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by bogomipz 3617 days ago
My youth? I am old enough that I saw both Ghostbusters and Caddyshack as a kid in the theater when they were new movies. As such your comment or attempt at snark is quite laughable. I've been an avid Bill Murray fan for I guess most of my life now. He was not a legend back then, he had modest success post SNL with those movies and a long string of flops and was actually considered "washed up" for quite some time. So no, the whole "living legend" thing started around the time that Sophia Coppola cast him in "Lost in Translation" and introduced him to a new generation of kids. This phenomenon is particularly amusing to Murray fans in my age group.

Your lack of facts is showing.
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abritinthebay 3616 days ago
"modest success"

Yes, because Caddyshack, Stripes, and Tootsie were small, modestly successful, movies that only a few people have heard of.

I mean it's not like Ghostbusters was one of the most successful comedy movies of all time.

It's not like Groundhog Day from 1993 was was added to the United States National Film Registry as being deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" or anything.

No, clearly he just had "modest" success in just those 13 years post-SNL. I mean we'd better not even mention his award winning turns in movies starting the late 90s had we?

Yikes, I take it back - it's not your youth, it's your smug ignorance that's showing.

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bogomipz 3616 days ago
You should learn to read better, what I said was "he had modest success post SNL with those movies and a long string of flops" and the "those movies" are referred to are Ghohsbusters, Caddyshack et al, the ones he did right after SNL. There is 10 year period of flops between "Ground Hog Day" and "Lost in Translation." I also stated that. Notice you didn't mention a single movie from that 10 year period? Exactly.

There was nothing smug about either of my replies. There is also nothing ignorant about replies and I'm well aware of his career arc. I'm not even sure what point is but it sounds like you might be upset because I called you out on your presumptuous comment. Grow up.

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abritinthebay 3615 days ago
Yeah, it's not like he was critically acclaimed in Ed Wood in 94.

Or turned in an iconic - movie stealing - comic performance in Kingpin in 96

Or won a Golden Globe in 98 for Rushmore.

Clearly you're right and nothing major happened in his career for 10 years.

You literally know nothing about this topic and keep digging yourself into a hole. It's kind of pathetic.

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