[simpson96]

“I like Kenan Thompson; he could play me."

[Right_Wing_Madman]

Bill Murray was always good playing the a$$hole. He could just be himself.

[Secret Agent Man]

I will not be watching.

[lizma2]

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.

[deks]

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.

[rexthecat]

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.

[alexander_busek]

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,

[zeestephen]

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.

[MinorityRepublican]

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.

[Daveinyork]

An actor playing an actor. Who does he think he is? Cary Grant?

[gnickgnack2]

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.

[\/\/ayne]

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!

[Paal Gulli]

If you're a fan and haven't seen the movie, "The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man", you probably should. It's a semi-documentary exploring all the urban legends surrounding Murray, and most of them turn out to be true.

He apparently likes spending his time giving random people memories that will last a lifetime by walking into their life, doing something bizarre, then slipping away into the shadows.

Like sneaking up behind a man taking a leak in a public toilet and whispering in his ear, "When you tell your friends about this, no one will believe you." Then he walks out but pauses at the door and looks back long enough for the man at the pee trough to recognize him, then disappears.