that you're gonna
be there then you're gonna get
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an absolutely genuine
reaction to it all.
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When you're in a room full of people and
everyone is smiling, like ear to ear,
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that's an amazing vibe. And
like that's... He created that.
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He's like a candle, when you light it in a room,
and all of a sudden the room smells great.
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He has become a symbol of...
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I think what
everyone wants to be.
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When you're living spontaneously,
you're gonna be able to have memories
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of events happened that
you can't create yourself.
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You can try
to force a special moment,
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but the things that matter most are
the things that just happened.
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You know, to be able to open yourself,
to allow any of those things to happen.
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I think that's where
the kind of magic comes through.
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Because like our Bill Murray story,
like it never would have happened
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had the band not said
yes to us.
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Or Bill said yes to the band. All these things
that people just kind of going with it,
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led to this awesome story
and a memory we'll have forever.
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He walked out of there, you know, saying:
"Thank you so much, that was so much fun like,
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thanks for having me." I mean just
kind of lets him get back to his roots
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and just enjoy people for who
they are and enjoy just life
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on a simpler...
On a simpler level.
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Awesome!
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Good morning.
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A few years back I was contacted by the studio
releasing a film called Rock the Casbah
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that Bill was starring in. And it was written
by Mitch Glazer. He's a very close friend.
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And they had contacted me a few weeks before
Comic Con to ask me to moderate a panel.
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I was approached with a caveat
that: "We think he'll be there."
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He's Josh Horowitz.
He's OK. He's OK.
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All the way
up to the night before
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we did not know if Bill Murray
was gonna show up.
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They were getting
reports on the phone,
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like: "We think he's
on his way to the airport.
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Mitch says he's on the plane. Mitch thinks
he's on the plane. We think he's on the way."
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It's like
30 minutes before the panel,
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finally Bill arrives.
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The very first
appearance at Comic Con
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for Mr. Bill Murray.
Give it up!
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And we started to take
questions from the audience.
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And there are
a lot of cool questions.
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Questions about Ghost Busters
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and all that
kind of sort of thing.
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And there is one great question
that kind of like
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gets to the heart of what we
love about Bill Murray.
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Oh-oh.
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Hey, Bill Murray. I...
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I don't know if you ever heard, that there's
people that share around these stories
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of you doing crazy things and acting
weird, and then turning to the person
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that's is telling the story saying:
"No one will ever believe you."
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If... A: Curious if any
of those stories have
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any validity to them, and if not
like, if you have heard of them,
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00:27:04.190 --> 00:27:09.620
is there one that really is like you heard
you're like: "Well, that's pretty crazy."
445
00:27:21.700 --> 00:27:23.440
I don't know what
he was talking about.
446
00:27:31.384 --> 00:27:35.850
It sounds like fun, though,
doesn't it?
447
00:27:35.870 --> 00:27:41.392
And he's kind of winking at the audience in a
way saying: "Yeah, but you will never know."
448
00:27:41.394 --> 00:27:43.760
And that's part of
the beauty of Bill Murray.
449
00:27:43.762 --> 00:27:46.463
Mitch his friend and
collaborator, chimes in.
450
00:27:46.465 --> 00:27:51.869
He says: "I've kind of got like a version of a
Bill Murray story that I can share with you guys."
451
00:27:51.871 --> 00:27:54.270
I can attest to one.
My wife is here
452
00:27:54.272 --> 00:27:57.274
who starred in Road House
with Patrick Swayze.
453
00:27:57.276 --> 00:28:03.514
Kelly Lynch is here, and I can attest
to one of those stories which is
454
00:28:03.516 --> 00:28:08.251
for about... It felt like 20 or 30
years, but for about five or six years
455
00:28:08.253 --> 00:28:13.324
any time Road House was on, and I mean,
it was on TNT every 15 minutes it seemed.
456
00:28:13.326 --> 00:28:17.761
So before in the morning, he actually once
called me from Russia at a wedding to say:
457
00:28:17.763 --> 00:28:19.529
"Your wife
is banging Patrick Swayze."
458
00:28:22.401 --> 00:28:25.302
And then there was a moment
where all his brothers
459
00:28:25.304 --> 00:28:28.271
were calling me at weird hours
just to do the same voice.
460
00:28:28.273 --> 00:28:30.207
So I can... I mean, I'm about
the "You'll never believe it",
461
00:28:30.209 --> 00:28:32.509
but Kelly
and I were haunted by...
462
00:28:34.279 --> 00:28:36.846
...by the Ghost Buster.
463
00:28:41.820 --> 00:28:46.550
Like everybody else I think I'd sort of like
just been enjoying the Bill Murray stories
464
00:28:46.570 --> 00:28:51.261
as entertainment. They can pop up on your computer,
in the news and like you know, sort of like
465
00:28:51.263 --> 00:28:56.801
Bill crashed a party, Bill stole a golf-car,
Bill wrestled somebody into a sand trap.
466
00:28:56.803 --> 00:29:00.304
But after a while
like he's not just being wacky.
467
00:29:00.306 --> 00:29:04.740
The more I looked at it, the more
I realized Bill is by action,
468
00:29:04.760 --> 00:29:06.413
not by word, teaching
us all how to live.
469
00:29:08.513 --> 00:29:10.847
- Did you get anything?
- I got a video of it.
470
00:29:10.849 --> 00:29:12.583
- NO.
- Let me see.
471
00:29:12.585 --> 00:29:15.318
And I think this message is
particularly important now.
472
00:29:15.320 --> 00:29:21.558
We're so stuck on our phones. We're do so
much just out of habit, right, and routine.
473
00:29:21.560 --> 00:29:25.830
We really are not fully engaged
with our lives right now.
474
00:29:25.832 --> 00:29:28.899
I think Bill Murray teaches us
a few things.
475
00:29:28.901 --> 00:29:32.937
And one is just, sort of,
not live life on auto pilot.
476
00:29:32.939 --> 00:29:35.380
Bill Murray is reminding
us to do that.
477
00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:38.107
To get fully engaged, to wake up
to what's going on.
478
00:29:38.109 --> 00:29:42.780
It doesn't have to be that you have to do,
like silly things or pranks or anything.
479
00:29:42.800 --> 00:29:44.914
It's about being mindful and
being aware of what's happening.
480
00:29:44.916 --> 00:29:49.319
It's been said before but it's true,
I think Bill embraces the moment.
481
00:29:49.321 --> 00:29:51.988
These chronical Bill Murray
stories work because
482
00:29:51.990 --> 00:29:55.593
it's somebody that we revere,
we put on a pedestal
483
00:29:55.595 --> 00:29:59.529
who... Seemingly all he wants
it's just like, kind of like:
484
00:29:59.531 --> 00:30:02.632
"Have a good time,
enjoy the moment."
485
00:30:02.634 --> 00:30:06.269
There is always excitement for someone
when they see a celebrity in real life,
486
00:30:06.271 --> 00:30:11.174
but I think to see a celebrity
like not being sort of self-aware
487
00:30:11.176 --> 00:30:13.376
and not being stand-offish
488
00:30:13.378 --> 00:30:18.282
really participating and
like being a regular person,
489
00:30:18.284 --> 00:30:22.253
I think all of these things contributes
to that sort of singular awesomeness
490
00:30:22.255 --> 00:30:24.121
that is a Bill Murray sighting.
491
00:30:24.123 --> 00:30:27.290
He connects on a very
human, personal level.
492
00:30:27.292 --> 00:30:31.495
Just enjoy that party,
karaoke, play kickball.
493
00:30:31.497 --> 00:30:34.364
Just do what makes you happy
and connect with a stranger.
494
00:30:34.366 --> 00:30:36.135
And I think there is something
really beautiful in that.
495
00:30:37.971 --> 00:30:41.104
A lot of people have their
theories on these Bill Murray stories.
496
00:30:41.106 --> 00:30:43.539
And I was learning a lot
from my own journey.
497
00:30:43.541 --> 00:30:46.543
But some part of me still wanted
to get answers from Bill himself.
498
00:30:46.545 --> 00:30:49.950
I am making my second attempt...
499
00:30:53.685 --> 00:30:55.187
to call Bill Murray.
500
00:30:57.556 --> 00:30:59.189
Hello, Bill.
501
00:30:59.191 --> 00:31:02.959
Hey, Bill. Hey, Bill!
502
00:31:02.961 --> 00:31:04.561
Hello, Bill.
How are you?
503
00:31:04.563 --> 00:31:06.296
I feel I can say that better.
504
00:31:06.298 --> 00:31:08.599
Hey, Bill.
That sounds better, right?
505
00:31:08.601 --> 00:31:10.433
Hey! Hey, Bill.
506
00:31:10.435 --> 00:31:13.504
How are you?
I'm not good at this.
507
00:31:13.506 --> 00:31:17.574
Hi, Bill, my name is Lynn.
