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Bill Murray Reveals Who He Wants to Play Him in Upcoming ‘Saturday Night Live’ Movie
Far Out Magazine ^ | Fri 15 March 2024 | Joe Taysom

Posted on 03/15/2024 9:38:38 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 03/15/2024 9:38:38 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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“I like Kenan Thompson; he could play me."

2 posted on 03/15/2024 9:42:46 PM PDT by simpson96
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Bill Murray was always good playing the a$$hole. He could just be himself.

3 posted on 03/15/2024 9:49:01 PM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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I will not be watching.


4 posted on 03/15/2024 9:50:57 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: nickcarraway

Was in college when SNL came about.

SNL would start on a Saturday night, parties would stop and we were glued to the TV.

Fun show, at least when it started.


5 posted on 03/15/2024 9:56:51 PM PDT by lizma2
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RE: ...a new movie depicting the inaugural episode of the hit comedy program which aired in 1975.

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Why not just watch the original episode on youtube. Doesn’t make sense.


6 posted on 03/15/2024 9:57:55 PM PDT by deks (Deo duce, ferro comitante · God for guide, sword for companion)
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LOL


7 posted on 03/15/2024 10:01:18 PM PDT by nutmeg (FJB)
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To: nickcarraway

I’ve been around as long as Bill has. I was a fan early on, but over time his schtick has worn out its welcome. He isn’t really funny anymore, but he thinks he is.


8 posted on 03/15/2024 10:33:30 PM PDT by rexthecat
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That goes much more for Chevy Chase.


9 posted on 03/15/2024 10:42:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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He’s been picking my brain about the SNL days since he was a grasshopper [...]

The expression is "since he was knee-high to a grasshopper," Bill!

Regards,

10 posted on 03/16/2024 12:20:16 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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I have never understood how Bill Murray became a comedy icon.

Smarter than average - yes.

Comedy skills - average

Acting skills - barely average.

Physical appearance - below average.

This guy has been hanging around movies and TV for 50 years, and I still don't get it.

11 posted on 03/16/2024 1:22:48 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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True, but sometimes he’s the exact guy for the role. “Groundhog Day”, “Scrooged”, “The Man Who Knew Too Little”, “Kingpin” and of course “Caddyshack”.


12 posted on 03/16/2024 1:49:41 AM PDT by MikelTackNailer (probable Trump victory overnight followed by intermittent liberal tears)
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I lived in college towns for much of my younger life and got to know a lot of graduate students.

Bill Murray might have inherited some of the European comedy cachet that Jerry Lewis had with the French.

I knew a young woman from Amsterdam, and three young men, from Germany, Hungary, and Bulgaria, who all thought that Bill Murray was brilliant!


13 posted on 03/16/2024 3:24:04 AM PDT by zeestephen (Trump "Lost" By 43,000 Votes - Spread Across Three States - GA, WI, AZ)
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Groundhog Day was his best role.


14 posted on 03/16/2024 3:28:43 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: nickcarraway

SNL movie is going to do poorly because it’s woke. So they’re not allowed to be funny. If it was 2005, maybe they’ll be able to pull it off with the right cast. But today? Dave Chapelle is banned because of his jokes about trans. But SNL can’t have that.


15 posted on 03/16/2024 3:33:57 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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An actor playing an actor. Who does he think he is? Cary Grant?


16 posted on 03/16/2024 4:02:56 AM PDT by Daveinyork
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Nothing against Kenan Thompson, but to even suggest him is an indication of the probability that the SNL movie will be just another liberal wokefest to be avoided at all cost.


17 posted on 03/16/2024 4:21:24 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Nothing says "Democracy" like throwing your opponents into jail.)
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🤣


18 posted on 03/16/2024 5:10:51 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: nickcarraway

I was out of the country that first season and probably never have seen t he first, or most of the episodes.

I wonder if Albert Brooks will be included in the movie. He’s the one who suggested, maybe insisted, they use rotating hosts.


19 posted on 03/16/2024 7:29:46 AM PDT by gnickgnack2 (They’re pushing us because they want us to push back. Then comes martial law. They see it as a win-w)
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I was completely taken in by the SNL commercial about the triple bladed razer - “The first blade pulls it out, the second blade pulls it out further and third blade cuts it off” and at the end “Because you’ll believe anything.”

I had not seen SNL and had been just barely paying attention anyway... was suddenly riveted...”What? What?” Only after the real commercials ended and SNL came back on did I realize it was part of a show. Classic!


20 posted on 03/16/2024 10:25:48 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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