Random Greatest Bill Murray Stories Ever Told (10 items)

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  (#1) Bill Murray Crashes Bachelor Party

  The Story:

  Over Memorial Day weekend 2014, a handful of guys from Boston College are in Charleston, SC, for a bachelor party when Bill Murray offers some words of wisdom to the groom. A friend of the groom says: 

  At one point during dinner at a steakhouse, one guy goes to the bathroom downstairs and sees Bill Murray sitting with some people with a fishing vest on. We talked to the waiter to see if we could send him some drinks, to which Bill declined. One of my buddies then went down and asked if he'd come up and say a few words for EJ and got a 'No thanks.' My buddy comes back up dejected and tells us it's not going to happen. Two minutes later, Bill f*cking Murray walks into the room and gives this speech.

  Murray says to the group: "You know how they say funerals are for the dead, not for the living? Bachelor parties are not for the groom, they're for the unmarried." 

  He then goes on to give sound advice to the rest of the group who hasn't gotten engaged yet:

  If you have someone that you think is The One, take that person and travel around the world. Buy a plane ticket for the two of you to travel all around the world, and go to places that are hard to go to and hard to get out of. And when you land at JFK, and you're still in love with that person... get married.

  Then, Bill Murray hoists the groom up on his shoulders.

  Believable?

  You decide. The video is right there.
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  (#2) Bill Murray Reads Poetry To Construction Workers Building NY's Poet House

  The Story:

  During construction of the Poet's House, a library in Manhattan, Bill Murray stops by to read poems to the construction workers who are working on the building. In the middle of reading, Murray imparts: "It gets worse. If you want to take a sick day, do it now." Workers laugh and take photos with their cell phones.

  Believable?

  Indisputably true.
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  (#3) Bill Murray Pairs Up With Blonde Girl In Foreign Country... Goes to Party

  ... kind of like in Lost in Translation.

  The Story:

  One evening after a golf tournament in St. Andrews, Bill Murray decides to go out and explore the city. He's out for drinks with fellow golfers when he meets young a beautiful blonde Nordic woman named Lykke Stavnef, who is there with her friend Marie Bergene - and who, naturally, invites him to a party.

  Bill Murray says yes.

  When they show up, no one can believe that 22-year-old Stavnef has brought him to a house party. She's concerned that there are not enough clean dishes there, so Bill Murray actually decides to start washing dishes. Everyone is amused when he cleans some dishes so that people can drink, but even more charmed when he happily accepts drinking vodka out of a coffee mug.

  Before he leaves, he finishes cleaning the feet-high dishes pile left by the college students, then heads back to his hotel.

  Believable?

  Well, it was reported by The Telegraph, and there were also over a dozen eyewitnesses. The 2018 documentary The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man explores this story further. New Rule: if you meet Bill Murray somewhere and he seems relaxed and in a good mood, and it's late enough, invite him to a party.
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  (#4) Bill Murray Surprise Bartends At Shangri-La During SXSW

  The Story:

  The story begins when Bill Murray attends Austin's SXSW festival and hangs out with Wu-Tang Clan. He shows up with them at the bar Shangri-La and insists on bartending, only serving patrons shots of tequila. No matter what they ordered, he pours them a lot of tequila.

  Everyone there is Tweeting, posting to Facebook, and blogging about it. Someone even took a video.

  Throughout the rest of the week, Murray is spotted at various parties, including one Redditor's friend's house party:

  Believable?

  This story is widespread, and there's video to prove its accuracy. It also highlights the extent of Murray's awesomeness. Who knows how many of the details and secondhand accounts are true, but the video is pretty indisputable.
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  (#5) Bill Murray Dances To 'Turn Down For What' At A Birthday Party

  The Story:

  Marvin Larry Reynolds, of Jedburg, South Carolina, invited Murray to his 64th birthday party in September 2014. Of course, Murray showed up. But he didn't just sit quietly in the corner. Chef Brett McKee, a friend of Murray's, was catering the party and blessed the internet with some fantastic pictures from the party, and even video of Murray and other attendees dancing to classic tracks like "Turn Down For What."

  Believable?

  This video may incite jealousy in the hearts of all those forlorn on their birthdays.
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  (#6) Bill Murray Casually Photobombs Engagement Pics 

  The Story:

  In May 2014, wedding photographer Raheel Gauba was out on a photo shoot with Erik Rogers and Ashley Donald, when suddenly the expressions on their faces went from candid to pure shock. Gauba told The Post and Courier: "I thought who the heck is bothering them? I turn around and it's Bill Murray with his shirt up, belly out, tapping his belly and trying to make them laugh." 