I'm Tommy Avallone's mother.
508
00:31:17.576 --> 00:31:19.278
He's the best guy in the world.
509
00:31:20.946 --> 00:31:23.146
For message
press pound. For additional options
510
00:31:23.148 --> 00:31:27.887
enter 8002, message sent.
Thank you for calling.
511
00:31:36.295 --> 00:31:38.295
- Hi, man.
- What's up?
512
00:31:38.297 --> 00:31:40.497
How are you?
513
00:31:40.499 --> 00:31:42.732
Just tell me when the audio
is clear, man. I'll go...
514
00:31:44.737 --> 00:31:48.238
I almost got you. I think it was
right by my eye, dude.
515
00:31:48.240 --> 00:31:52.343
My name is John Barnhardt and I did the walking
in slow motion video with Bill Murray.
516
00:31:57.750 --> 00:32:03.219
So, my buddy and I, David Smith were
shooting a low budget horror movie
517
00:32:03.221 --> 00:32:07.591
and one of my commercial clients called
me and said: "Listen, Trident Academy
518
00:32:07.593 --> 00:32:12.563
this school want's a commercial. They can't pay
anything." I was like whatever, I don't know.
519
00:32:12.565 --> 00:32:16.100
And they were like: "Bill Murray is gonna
be in it." And I'm like: "Done deal."
520
00:32:16.102 --> 00:32:19.303
We had a script. He's like: "I'm not doing
this is... What do you think of me just
521
00:32:19.305 --> 00:32:22.600
telling a story of these
bears. These stuffed animals."
522
00:32:22.800 --> 00:32:23.710
Like dude, that's brilliant.
523
00:32:24.643 --> 00:32:27.745
Bill warms up to us and we're all
kind of done with the commercial.
524
00:32:27.747 --> 00:32:33.249
It was fun and then we're eating, and I'm
like: "Yo, Bill we've got a favor to ask.
525
00:32:33.251 --> 00:32:35.840
He goes:
"You want an autograph?"
526
00:32:35.860 --> 00:32:36.754
And I'm like: "No, no,
I don't want an autograph.
527
00:32:36.756 --> 00:32:40.324
But would it be cool if we all
walk down the hallway
528
00:32:40.326 --> 00:32:43.494
and my buddy photographed
it in slow motion?"
529
00:32:43.496 --> 00:32:46.396
We cut a bunch of Wes Anderson credits
around, and put some music behind kind of
530
00:32:46.398 --> 00:32:50.234
like Kinks Or David Bowie. And he was
like: "Absolutely, let's do this."
531
00:32:52.471 --> 00:32:55.380
Then he's like:
"But only one thing,
532
00:32:55.400 --> 00:32:58.307
the camera guy has to go around the corner
and we have to come out and reveal,
533
00:32:58.309 --> 00:32:59.742
and you can't look at me.
534
00:32:59.744 --> 00:33:02.412
You gotta look straight ahead."
535
00:33:02.414 --> 00:33:04.448
Right after we walked
out in slow motion,
536
00:33:04.450 --> 00:33:05.748
he shakes all of our hands
537
00:33:05.750 --> 00:33:07.484
and then he goes:
"Good session."
538
00:33:07.486 --> 00:33:10.453
To everybody.
"Good session, good session."
539
00:33:10.455 --> 00:33:13.580
And then he just left.
That was it.
540
00:33:14.292 --> 00:33:15.727
You know
he's such a big famous person,
541
00:33:16.828 --> 00:33:21.265
but he still kind of finds the time
to you know maybe think about people.
542
00:33:21.267 --> 00:33:24.567
I think he recognizes that he's
so big that
543
00:33:24.569 --> 00:33:29.440
that one little moment
makes your year, makes your day.
544
00:33:29.442 --> 00:33:31.607
And it's like
ten seconds to him.
545
00:33:31.609 --> 00:33:34.210
While we were in
South Carolina talking to John,
546
00:33:34.212 --> 00:33:38.148
Bills off yet again
making a new Bill Murray story,
547
00:33:38.150 --> 00:33:39.786
all the way in Slovenia.
548
00:33:43.288 --> 00:33:47.724
♪ Take me out to Slovenia ♪
549
00:33:47.726 --> 00:33:51.628
♪ Take me up with Triglav ♪
550
00:33:51.630 --> 00:33:55.665
♪ Buy me some
strudel and potica ♪
551
00:33:55.667 --> 00:33:59.335
♪ I don't care if
I never go back ♪
552
00:33:59.337 --> 00:34:05.542
I write this column for CNN about wisdom.
In writing about the wisdom of pop culture
553
00:34:05.544 --> 00:34:11.115
and the reason that I focused on Bill Murray is
because, if you look at Bill Murray's career,
554
00:34:11.117 --> 00:34:18.910
you see at a certain number of key films in which
there is a similar narrative, this message.
555
00:34:19.324 --> 00:34:21.224
It's in the hole!
556
00:34:21.226 --> 00:34:23.626
A lot of people are very
familiar with Caddyshack.
557
00:34:23.628 --> 00:34:27.396
It's one of his most famous films, and he
tells this great story, totally improv
558
00:34:27.398 --> 00:34:30.737
a line about how he wants
to caddy for the Dalai Lama.
559
00:34:31.704 --> 00:34:34.704
Are you gonna stiff me?
And I said "Hey, Lama!
560
00:34:34.706 --> 00:34:39.342
Hey! How about a little something,
you know, for the effort, you know.
561
00:34:39.344 --> 00:34:42.146
And he says
"Oh, it won't be any money,
562
00:34:42.148 --> 00:34:46.282
but when you die,
on your death bed,
563
00:34:46.284 --> 00:34:50.186
you will receive
total consciousness."
564
00:34:50.188 --> 00:34:51.889
He didn't necessarily
put that into Caddyshack.
565
00:34:51.891 --> 00:34:53.523
He just...
He threw enlightenment
566
00:34:53.525 --> 00:34:55.659
in the middle of
a movie about golf.
567
00:34:55.661 --> 00:34:58.595
- I'm a God.
- You're God?
568
00:34:58.597 --> 00:35:01.331
I am a God.
I'm not the God.
569
00:35:01.333 --> 00:35:05.668
You can look at that story and it
clearly seems to be about this notion
570
00:35:05.670 --> 00:35:08.804
of make mistakes and
do things over and over again
571
00:35:08.806 --> 00:35:10.706
until you get it right
so that you can move on.
572
00:35:10.708 --> 00:35:13.776
And moving on, being nirvana.
573
00:35:13.778 --> 00:35:16.345
Today is tomorrow.
574
00:35:16.347 --> 00:35:18.282
It happened.
575
00:35:18.284 --> 00:35:21.351
Just this great lesson
on how to live.
576
00:35:21.353 --> 00:35:24.188
While also being super
entertaining and very funny.
577
00:35:24.190 --> 00:35:29.226
I believe in it now! I believe it's gonna
happen to me now! I'm ready for it!
578
00:35:29.228 --> 00:35:33.262
Scrooged, right, which you know even
in the original Dickens story's
579
00:35:33.264 --> 00:35:36.268
basically is about redemption,
you know, in a similar way.
580
00:35:36.635 --> 00:35:41.771
Bill Murray in the
story of one man in the search for himself.
581
00:35:41.773 --> 00:35:47.510
That is the story of a guy who goes
off to World War I and becomes a voluntary
582
00:35:47.512 --> 00:35:50.447
ambulance driver,
sees death and destruction,
583
00:35:50.449 --> 00:35:53.650
and then comes back, and he
has this pre-assigned life.
584
00:35:53.652 --> 00:35:56.552
Like he has got a job waiting
for him. He's got a fiancé,
585
00:35:56.554 --> 00:36:00.389
and he rejects all that and says:
"That's not what I want to do.
586
00:36:00.391 --> 00:36:02.693
I have more questions
than I have answers."
587
00:36:02.695 --> 00:36:06.229
And so he goes on this search
for enlightenment.
588
00:36:06.231 --> 00:36:08.764
Am I ever gonna see you again?
589
00:36:08.766 --> 00:36:11.934
It doesn't matter.
590
00:36:11.936 --> 00:36:14.271
It doesn't matter.
591
00:36:14.273 --> 00:36:17.273
There is just this theme that
keeps reoccurring
592
00:36:17.275 --> 00:36:22.378
in Bill Murray films that seems to
be about something much deeper.
593
00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:25.816
Sure they're terrific athletes. They've got
the best equipment that money can buy.
594
00:36:25.818 --> 00:36:30.420
Hell, every team they're sending over
here has their own personal masseuse.
595
00:36:30.422 --> 00:36:35.391
Not masseur, masseuse.
But it doesn't matter!
596
00:36:35.393 --> 00:36:38.961
So you see "It just doesn't matter".
That's the big speech in Meatballs.
