Talk:Bill Murray

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Contents 1 NPR 2 First wife 3 Coffee and Cigarettes 4 In responce to the cameo question... 5 Nike commercials 6 photo 7 Would a caretaker of this article consider mining this source? 8 Leeds United Fan?

[edit] NPR

No mention of his radio work for NPR? He voiced Johnny Storm of the Fantastic Four and Han Solo while Harrison Ford was busy. - Sparky 06:58, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] First wife

I deleted link to Margaret Kelly as it is a disambiguation page, none of whom seem to have been Murray's wife. --kylet 00:53, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Coffee and Cigarettes

I might consider his role in coffee and cigarettes as a cameo.

[edit] In responce to the cameo question...

Is that only because you don't know who RZA and GZA are? I think it's quite clear that it's a trio event here. I didn't see a "single lighting" (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameo_lighting) effect on bill murray. I think the lighting was spread out equally betwixt the three. The same may be said about the screen time (if not more for RZA and GZA).

03:18, 18 July 2006 (UTC)~MARK03:18, 18 July 2006 (UTC)~~

Yes but who are RZA and GZA? Two second rate rappers. Whereas Bill Murray is one of the biggest names in entertainment. It's him who is getting people to watch the stuff. The man is a all-time legend. From SillyWilly. 64.12.116.196 21:06, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

RZA and GZA are two of the most important members of the Wu Tang Clan. They are most definetly not "second rate rappers." Etan 14:06, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Yes they are. They suck. Oh and I know they are in "Wu Tang Clang". They are dreadful. I'd rather listen to MC Hammer. 64.12.116.196 13:51, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nike commercials

Anyone remember when Murray starred in a series of ads for Nike saying that he was gonna try to get in the NBA? There was one where he was playing one-on-one with a little kid and he blocked all the kids' shots. The final one was in black-and-white where he tearfully announced that he did not make the cut. Does anoyne feel this warrants a mention? MrBlondNYC 08:28, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] photo

we can get a better picture of that can't we? not only does he look 100 years old, but its a profile shot, and we arn't even sure that it IS bill murray. Some dude took a picture of someone at a basketball game and says its bill murray. --130.216.191.184 02:55, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

I don't like the photo either. I thought that maybe there was a more famous and much older Bill Murray for a second when I first came here. Mithridates 00:51, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

The photo is fine for the purpose that it is serving. It is a free-use photo and is merely being used to identify Bill Murray. It's what the man looks like. Other photos that people like better exist, but they likely aren't free and therefore cannot be used on Wikipedia solely as a means of identifying him. There are other photos on the page of him, but they illustrate the different stages and films of his career, but the only way they can be used is if there's a free-use photo to begin with. Bottom line: If anyone wants to replace the lead-in photo, the image must be a free-use image that's either been released under a free license by a photographer or copyright holder, which could entail someone taking another photo of Bill Murray or writing Bill Murray and asking him to release a publicity photo under GFDL. — WiseKwai 04:38, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Would a caretaker of this article consider mining this source?

I perused this briefly cited article towards the end and noticed it has a lot of interesting facts on Murray's early life that are not in the current article: Times of London story --Bobak 06:39, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Leeds United Fan?

If a certain rumor is 'quite possibly, baloney', shouldn't we simply not include it? Obonicus 03:56, 24 February 2007 (UTC)