  Gauba invited Murray over to pose with the young couple for a few pics, to which he obliged, and then took off. 

  Believable?

  There's the pre-newlywed pics to prove it.
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  (#7) Bill Murray Does Karaoke With Complete Strangers

  The Story:

  A group of friends go out to have a few drinks at a bar called Karaoke One 7 in New York City. Mike, the guy who reported this story, notices a couple of women who have just walked in with a guy that looks just like Bill Murray... because he is Bill Murray.

  After they do the good ol' "celebrity confirmation," the group proceeds to invite Bill Murray into their karaoke room.

  15 minutes later, Bill Murray knocks on their door.

  Bill Murray and the girl he's with - notably from Amsterdam - sing a bunch of French songs and buy everyone these weird green drinks made with Chartreuse. Then Murray himself sings an Elvis song with Mike - and the group, of course, takes a bunch of photos.

  Believable?

  The photos are pretty irrefutable, but the verdict is still vague. There have been a few discrepancies, first being exactly when this incident took place. It was also first reported that he showed up at Karaoke One with a group of women, then later corrected that it was one Dutch woman. The details aren't 100% clear; however, Murray is known for randomly attending strangers' parties, so there's a good chance this one is true. And it is probably the realization of every Bill Murray fan's biggest dream.
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  (#8) Bill Murray Thinks Autographs Are Boring, Films Slowmo Walk

  The Story:

  Like most celebrities, Bill Murray isn't a fan of being bothered for his autograph. Unlike most celebrities, it's because he finds it too impersonal.

  One day, Bill Murray is doing a shoot for a guy, and that guy's friend asks him for an autograph. Instead of just writing his name on a piece of paper, Bill gives them something better. He films a slow motion walk down the hall with all the guys à la Wes Anderson.

  Believable?

  The proof is in the pudding.
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  (#9) Bill Murray Accidentally Stars In 'Garfield'

  The Story:

  Bill Murray sees the name "Joel Cohen" (this Joel Cohen) attached to the Garfield script, believing it's the famed director of Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Barton Fink, and No Country for Old Men - Joel Coen... as in this Joel Coen (no H, you see). Academy Award-winning Joel Coen.

  According to GQ magazine, Murray explains the mix-up: "I looked at the script, and it said, 'So-and-so and Joel Coen.' And I thought: Christ, well, I love those Coens! They're funny. So I sorta read a few pages of it and thought, Yeah, I'd like to do that."

  Then he saw the movie. And only after that did he realize that it wasn't Joel Coen, but Joel Cohen. No Fargo, No Country for Old Men or Big Lebowski -  no, this one was Daddy Day Camp (the sequel to Daddy Day Care), Evan Almighty, and Cheaper By the Dozen Joel Cohen.

  Murray continued: "I kept saying, 'Who the hell cut this thing? Who did this? What the f**k was Coen thinking?' And then they explained it to me: It wasn't written by that Joel Coen." 

  Believable?

  Although this might be the actor-celebrity version of sleeping with someone questionable and then claiming you were drunk, there's obviously no doubting the accuracy of the interview. It's just a shame that it took the movie being finished before Murray realized his faux pas. But hey, every paycheck helps - including the pay bump to the sequel. 
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  (#10) Bill Murray Holds An Impromptu White House Press Conference To Rep the Cubs

  The Story:

  On October 21, 2016, Bill Murray took the stage in the White House briefing room to announce the Chicago Cubs will make it to the World Series in 2016. A life-long time Cubs fan, Murray wore a beautiful, understated Cubs pullover to drive his point home.

  "I feel very confident that Clayton Kershaw is a great, great pitcher, but we've got too many sticks," Murray said. Reporters, playing along, referred to the actor as Mr. President, and nodded along as he offered his analysis as to why it's more appropriate a team from Chicago play in the fall classic than a team from LA. 

  "We also have a little bit of autumn in Chicago. You don't get that in Los Angeles. Trees just die in Los Angeles. In Illinois, they flourish." Murray was at the White House to receive the Mark Twain Prize from President Obama and stopped by the briefing room moments after a press conference wrapped. 

  Believable?

  Well, it made it to a national network.

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