597
00:36:38.963 --> 00:36:42.432
The end of the Razor's Edge
Like it just doesn't matter.
598
00:36:42.434 --> 00:36:47.371
Even and even if we win!
599
00:36:47.373 --> 00:36:50.673
Hah! Even if we win!
600
00:36:50.675 --> 00:36:56.880
Even if we play so far over our heads that
our noses bleed for a week to ten days.
601
00:36:56.882 --> 00:37:03.887
Even if God in heaven above comes down and
points his hand at our side of the field
602
00:37:03.889 --> 00:37:09.392
it just wouldn't matter because all
of the really good looking girls
603
00:37:09.394 --> 00:37:13.963
would still go out with the guys from
Mohawk because they've got all the money!
604
00:37:13.965 --> 00:37:18.434
There is a really great all Daoist
story that sort of speaks to this.
605
00:37:18.436 --> 00:37:23.507
So, the story goes like this: There is
an old man who has this priced horse
606
00:37:23.509 --> 00:37:26.309
and one day
the horse runs away.
607
00:37:26.311 --> 00:37:29.120
And his neighbor comes over
to give his condolences.
608
00:37:29.140 --> 00:37:31.648
He says: "I'm so sorry.
I heard about your horse."
609
00:37:31.650 --> 00:37:34.483
And the old man says:
"Who knows what's good or bad?"
610
00:37:34.485 --> 00:37:37.720
And the neighbor is confused
because this is his priced horse.
611
00:37:37.722 --> 00:37:41.590
And so the neighbor leaves and then
the next day the horse returns
612
00:37:41.592 --> 00:37:45.996
and he brings with him 12 feral horses.
Now the guy is rich in horses.
613
00:37:45.998 --> 00:37:49.398
And the neighbor comes over and says:
"Congratulations, you have all these horses."
614
00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:51.802
And the old man says:
"Who knows what's good or bad?"
615
00:37:51.804 --> 00:37:55.371
And the neighbor is confused again. Because
clearly he's, you know, this is great.
616
00:37:55.373 --> 00:37:58.441
But then the next day the old man's
son is taming one of the horses
617
00:37:58.443 --> 00:38:02.612
and is thrown and he breaks his leg. The neighbor
comes over: "I'm so sorry about your son."
618
00:38:02.614 --> 00:38:05.581
The old man says again: "Who knows what's
good or bad?" And then the next day
619
00:38:05.583 --> 00:38:08.584
the army comes through and they're
conscripting able-bodied young men
620
00:38:08.586 --> 00:38:11.210
to go fight off in war.
And his son is spared.
621
00:38:11.230 --> 00:38:15.250
And that story can go on and on and on. But
what the point of that story is the...
622
00:38:15.270 --> 00:38:19.829
It just doesn't matter, right? Like
most of us go through life up and down.
623
00:38:19.831 --> 00:38:23.133
Things are great! Things are terrible,
things are great, things are terrible.
624
00:38:23.135 --> 00:38:27.903
But a deeper way of looking at it, is that
things are always kind of up and down.
625
00:38:27.905 --> 00:38:31.508
Good things can lead to bad things,
bad things can lead to good things.
626
00:38:31.510 --> 00:38:34.411
And if you have this
"It just doesn't matter"...
627
00:38:34.413 --> 00:38:38.115
If you just have this sort of more
Zen, if you will, outlook on it.
628
00:38:38.117 --> 00:38:40.117
You can sort of look
at the big picture of it.
629
00:38:40.119 --> 00:38:41.985
You're gonna...
Your whole life is just gonna be
630
00:38:41.987 --> 00:38:44.554
more even keel, you know.
631
00:38:44.556 --> 00:38:49.726
It just doesn't matter
if we win or we lose!
632
00:38:49.728 --> 00:38:54.798
It just doesn't matter!
It just doesn't matter!
633
00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:59.769
It just doesn't matter! It just doesn't
matter! It just doesn't matter!
634
00:38:59.771 --> 00:39:04.844
It just doesn't matter! It just doesn't
matter! It just doesn't matter!
635
00:39:06.177 --> 00:39:10.450
I was out with a bunch of friends
after work doing some karaoke,
636
00:39:10.470 --> 00:39:14.684
something that we regularly did. We were out in
a private room and just having a great time.
637
00:39:14.686 --> 00:39:18.521
My friend comes back to the room and
he goes: "Bill Murray just walked in."
638
00:39:18.523 --> 00:39:23.159
And we were just like:
"Whatever, dude. You're a liar."
639
00:39:23.161 --> 00:39:25.961
And this was around the time where
kind of like the legend had started
640
00:39:25.963 --> 00:39:29.166
where you hear these stories
where Bill Murray did my dishes
641
00:39:29.168 --> 00:39:30.934
or Bill Murray crashed my party.
642
00:39:30.936 --> 00:39:33.603
So my friend
didn't even hesitate.
643
00:39:33.605 --> 00:39:36.539
He went right up to him and said: "you
know what? We've got a room in the back
644
00:39:36.541 --> 00:39:38.874
if you want to come and hang out
with us, just come and check it out.
645
00:39:38.876 --> 00:39:43.546
And about 20 minutes later we got a
knock on the door. And it's Bill.
646
00:39:43.548 --> 00:39:46.715
We just kind of welcomed him in. And then
we just like: "Come on in, take a seat,
647
00:39:46.717 --> 00:39:49.753
chill out." Do you want a drink? What
song do you want to sing, you know?
648
00:39:49.755 --> 00:39:52.688
But I just put on one of my favorite
Elvis songs and he got right in there.
649
00:39:52.690 --> 00:39:56.226
He grabbed the mike and him and I just
did a duet. And it was really just
650
00:39:56.228 --> 00:40:00.130
like hanging out with one of your buddies.
By the time we knew it, it was like 3 a.m.
651
00:40:00.132 --> 00:40:03.599
and it was time to go and
I'm like: "How do I leave this?"
652
00:40:03.601 --> 00:40:09.390
Eventually I left and I went home and I
put my pictures right on up on Facebook.
653
00:40:09.410 --> 00:40:11.974
Because I didn't
believe it myself, honestly.
654
00:40:11.976 --> 00:40:16.612
And then the next day I went to work and people
were like: "What the fuck, is that real?"
655
00:40:16.614 --> 00:40:19.548
Like "That's not real, right?
That didn't happen, right?"
656
00:40:19.550 --> 00:40:22.621
And the people who didn't come,
they were really upset.
657
00:40:24.922 --> 00:40:27.580
Yeah, I got invited
to karaoke that night.
658
00:40:28.260 --> 00:40:29.629
Missed out on meeting Bill.
659
00:40:31.563 --> 00:40:32.465
It sucks.
660
00:40:33.998 --> 00:40:37.867
I think meeting Bill has
kind of opened me up in a strange way.
661
00:40:37.869 --> 00:40:41.204
I could be kind of a quieter
guy, a little more reserved.
662
00:40:41.206 --> 00:40:44.206
But then I'll think what would Bill
Murray be doing in this situation?
663
00:40:44.208 --> 00:40:47.510
And he would just take it
by the balls and just go for it.
664
00:40:47.512 --> 00:40:49.912
Sometimes if I'm feeling
a little socially awkward...
665
00:40:49.914 --> 00:40:52.215
I just think just have fun and
everything will go with it.
666
00:40:52.217 --> 00:40:55.822
You know, and... He just showed up and
had a good time. And it was great.
667
00:40:58.155 --> 00:41:02.525
Poet's House is a library,
a meeting place
668
00:41:02.527 --> 00:41:06.729
and it has become one of the great
places on the globe for poetry.
669
00:41:06.731 --> 00:41:11.735
The place is packed every day, but when
we were building it, it was really hard.
670
00:41:11.737 --> 00:41:14.637
We 're poets. We didn't
really know what we were doing,
671
00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:17.840
and every once in a while I get
called up by a construction worker:
672
00:41:17.842 --> 00:41:21.244
"Oh, like we're missing an Air
Conditioner." Or you know it was just...
673
00:41:21.246 --> 00:41:23.847
It was a big job
for the poets to do this.
674
00:41:23.849 --> 00:41:28.318
And I thought it would really make
sense for the construction workers
675
00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:32.188
to have a sense of what they were building.
So we asked him.
676
00:41:35.561 --> 00:41:41.298
I dwell in Possibility -
A fairer House than Prose -
677
00:41:41.300 --> 00:41:43.900
Nobody knew that he was coming.
As soon as he walked in
678
00:41:43.902 --> 00:41:46.235
everybody was like: "Holy shit,
that's Bill Murray.
679
00:41:46.237 --> 00:41:49.139
What's Bill Murray doing here?
It made no sense to us at all
680
00:41:49.141 --> 00:41:51.740
for Bill Murray to be
on the construction site.
