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I've always loved Bill Murray's comedy. He's funny in a timeless way. But my favorite story about him is how he calls Kelly Lynch's husband every time Roadhous

by drblast 11y ago

I've always loved Bill Murray's comedy. He's funny in a timeless way. But my favorite story about him is how he calls Kelly Lynch's husband every time Roadhouse is on TV to tell him that she's having sex with Patrick Swayze. Apparently this has gone on for years. I love that he'd do that to begin with, but that he'd do it for so long without any expectation that it would become public knowledge is awesome.

LordKano 11y ago
But my favorite story about him is how he calls Kelly Lynch's husband every time Roadhouse is on TV to tell him that she's having sex with Patrick Swayze. Apparently this has gone on for years. I'm going to have to Google this. If that's true, it's hilarious.
- bch 11y ago
  I saw him utter it on this show[0]. I thought it was more funny how long it took him to show his hand regarding liking Roadhouse so much. [0] http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/11/10/bourdain-charleston-bill-murray-parts-unknown.cnn/video/playlists/bourdain/ http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/11/10/bourdain-charleston-...
- mattkevan 11y ago
  Yeah, it's a great story. As far as I know it came from an excellent interview with Kelly Lynch on the Onion AV Club http://www.avclub.com/article/kelly-lynch-on-imagic-cityi-john-hughes-and-playin-86567 http://www.avclub.com/article/kelly-lynch-on-imagic-cityi-jo...
Steko 11y ago
My favorite Bill Murray story is the time he was filming something and some fans asked for an autograph and instead Bill filmed a Wes Anderson style slo-mo walk with them. http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2012/05/25/a-fan-asked-bill-murray-for-an-autograph.-instead-bill-gave-him-this http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2012/05/25/a-fan-asked-bill-murr...
WalterBright 11y ago
I'm not so sure his comedy is timeless. There are many, many comedians from earlier eras that one might have thought were timeless, but watching them today, they don't seem funny at all. WC Fields, for example.
- staunch 11y ago
  Bill Murray Singing Jaws @ 12 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25gLcBgduHk#t=12m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25gLcBgduHk#t=12m This bit was written like 40 years ago.
  - phaus 11y ago
    I like lots of things that Bill Murray's done, but that isn't really funny at all. I doubt it would have been funny 40 years ago either. Humor is subjective, so my opinion really doesn't matter. I think there are definitely comedic styles/routine/jokes/whatever that might end up being timeless, but there are a lot of things that will become less humorous over time. Half of the sitcoms I grew up watching in the 80's and early 90's don't seem funny at all anymore.
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    - EGreg 11y ago
      Seinfeld and how I Met your mother will be timeless
      - soylentcola 11y ago
        Never managed to get on the HIMYM bandwagon so I can't comment on that until I get around to finally watching it. As far as Seinfeld, I've noticed that people my age who grew up with the show in school and college consider it timeless but a lot of younger people don't see the big deal. Not so much that it's not funny (it is) or that it's dated (cultural references and cordless home phones are just window dressing), but that so many subsequent shows have been influenced by Seinfeld that it doesn't seem very new or original to a 17-year-old who just saw a few reruns for the first time. It's sort of like how people will talk about The Beatles being overrated because people still refer to their relevance when they were still putting out albums, not how their work relates to current rock music. When the Beatles got huge it was relevant as much for the time and place as it was the actual music. But if you're a young listener today and you hear the Beatles at the same time as you hear later artists who were influenced by the Beatles, they don't seem like a big deal. That's the problem with "timelessness" and something like pop culture that's always changing and building upon itself (not to mention how it favors novelty). It seems like there will always be cultural "enthusiasts" in any medium who appreciate the influence a given artist has on the popular culture but just the same, I find that same general "popular" audience loses sight of what made something big. And since the nature of pop culture is to mirror and cater to "the masses", on some level, that's who really determines relevance.

by drblast 11y ago

LordKano 11y ago

But my favorite story about him is how he calls Kelly Lynch's husband every time Roadhouse is on TV to tell him that she's having sex with Patrick Swayze. Apparently this has gone on for years. I'm going to have to Google this. If that's true, it's hilarious.

bch 11y ago
I saw him utter it on this show[0]. I thought it was more funny how long it took him to show his hand regarding liking Roadhouse so much. [0] http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/11/10/bourdain-charleston-bill-murray-parts-unknown.cnn/video/playlists/bourdain/ http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/11/10/bourdain-charleston-...
mattkevan 11y ago
Yeah, it's a great story. As far as I know it came from an excellent interview with Kelly Lynch on the Onion AV Club http://www.avclub.com/article/kelly-lynch-on-imagic-cityi-john-hughes-and-playin-86567 http://www.avclub.com/article/kelly-lynch-on-imagic-cityi-jo...

Steko 11y ago

My favorite Bill Murray story is the time he was filming something and some fans asked for an autograph and instead Bill filmed a Wes Anderson style slo-mo walk with them. http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2012/05/25/a-fan-asked-bill-murray-for-an-autograph.-instead-bill-gave-him-this http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2012/05/25/a-fan-asked-bill-murr...

WalterBright 11y ago

I'm not so sure his comedy is timeless. There are many, many comedians from earlier eras that one might have thought were timeless, but watching them today, they don't seem funny at all. WC Fields, for example.

staunch 11y ago
Bill Murray Singing Jaws @ 12 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25gLcBgduHk#t=12m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25gLcBgduHk#t=12m This bit was written like 40 years ago.
- phaus 11y ago
  I like lots of things that Bill Murray's done, but that isn't really funny at all. I doubt it would have been funny 40 years ago either. Humor is subjective, so my opinion really doesn't matter. I think there are definitely comedic styles/routine/jokes/whatever that might end up being timeless, but there are a lot of things that will become less humorous over time. Half of the sitcoms I grew up watching in the 80's and early 90's don't seem funny at all anymore.
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  - EGreg 11y ago
    Seinfeld and how I Met your mother will be timeless
    - soylentcola 11y ago
      Never managed to get on the HIMYM bandwagon so I can't comment on that until I get around to finally watching it. As far as Seinfeld, I've noticed that people my age who grew up with the show in school and college consider it timeless but a lot of younger people don't see the big deal. Not so much that it's not funny (it is) or that it's dated (cultural references and cordless home phones are just window dressing), but that so many subsequent shows have been influenced by Seinfeld that it doesn't seem very new or original to a 17-year-old who just saw a few reruns for the first time. It's sort of like how people will talk about The Beatles being overrated because people still refer to their relevance when they were still putting out albums, not how their work relates to current rock music. When the Beatles got huge it was relevant as much for the time and place as it was the actual music. But if you're a young listener today and you hear the Beatles at the same time as you hear later artists who were influenced by the Beatles, they don't seem like a big deal. That's the problem with "timelessness" and something like pop culture that's always changing and building upon itself (not to mention how it favors novelty). It seems like there will always be cultural "enthusiasts" in any medium who appreciate the influence a given artist has on the popular culture but just the same, I find that same general "popular" audience loses sight of what made something big. And since the nature of pop culture is to mirror and cater to "the masses", on some level, that's who really determines relevance.