681
00:41:51.742 --> 00:41:56.248
More numerous of Windows -
Superior - for Doors -
682
00:41:58.717 --> 00:42:03.320
Of Chambers as the Cedars -
Impregnable of eye -
683
00:42:03.322 --> 00:42:08.230
Yeah, for the most part a lot of it is you
don't have a clue what they're talking about.
684
00:42:08.250 --> 00:42:11.595
And I wish I did,
but I never really got into it
685
00:42:11.597 --> 00:42:14.965
that much where
I could understand it fully.
686
00:42:14.967 --> 00:42:19.905
And for an everlasting Roof
The Gambrels of the Sky -
687
00:42:22.106 --> 00:42:28.612
Of Visitors - the fairest -
For Occupation -
688
00:42:28.614 --> 00:42:30.347
It was probably the first time
we had somebody,
689
00:42:30.349 --> 00:42:32.916
probably since high school
English class, read us poetry.
690
00:42:32.918 --> 00:42:34.950
And it just happened
to be Bill Murray.
691
00:42:34.952 --> 00:42:38.990
This -
The spreading wide
692
00:42:39.958 --> 00:42:44.159
my narrow Hands
To gather
693
00:42:44.161 --> 00:42:46.610
Paradise -
694
00:42:46.630 --> 00:42:49.833
He was showing up to read
poetry, but it was fun.
695
00:42:49.835 --> 00:42:53.670
There's a difference between fun
and funny I think in some ways.
696
00:42:53.672 --> 00:42:59.275
He creates a sense of fun. And that creates
a community in the present moment.
697
00:42:59.277 --> 00:43:01.778
Why don't you just come over
here and introduce yourself?
698
00:43:01.780 --> 00:43:06.416
And tell the camera what's your
name is and what's...
699
00:43:06.418 --> 00:43:09.853
Tell them what your name is and
what your occupation is.
700
00:43:09.855 --> 00:43:14.230
You don't think it's... Michael,
I think it's a good thing to do.
701
00:43:14.250 --> 00:43:19.610
And he really helped them, I think,
understand what they were building.
702
00:43:19.630 --> 00:43:22.766
And that poetry is all around us.
Then he made a lot of jokes too.
703
00:43:22.768 --> 00:43:24.434
Now we have
an opportunity for one of you
704
00:43:24.436 --> 00:43:29.720
to step forward and do some of
your own original poetry.
705
00:43:29.740 --> 00:43:32.976
Come on, don't be shy.
Come on, don't be shy.
706
00:43:32.978 --> 00:43:39.282
He's just this big goofy guy that just
attracts people to him. For whatever reason.
707
00:43:39.284 --> 00:43:42.210
And it was
a pretty cool experience.
708
00:43:43.188 --> 00:43:46.389
I think as time went on
people understood that
709
00:43:46.391 --> 00:43:49.425
he was there to relate to us
and to be with us
710
00:43:49.427 --> 00:43:52.195
and shed a little joy
in our lives.
711
00:43:52.197 --> 00:43:57.266
Poetry in a way is about the
radiant particulars.
712
00:43:57.268 --> 00:44:02.972
It's the little moments that are
charged with meaning and radiance.
713
00:44:02.974 --> 00:44:08.811
And he goes after those moments. So that
makes him a poetic spirit, I think.
714
00:44:08.813 --> 00:44:11.380
We've got about three more minutes
before this break is over.
715
00:44:11.382 --> 00:44:14.450
Smoke'em if you got'em.
Alright, thank you.
716
00:44:19.224 --> 00:44:22.191
I heard somebody yell:
"Did your child just pick him up?"
717
00:44:22.193 --> 00:44:26.262
It's Bill Murray.
You are kidding me!
718
00:44:26.264 --> 00:44:30.432
- I'm starstruck.
- We were playing kickball. It was my turn to kick
719
00:44:30.434 --> 00:44:34.237
and the ref goes: "Do you
all mind if my friend plays?"
720
00:44:34.239 --> 00:44:36.840
And I look over and I'm like: "It's
my turn," like I don't want this
721
00:44:36.842 --> 00:44:41.211
random, like homeless looking
man to play when it's my turn.
722
00:44:41.213 --> 00:44:45.782
And then I was like: "Hey, hey, hey. That's
Bill Murray!" I was like: "Sure, you can play."
723
00:44:45.784 --> 00:44:48.830
We all took photos
and then my mom is like:
724
00:44:48.850 --> 00:44:50.787
"Excuse me, do you mind
if you take a photo with me?"
725
00:44:50.789 --> 00:44:53.255
I think it was him,
he scooped her up.
726
00:44:53.257 --> 00:44:56.391
- She wasn't like: "Hold me."
- No, no it was definitely him.
727
00:44:56.393 --> 00:45:00.329
I honestly didn't get the grasp
of it until the day after.
728
00:45:00.331 --> 00:45:04.320
Because I didn't know, like... apparently
this was a thing I didn't know about.
729
00:45:04.340 --> 00:45:06.503
And then all of a sudden
I see all these clips...
730
00:45:06.505 --> 00:45:08.438
I had no idea
he popped-up places.
731
00:45:08.440 --> 00:45:11.700
He does it all the time
apparently, and I didn't know.
732
00:45:11.900 --> 00:45:14.376
Yeah, it was like very bizarre. Like he
came in, we'd played for a little bit,
733
00:45:14.378 --> 00:45:17.120
took a photo and
then he left.
734
00:45:17.140 --> 00:45:19.140
And then we kept on playing
the game like regular
735
00:45:19.160 --> 00:45:20.785
and then afterwards we're like:
"What just happened?"
736
00:45:22.454 --> 00:45:25.220
Anybody need more coffee?
737
00:45:25.222 --> 00:45:28.825
Coffee and Cigarettes the movie
by Jim Jarmusch came out in 2003.
738
00:45:28.827 --> 00:45:32.162
At the time people loved Bill Murray. But they
didn't have the sense that he was the guy
739
00:45:32.164 --> 00:45:36.465
who sort of like went out in the world and covered
peoples' eyes and stole their French Fries.
740
00:45:36.467 --> 00:45:38.434
- Are you Bill Murray?
- Yeah, I'm Bill Murray.
741
00:45:38.436 --> 00:45:41.838
But let's keep that
just between us, alright.
742
00:45:41.840 --> 00:45:45.175
It's kind of like the first little
peephole into like the idea that
743
00:45:45.177 --> 00:45:48.945
"Oh, Bill Murray can just sort of like
arrive in your life for a few minutes."
744
00:45:48.947 --> 00:45:54.284
But here he is and he shows up as a waiter,
like with two members of the WU-Tang Clan.
745
00:45:54.286 --> 00:45:58.487
Bill Groundhog Day,
Ghost busting ass Murray.
746
00:45:58.489 --> 00:46:01.825
- Who do you gonna call?
- I know that, just don't tell anybody.
747
00:46:01.827 --> 00:46:04.561
And in the movie it's really
kind of the fictional version
748
00:46:04.563 --> 00:46:08.970
of what people later found out was
like the real life Bill Murray.
749
00:46:08.990 --> 00:46:10.320
What do you mean "not tell
nobody, Bill Murray?"
750
00:46:10.340 --> 00:46:12.168
I mean, people gonna come here
and they gonna see you.
751
00:46:12.170 --> 00:46:14.370
You're bill Murray,
it's obvious.
752
00:46:14.390 --> 00:46:18.700
Unless you're wearing
a disguise or something.
753
00:46:18.900 --> 00:46:21.430
Well, I am wearing
a kind of disguise.
754
00:46:21.450 --> 00:46:27.160
Yeah, and Zombieland is another wonderful
like cameo Bill Murray as himself.
755
00:46:27.180 --> 00:46:29.418
Bill Murray, you're a zombie?
756
00:46:29.420 --> 00:46:32.856
You know like you've got a world
that's like over-run by zombies.
757
00:46:32.858 --> 00:46:36.226
That you know, sort of, like very few,
you know, like uninfected humans beings.
758
00:46:36.228 --> 00:46:38.864
And Bill like somehow survived.
759
00:46:40.998 --> 00:46:43.990
And what he does is
that he dresses up as a zombie
760
00:46:43.101 --> 00:46:45.869
so he can like go
and play golf and walk around.
761
00:46:45.871 --> 00:46:49.606
And you know like even in the zombie apocalypse,
like sort of, like Bill Murray is trying
762
00:46:49.608 --> 00:46:53.476
to maintain his lifestyle and like
get out of the house and engage.
763
00:46:53.478 --> 00:46:57.179
Suits my life style, you know.
I like to get out and do stuff.
764
00:46:57.181 --> 00:47:00.550
Just play nine holes on the
Riviera. Just walked on.
765
00:47:00.552 --> 00:47:06.250
Goddamn it, Bill fucking Murray!
I had to get that out.
766
00:47:07.250 --> 00:47:12.262
I think Bill has always like had adventures,
inserted himself into other people's lives.
767
00:47:12.264 --> 00:47:18.133
I think the extent which he does it, is probably
more based on what he needs personally.
768
00:47:18.135 --> 00:47:21.938
But I think it resonates with everybody
more now because of who we are.
769
00:47:21.940 --> 00:47:25.240
- Bill motherfucking Murray.
- It's crazy, ya'll.
770
00:47:25.242 --> 00:47:27.276
- You've met Bill?
- I've met Bill.
771
00:47:27.278 --> 00:47:29.347
- Tell me how that went.
- Bill...
772
00:47:33.351 --> 00:47:36.520
Are there times, you know, like
periods of your life where you feel like you
773
00:47:36.540 --> 00:47:37.653
need to be woken up?
Or is it just...
774
00:47:37.655 --> 00:47:40.923
Well, every day.
Really, I mean
775
00:47:40.925 --> 00:47:45.940
you know, I'm
always sort of connected for
776
00:47:45.960 --> 00:47:48.630
seconds and minutes
a day sometimes.
777
00:47:48.650 --> 00:47:51.534
Sometimes you go days without it,
which is... I'm always thinking:
778
00:47:51.536 --> 00:47:56.171
"- Holy God, I've been asleep for two days.
- I've been doing things, but
779
00:47:56.173 --> 00:47:59.750
So, one of the things Bill
tries to do is to really
780
00:47:59.770 --> 00:48:01.543
just like have a jolt
that wakes people up.
781
00:48:01.545 --> 00:48:05.213
He don't know always that...
aware that I'm thinking about what
782
00:48:05.215 --> 00:48:08.617
I want them to take away from
it. You know sometimes I think
783
00:48:08.619 --> 00:48:11.153
what am I gonna
take away from this?
784
00:48:11.155 --> 00:48:17.559
So, I'm almost self-destructive. My hope
is that it's gonna wake me up, you know.
785
00:48:17.561 --> 00:48:21.296
And if I see someone that's out,
cold and on their feet sort of
786
00:48:21.298 --> 00:48:25.434
I go oh, OK. I'm gonna try
and wake that person up.
787
00:48:25.436 --> 00:48:27.470
Because it's like, you know,
It's the same thing.
788
00:48:27.472 --> 00:48:30.238
It's like this is what I want
someone to do for me, you know.
789
00:48:30.240 --> 00:48:34.512
Is wake me up.
Just wake me the hell up.
790
00:48:48.393 --> 00:48:51.561
I called him over,
and when my son saw him
791
00:48:51.563 --> 00:48:55.164
and his bright orange outfit
and just immediately
792
00:48:55.166 --> 00:48:59.267
after being silent for the entire
day started bawling his eyes out.
793
00:48:59.269 --> 00:49:01.637
And Bill Murray is like:
"Hey, if you can't beat them,
794
00:49:01.639 --> 00:49:04.209
join them."
And just started crying himself.
795
00:49:07.644 --> 00:49:10.790
This one Sunday
I went up the mountain
796
00:49:10.810 --> 00:49:13.318
and this guy was on the side of
the road, and he'd broke down.
797
00:49:15.420 --> 00:49:19.880
Are you OK?
Really?
798
00:49:19.900 --> 00:49:21.691
I'm walking up and it turns out
to be Bill Murray.
799
00:49:21.693 --> 00:49:24.394
- I'm Bill, by the way.
- I'm Sam. Sam.
800
00:49:24.396 --> 00:49:27.130
I'm going to pick up my grandmother.
She'd never been to a basket-ball game.
801
00:49:27.132 --> 00:49:30.633
And all of a sudden I hear a voice.
And I'm like "I know that voice."
802
00:49:30.635 --> 00:49:32.267
And I turned the corner and
sure enough it's Bill Murray.
803
00:49:32.269 --> 00:49:34.771
I stuck out my hand, I was like: "Hey, It's
my grandmothers birthday. Do you think
804
00:49:34.773 --> 00:49:36.304
we could just
get a quick picture with you?"
805
00:49:36.306 --> 00:49:38.141
He just, kind of,
just looked at me and he goes:
806
00:49:38.143 --> 00:49:41.144
"Well, don't you think we should
sing her Happy Birthday?"
807
00:49:41.146 --> 00:49:42.445
And I was just like: "What?"
808
00:49:42.447 --> 00:49:45.447
♪ Happy Birthday to you ♪
809
00:49:45.449 --> 00:49:47.550
In my head thinking like
it's Bill Murray over there
810
00:49:47.552 --> 00:49:50.820
about to sing Happy Birthday
to my 94 year old grandmother.
811
00:49:50.822 --> 00:49:55.224
♪ Happy Birthday to you ♪
812
00:50:05.135 --> 00:50:08.137
I had just opened our business.
We're about three months old.
813
00:50:08.139 --> 00:50:11.273
And I'd heard that Bill is shooting
a movie in our neighborhood.
814
00:50:11.275 --> 00:50:14.110
Two - three hours later
Bill comes out of his car,
815
00:50:14.112 --> 00:50:15.711
sees the truck and he's like:
"So, what have you got?"
816
00:50:15.713 --> 00:50:17.579
And I showed him like...
Yeah, this is my truck.
817
00:50:17.581 --> 00:50:21.830
And he's like: "This is pretty
cool, it's really nice."
818
00:50:21.850 --> 00:50:25.356
And then the entire crew came over and then he
helped me, he helped serve the crew ice cream.
819
00:50:27.192 --> 00:50:28.657
Bill Murray was standing
next to me on the truck.
820
00:50:28.659 --> 00:50:29.791
I know he's just a person,
821
00:50:29.793 --> 00:50:31.295
but to me he was more than that.
822
00:50:33.630 --> 00:50:36.264
As more and more stories
proved to be true,
823
00:50:36.266 --> 00:50:38.834
it was hard to think that
any of them could be made up.
824
00:50:38.836 --> 00:50:43.106
But there was this one story that sounded
so random, I couldn't seem to buy it.
825
00:50:43.108 --> 00:50:44.840
And the only way to find out
if it was true,
826
00:50:44.842 --> 00:50:48.246
was to fly over 3000 miles
to the United Kingdom.
827
00:50:55.619 --> 00:50:57.755
- Max.
- Good to meet you.
828
00:50:59.590 --> 00:51:03.191
Tell us your Bill Murray story.
829
00:51:03.193 --> 00:51:07.762
So, I went to university at a place called
St. Andrews. It's a small town in Scotland.
830
00:51:07.764 --> 00:51:11.601
There was one street that was famous for its
house parties. It's called Hope street.
831
00:51:11.603 --> 00:51:14.704
We just left the pub. The pubs
in England close quite early.
832
00:51:14.706 --> 00:51:18.206
So we wandered along, just walked in this
door. It was some people that we knew.
833
00:51:18.208 --> 00:51:20.842
So I thought, oh, we'll go there and
see if there's anything going on.
834
00:51:20.844 --> 00:51:24.146
There was a house party, and so,
you know, we just joined in.
835
00:51:24.148 --> 00:51:28.483
And all of a sudden there is a
bit of a noise in the next room.
836
00:51:28.485 --> 00:51:32.354
And so, I wandered through to
the kitchen and lo and behold
837
00:51:32.356 --> 00:51:35.291
I stood there with my beer in my
hand looking across the kitchen
838
00:51:35.293 --> 00:51:38.494
and Bill Murray is in the other
room talking to a few girls.
839
00:51:38.496 --> 00:51:44.467
I'm observing from the, sort of across the room
and all of a sudden Bill start admonishing
840
00:51:44.469 --> 00:51:48.737
the girls and saying what a disgrace their
kitchen was, how messy it was, and he says:
841
00:51:48.739 --> 00:51:52.742
"Don't worry about it, girls. You go back
to your party, I'll do the washing up."
842
00:51:52.744 --> 00:51:56.579
He starts doing the glasses, the dishes. I just
stood there on the other side of the kitchen
843
00:51:56.581 --> 00:52:00.816
thinking: "That's a bit strange. Bill
Murray's here doing the washing up."
844
00:52:00.818 --> 00:52:02.751
Yeah, he hung around for a
while, had a couple of drinks
845
00:52:02.753 --> 00:52:05.554
and then made his way
into the night.
846
00:52:05.556 --> 00:52:10.425
I mean, I think we revere
celebrity, and I think the stories
847
00:52:10.427 --> 00:52:15.664
that involve Bill Murray are Bill
interacting in an everyday manner.
848
00:52:15.666 --> 00:52:21.369
And it removes that barrier, that Chinese
Wall between the rest of us and celebrity.
849
00:52:21.371 --> 00:52:24.773
And I think that's the effect he has on people.
If that means you go away feeling good
850
00:52:24.775 --> 00:52:28.711
about yourself,
then that's a quite nice thing.
851
00:52:28.713 --> 00:52:32.414
So it turns out the story was true.
And the great thing about it,
852
00:52:32.416 --> 00:52:35.450
is that it shows that Bill can take
these small moments and transform them
853
00:52:35.452 --> 00:52:39.222
into something memorable. He seems to
just have this comedian type quality
854
00:52:39.224 --> 00:52:43.291
when it comes to social situations.
He comes into peoples' lives,
855
00:52:43.293 --> 00:52:46.762
gets a feel for the room and he
makes the moment something special.
856
00:52:46.764 --> 00:52:48.200
But where does he get that from?
857
00:53:01.945 --> 00:53:06.449
God evening, hello to you that are
not my relatives, I'm Bill Murray.
858
00:53:06.451 --> 00:53:08.284
Welcome to the
Second City Theatre.
859
00:53:08.286 --> 00:53:12.554
Where have you been?
You've been gone for six months!
860
00:53:12.556 --> 00:53:14.257
After school there was a party.
861
00:53:18.596 --> 00:53:19.961
Then everybody went to Denver.
862
00:53:21.932 --> 00:53:24.700
Almighty, I think it's great
the adults get together
863
00:53:24.702 --> 00:53:29.541
and talk about sex. They should! A certain amount
of oral sex is necessary in any community.
864
00:53:31.275 --> 00:53:36.878
Improv is... It's about being in the
moment. It's about a give and take.
865
00:53:36.880 --> 00:53:41.950
It's about never denying. The whole
theory behind improv, is "Yes, and..."
866
00:53:41.952 --> 00:53:46.789
So, there's little rules like, you know, let's
say yes to each other's ideas instead of no.
867
00:53:46.791 --> 00:53:50.458
So, if I say you're my dad, let's just pretend
you are, so I don't look like an idiot.
868
00:53:50.460 --> 00:53:55.430
Somebody says: "You're a tree." You don't say:
"No, I'm not a tree. How could I be a tree?"
869
00:53:55.432 --> 00:53:58.570
You go with it. You are a tree.
And it continues on from there.
870
00:54:02.907 --> 00:54:07.809
Let's keep that sense of: This is a
real moment happening in real time.
871
00:54:07.811 --> 00:54:12.810
Del Close Was the
teacher, the mentor and guru
872
00:54:12.830 --> 00:54:15.383
to some of the greatest
comedy minds of our generation.
873
00:54:15.385 --> 00:54:20.210
And he was a man who taught you
not to fear anything,
874
00:54:20.230 --> 00:54:22.657
to enjoy that fear,
and to follow that fear.
875
00:54:22.659 --> 00:54:26.595
Talking about birth control
devices and contraceptives,
876
00:54:26.597 --> 00:54:30.733
next thing you know is gonna be passing
out condominiums to the kids at school!
877
00:54:30.735 --> 00:54:33.702
Handing it out in playgrounds!
I've seen those hands!
878
00:54:33.704 --> 00:54:39.641
Well, I think Del had that effect on Bill
in the fact that Bill didn't fear much.
879
00:54:39.643 --> 00:54:41.943
Sometimes he'd like to see where
that fear is headed.
880
00:54:41.945 --> 00:54:45.581
And it takes him
a lot of interesting places.
881
00:54:45.583 --> 00:54:52.387
It ends up being other peoples' stories, but...
Yeah, no I'll go see what's behind that door.
882
00:54:52.389 --> 00:54:54.789
Like I remember Harold Ramis
told a story, you know,
883
00:54:54.791 --> 00:54:57.392
if he'd go somewhere
on location with Bill...
884
00:54:57.394 --> 00:55:01.731
Bill was just fine getting lost. He
could, like, go off on a bike or a moped.
885
00:55:01.733 --> 00:55:06.635
He just reveled in not knowing where
he was and getting to know the locals.
886
00:55:06.637 --> 00:55:10.572
Flying by the seat of his pants
and living by his wits.
887
00:55:10.574 --> 00:55:15.878
And I think a lot of it came out of improv
and he learned that at Second City.
888
00:55:15.880 --> 00:55:18.790
I think for
Bill Murray in particular,
889
00:55:18.810 --> 00:55:21.717
he went along with the
philosophy of "Improv is play".
890
00:55:21.719 --> 00:55:24.954
When Bill does those scenes, like,
he'll sit down and take a French Fry
891
00:55:24.956 --> 00:55:27.789
or play with somebody
that he doesn't know.
892
00:55:27.791 --> 00:55:29.724
And I have seen him
do that personally.
893
00:55:29.726 --> 00:55:33.162
It's because he really has
just taken this and made it
894
00:55:33.164 --> 00:55:36.632
the joy of life. And I think
he realizes what is important.
895
00:55:36.634 --> 00:55:38.903
And that is to
have fun with people.
896
00:55:39.836 --> 00:55:42.470
So when you talk about
something like Bill Murray,
897
00:55:42.472 --> 00:55:44.440
you know, how does he
enjoy the moment?
898
00:55:44.442 --> 00:55:46.541
How does he assume prominence
in life and bla, bla, bla?
899
00:55:46.543 --> 00:55:49.177
Well, you can just... when you
see any human being
900
00:55:49.179 --> 00:55:51.847
simply reveling
in where they are,
901
00:55:51.849 --> 00:55:54.583
improv might be the
only time in my life
902
00:55:54.585 --> 00:56:00.250
that I truly get to slow down
and enjoy exactly where I am.
903
00:56:14.204 --> 00:56:17.773
From Queens, New York,
it's the Bill Murray show!
904
00:56:17.775 --> 00:56:20.800
Starring Mark Malkoff.
905
00:56:20.100 --> 00:56:23.450
It is the show that doesn't end
until Bill Murray agrees
906
00:56:23.470 --> 00:56:26.548
to have dinner with me here
in my apartment in Queens.
907
00:56:26.550 --> 00:56:32.121
The Bill Murray show was a comedy idea I had
which was at the time a weekly video series.
908
00:56:32.123 --> 00:56:35.490
You at home can help me. Have you seen Bill
Murray lately? Do you know Bill Murray?
909
00:56:35.492 --> 00:56:36.858
Is your name Bill Murray?
910
00:56:36.860 --> 00:56:38.827
My wife Christine
would cook a meal
911
00:56:38.829 --> 00:56:41.796
for Bill Murray that we
placed on the table.
912
00:56:41.798 --> 00:56:44.967
Christine, thank you so much. Tell us
about Bill Murray's dinner this week.
913
00:56:44.969 --> 00:56:47.360
With black bean
tacos.
914
00:56:47.380 --> 00:56:50.873
And we would talk about Murray and
I think I called a 800-number
915
00:56:50.875 --> 00:56:53.141
and asked him
if he would have dinner.
916
00:56:53.143 --> 00:56:54.876
He never...
I never heard from him
917
00:56:54.878 --> 00:56:57.713
like most people that call
that 800-number.
918
00:56:57.715 --> 00:56:59.180
I never heard back.
919
00:56:59.182 --> 00:57:01.115
Tell us
how you know Bill Murray.
920
00:57:01.117 --> 00:57:03.985
I don't really know him,
but I used to park his car.
921
00:57:03.987 --> 00:57:07.856
I've learned a lot and thinking back
about the approach that I took,
922
00:57:07.858 --> 00:57:12.894
and it was not the right approach
to take to make it happen...
923
00:57:12.896 --> 00:57:17.833
Calling that 800-number was not... It goes
against everything that Murray stands for.
924
00:57:17.835 --> 00:57:24.106
It goes against what Murray is. What Murrays
life is essentially is an improv game
925
00:57:24.108 --> 00:57:26.976
which he yes,
adds things in the moment.
926
00:57:26.978 --> 00:57:32.113
And for me calling him
with a game and setting it up,
927
00:57:32.115 --> 00:57:34.950
was just not in the moment.
It was not organic.
928
00:57:34.952 --> 00:57:38.653
Because it seems like so much of his life is...
It's in the moment. "Yes, and..." and stuff.
929
00:57:38.655 --> 00:57:43.525
It seems like whenever there's
details and specifics and stuff...
930
00:57:43.527 --> 00:57:46.161
When people call that 800-number,
that's when it gets tricky.
931
00:57:46.163 --> 00:57:48.530
And Sofia Coppola,
didn't it take her months
932
00:57:48.532 --> 00:57:51.566
on the 800-number?
And that's Sofia Coppola!
933
00:57:51.568 --> 00:57:56.500
I got... I left messages for
probably a year and sent letters.
934
00:57:56.700 --> 00:58:00.750
And I would... Anybody I would meet
like: "Do you know Bill Murray?"
935
00:58:00.770 --> 00:58:04.112
And then finally I... A friend
of mine was, who is a writer,
936
00:58:04.114 --> 00:58:09.552
I was old friends with him. He helped
me and finally got in touch with him,
937
00:58:09.554 --> 00:58:14.590
and then finally I got to meet him. And
he said he might think about doing it.
938
00:58:14.592 --> 00:58:19.295
But he was never very committal and... But
I just went to Japan and started making it
939
00:58:19.297 --> 00:58:22.998
in the hopes that he would show
up. And luckily he showed up.
940
00:58:26.269 --> 00:58:29.338
So, I was at the Toronto Film
Festival as a writer for Vanity Fair.
941
00:58:29.340 --> 00:58:32.273
And I had this article
that I was reporting on.
942
00:58:32.275 --> 00:58:34.776
My editor had emailed
me and she said:
943
00:58:34.778 --> 00:58:37.313
"I just found out that the Toronto
International Film Festival
944
00:58:37.315 --> 00:58:41.349
is devoting one day to Bill
Murray, called Bill Murray Day."
945
00:58:41.351 --> 00:58:47.222
And we would love it if you would fly up to
Toronto and just shadow him for the day.
946
00:58:47.224 --> 00:58:51.894
What I didn't know of course is that
he has no PR people, he has no people.
947
00:58:51.896 --> 00:58:56.331
So there was really no way to,
like, coordinate with him on this.
948
00:58:56.333 --> 00:59:00.202
It was very much like I... Just boots on the
ground, I had to search for him, thing.
949
00:59:00.204 --> 00:59:02.737
- First of all, happy Bill Murray day.
- Thank you very much.
950
00:59:02.739 --> 00:59:05.106
I knew that there were certain
things that I had to hit that day.
951
00:59:05.108 --> 00:59:07.742
There was gonna be a screening
of Ghostbusters.
952
00:59:07.744 --> 00:59:10.878
And, you know, I'm kind of
scribbling notes as it's happening.
953
00:59:10.880 --> 00:59:14.349
He just, kind of, walked right off the stage,
so I didn't really get a chance to grab him.
954
00:59:14.351 --> 00:59:17.653
And then I had a screening of his
movie that night with an after party.
955
00:59:17.655 --> 00:59:20.923
Again a possibility
for me to talk with him.
956
00:59:20.925 --> 00:59:22.992
I'm still so emotional
from the film.
957
00:59:24.762 --> 00:59:26.862
I had been assured many times
from my editors
958
00:59:26.864 --> 00:59:28.863
and everybody else
that I was on this list.
959
00:59:28.865 --> 00:59:30.932
And I apparently wasn't
on this list,
960
00:59:30.934 --> 00:59:32.834
and nobody would let me in.
961
00:59:32.836 --> 00:59:35.336
I'd heard all day long
these rumors of...
962
00:59:35.338 --> 00:59:37.305
Like I'm at the coffee shop
and someone is like:
963
00:59:37.307 --> 00:59:38.874
"Bill Murray rode by
in a bike earlier."
964
00:59:38.876 --> 00:59:39.807
And I'm like:
965
00:59:39.809 --> 00:59:41.175
"I missed him!"
966
00:59:41.177 --> 00:59:42.711
It was
these constant near misses.
967
00:59:42.713 --> 00:59:44.646
You know,
by the end of that day,
968
00:59:44.648 --> 00:59:48.830
I'm sitting at this bar drinking
whiskey, and I'm just like:
969
00:59:48.850 --> 00:59:50.151
"I think I've been
chasing a ghost, man!"
970
00:59:50.153 --> 00:59:53.389
Like, I think I 've been focusing
too much on the wrong thing.
971
00:59:53.391 --> 00:59:57.920
I haven't been focusing on the fact that
this day was just filled with people
972
00:59:57.940 --> 01:00:00.996
celebrating the spirit of a person who,
kind of, like, marches to his own beat.
973
01:00:00.998 --> 01:00:05.733
And makes everybody around him happy, and just
kind of, like, creates joy everywhere he goes.
974
01:00:05.735 --> 01:00:08.202
I think I started realizing, like,
I was trying to put together
975
01:00:08.204 --> 01:00:11.974
this very, like,
proper reported article.
976
01:00:11.976 --> 01:00:15.844
But, like, reporting on Bill
Murray is like jazz, right?
977
01:00:15.846 --> 01:00:17.880
Like it's just, sort
of improvisational.
978
01:00:17.882 --> 01:00:20.810
I was just chasing
something that was not
979
01:00:20.830 --> 01:00:22.284
at all authentic.
It's not Who Bill Murray is.
980
01:00:22.286 --> 01:00:24.420
Once I realized that,
I kind of let go a little,
981
01:00:24.422 --> 01:00:26.690
and it made more sense to me.
982
01:00:28.525 --> 01:00:30.825
Just as I started to give up on
the idea of actually speaking with Bill,
983
01:00:30.827 --> 01:00:32.364
an opportunity revealed itself.
984
01:00:35.298 --> 01:00:37.965
It was the opening night
of the Charleston RiverDogs.
985
01:00:37.967 --> 01:00:40.334
That's the baseball team that
Bill is part owner of.
986
01:00:40.336 --> 01:00:42.403
And I got myself a ticket.
987
01:00:52.349 --> 01:00:53.385
That's Bill on the right.
988
01:00:54.452 --> 01:00:57.485
And this time
I'm the guy on the left
989
01:00:57.487 --> 01:00:58.789
about to talk to Bill.
990
01:01:02.760 --> 01:01:05.394
These Bill Murray stories
referred to in a way as:
991
01:01:05.396 --> 01:01:08.296
"Did you hear about this crazy
thing that Bill Murray did?"
992
01:01:08.298 --> 01:01:11.233
And maybe for a lot of people
that's really all it is.
993
01:01:11.235 --> 01:01:15.403
It's like: "Bill Murray did another
crazy thing and you can watch it."
994
01:01:15.405 --> 01:01:20.943
The real gift is for the people that he is
interacting with. And it becomes their story.
995
01:01:20.945 --> 01:01:23.845
Part of Bills charm when
he shows up, is not to take over.
996
01:01:23.847 --> 01:01:26.414
Like when he shows up to somebody's house
and does his kind of thing, it's like
997
01:01:26.416 --> 01:01:29.117
he wants to be in the house and be
part of the gang. That's the joke.
998
01:01:29.119 --> 01:01:31.987
He's not there doing
a tap dance or juggling.
999
01:01:31.989 --> 01:01:35.456
He's just sitting there watching TV
with them. And yet it's Bill Murray.
1000
01:01:35.458 --> 01:01:39.762
And that's part of it. It's like,
it's not showing up to entertain.
1001
01:01:39.764 --> 01:01:41.429
It's showing up to be present.
1002
01:01:41.431 --> 01:01:44.660
And I forget about it
because, like, life happens.
1003
01:01:44.680 --> 01:01:46.367
And every once in a while someone
brings up that Bill Murray story.
1004
01:01:46.369 --> 01:01:48.537
And you just, like, smile.
1005
01:01:48.539 --> 01:01:50.171
Nine years later or
seven years later
1006
01:01:50.173 --> 01:01:52.874
I'm still
wrapping my head around it.
1007
01:01:52.876 --> 01:01:57.345
I think that's the gift that he's giving these
people that... in the Bill Murray story.
1008
01:01:57.347 --> 01:02:02.950
I think that's what he's giving them. He's
giving them agency to have a way to wake up.
1009
01:02:02.952 --> 01:02:06.121
Yeah, it was a really
great feeling, yeah.
1010
01:02:06.123 --> 01:02:09.157
Made me feel
like a bigger person than I am.
1011
01:02:09.159 --> 01:02:11.392
I don't feel like
I'm a part of that story.
1012
01:02:11.394 --> 01:02:14.829
I feel like he's a part
of my story at this point.
1013
01:02:14.831 --> 01:02:16.532
It's like such a great moment.
I'm really like...
1014
01:02:16.534 --> 01:02:19.370
It does. It makes me happy
thinking about it.
1015
01:02:20.271 --> 01:02:24.572
But I like to think that he's giving
them something that they will, you know,
1016
01:02:24.574 --> 01:02:26.842
use for the rest of their life.
1017
01:02:26.844 --> 01:02:29.414
That it's more than just, you
know: "I met Bill Murray once."
1018
01:02:30.414 --> 01:02:37.318
My absolute favorite Bill Murray story
is the saxophone and the taxi cab.
1019
01:02:37.320 --> 01:02:41.590
Bill is in San Francisco. He's got
a long cab ride ahead of him.
1020
01:02:41.592 --> 01:02:45.394
And so he starts talking to the guy,
because he's like an engaging guy.
1021
01:02:45.396 --> 01:02:49.300
You know, when you come into a funny situation
like getting into a taxi with the guy
1022
01:02:49.320 --> 01:02:51.432
who is a saxophone player, I
said: "When do you practice it?"
1023
01:02:51.434 --> 01:02:54.235
"I don't know I drive like 14 hours
a day or something like that."
1024
01:02:54.237 --> 01:02:56.774
"Where is your sax?"
He says it's in the trunk.
1025
01:02:57.875 --> 01:03:02.878
I was like, you know, that's two and two makes
four. Pull over and get in the trunk and I...
1026
01:03:02.880 --> 01:03:07.516
I know how to drive a car. You know, not
only did he play all the way to Sausalito,
1027
01:03:07.518 --> 01:03:13.956
which is a long ways. We stopped and got barbeque
and he was playing like at some kind of,
1028
01:03:13.958 --> 01:03:16.858
you know, what people would call
like a sketchy rib place
1029
01:03:16.860 --> 01:03:19.327
in Oakland like
2:15 in the morning.
1030
01:03:19.329 --> 01:03:24.499
And it's like: "Relax, man, you got
the horn. We're cool here." You know.
1031
01:03:24.501 --> 01:03:28.403
And it was great. It was made for a
beautiful night. And you know we...
1032
01:03:28.405 --> 01:03:31.305
We've done that. And I think we all do
that. You know I think that anyone...
1033
01:03:31.307 --> 01:03:37.144
If you saw that moment, you'd say like
there's... And you're, as they say, available.
1034
01:03:37.146 --> 01:03:39.981
You know. You'd see it. You'd make
the connection. You'd do it right.
1035
01:03:39.983 --> 01:03:44.485
It's not just "Bill Murray was in a cab and,
like sort of, did this quick thing for me."
1036
01:03:44.487 --> 01:03:49.958
Like he would remember the guy who had him
play in the back seat so he could drive.
1037
01:03:49.960 --> 01:03:54.950
Which I think is like... The best Bill Murray
stories are not about, you know sort of,
1038
01:03:54.970 --> 01:03:56.999
trading off like the value of
the celebrity. But like he did
1039
01:03:57.100 --> 01:04:01.536
something that just, sort of
like, he transforms the moment.
1040
01:04:17.987 --> 01:04:22.356
Here is the thing. I did walk up to
Bill. He was rushing to get to the field.
1041
01:04:22.358 --> 01:04:24.992
And there wasn't
any time to talk.
1042
01:04:24.994 --> 01:04:27.561
I met all these people who've had
these great experiences with Bill.
1043
01:04:27.563 --> 01:04:33.100
But as I sat so close to the man, I
felt something wasn't quite right. Why?
1044
01:04:33.300 --> 01:04:39.173
In 1977 Bill Murray snuck into Elvis Presley's
funeral. He was a fan and wanted to be there.
1045
01:04:39.175 --> 01:04:41.677
Bill went to the funeral
to be a part of the experience.
1046
01:04:41.679 --> 01:04:44.545
I was trying
to control the experience.
1047
01:04:49.119 --> 01:04:53.240
At the end of the game. I just
decided to jump in line and ask for a photo.
1048
01:04:55.250 --> 01:04:57.161
- Excuse me, may I take a picture with you?
- Sure.
1049
01:05:00.731 --> 01:05:03.100
This is why my picture with
Bill is so important.
1050
01:05:04.434 --> 01:05:06.969
Because this is when I realized'
I didn't need to talk to Bill
1051
01:05:06.971 --> 01:05:08.572
to understand why
he does what he does.
1052
01:05:10.240 --> 01:05:13.608
After meeting all these people, I
learned that these Bill Murry stories
1053
01:05:13.610 --> 01:05:16.100
are not cherished because they
meet a celebrity.
1054
01:05:16.120 --> 01:05:19.514
It's because they had a real
interaction with a real person.
1055
01:05:19.516 --> 01:05:24.119
A man who lives freely and takes the
time to make each moment count.
1056
01:05:24.121 --> 01:05:28.393
It's not forced, it's not planned.
It's just living in the moment.
1057
01:05:32.496 --> 01:05:39.233
So maybe my interaction with Bill wasn't
perfect. But in the end, it just doesn't matter.
1058
01:05:39.235 --> 01:05:43.170
It just doesn't matter.
1059
01:08:15.425 --> 01:08:18.893
It was the middle of
May of 2011.
1060
01:08:18.895 --> 01:08:23.598
I was working on a movie called "Moonrise
Kingdom" in Newport, Rhode Island
1061
01:08:23.600 --> 01:08:25.901
with some Hollywood movie stars:
1062
01:08:25.903 --> 01:08:31.906
Edward Norton, Bruce Willis,
Harvey Keitel, and Bill Murray.
1063
01:08:31.908 --> 01:08:34.910
Bill Murray was the one person
1064
01:08:34.912 --> 01:08:38.914
who could always get me to walk into a
movie theater no matter what it was.
1065
01:08:38.916 --> 01:08:46.620
For 4 days I worked on this film and for
4 days I did my work and he did his.
1066
01:08:46.622 --> 01:08:51.927
And we came back to the same hotel every
night and we never crossed paths.
1067
01:08:51.929 --> 01:08:56.298
I went home from work that last day and I'm
just about ready to throw in the towel.
1068
01:08:56.300 --> 01:08:58.299
I guess it was a near miss
1069
01:08:58.301 --> 01:09:02.469
Disappointing, but there are
greater tragedies in life
1070
01:09:02.471 --> 01:09:07.308
I walk into the bar in the hotel
lobby and I ordered a drink.
1071
01:09:07.310 --> 01:09:10.644
There's a bartender, and
there's a piano there.
1072
01:09:10.646 --> 01:09:14.950
So I asked her:"would you mind if I
played around on the piano a little bit?"
1073
01:09:14.952 --> 01:09:17.485
and she said: "Sure, there's
nobody here, why not?"
1074
01:09:17.487 --> 01:09:20.955
So I sit down at the piano and I
just start to play
1075
01:09:20.957 --> 01:09:26.327
about 10 seconds later into
the room walks Bill Murray.
1076
01:09:26.329 --> 01:09:27.830
I didn't stop playing.
1077
01:09:27.832 --> 01:09:30.965
It's the music that brought him in,
the music was gonna keep him there.
1078
01:09:30.967 --> 01:09:32.834
He didn't even say anything.
1079
01:09:32.836 --> 01:09:37.504
He just walked over, stood right
behind me, and said,
1080
01:09:37.506 --> 01:09:41.343
"Can you play this?"
"Can you play that?"
1081
01:09:41.345 --> 01:09:49.683
Myself and Bill Murray were playing music,
singing, drinking with 2 women, song after song.
1082
01:09:49.685 --> 01:09:53.988
I'm playin' 'em, the girls are
dancing, the bartender joined in,
1083
01:09:53.990 --> 01:09:56.691
the concierge joined in,
1084
01:09:56.693 --> 01:10:01.696
and we're havin' a party in this tiny
little Newport Rhode Island hotel bar.
1085
01:10:01.698 --> 01:10:05.866
And before we know it, 5 hours
had gone by and he had to leave.
1086
01:10:05.868 --> 01:10:07.701
And he gets up,
1087
01:10:07.703 --> 01:10:09.704
and I had mentioned to him that
1088
01:10:09.706 --> 01:10:14.900
I worked at a summer camp as a head
counselor just like he did in "Meatballs".
1089
01:10:14.110 --> 01:10:15.477
I still do to this day.
1090
01:10:15.479 --> 01:10:20.714
And he reaches into his pocket and
he pulls out a sweaty wad of money
1091
01:10:20.716 --> 01:10:22.717
and he hands it to me
and he says:
1092
01:10:22.719 --> 01:10:26.724
"Listen. if the counselors have
a tough day, do me a favor.
1093
01:10:28.725 --> 01:10:33.894
Take 'em out for some pizza,
tell 'em that Bill loves 'em."
1094
01:10:33.896 --> 01:10:37.565
And then he said one more thing
before he left. He said:
1095
01:10:37.567 --> 01:10:40.735
"I don't remember names, but I'm
very good with faces.
1096
01:10:40.737 --> 01:10:44.571
If you ever see me, anywhere, whatever
I'm doing, no matter where it is,
1097
01:10:44.573 --> 01:10:45.909
please come say hello."
1098
01:10:47.743 --> 01:10:49.447
And he disappeared down
the hall.
1099
01:10:49.746 --> 01:10:50.914
And that was it.
1100
01:10:51.747 --> 01:10:54.749
When I hear stories of
party crashing,
1101
01:10:54.751 --> 01:10:57.419
stories of Bill going
to a wedding,
1102
01:10:57.421 --> 01:11:04.580
showing up somewhere, doing something
fun and making people's lives magical,
1103
01:11:04.600 --> 01:11:05.693
I always smile.
1104
01:11:05.695 --> 01:11:12.599
I'd like people to know that Bill Murray
is who you want him to be in real life.
1105
01:11:12.601 --> 01:11:16.710
You can't say that about many of
the people we admire.
1106
01:11:16.730 --> 01:11:19.610
But he is what makes people
love him.
1107
01:11:25.441 --> 01:11:30.441
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