Why Bill Is So Cool

I read an article this morning that pointed out why, even after all these years, Bill Murray (thought I was gonna say Clinton, didn't ya? Yeah, I thought so...) is still so damn cool.

I grew up watching this guy's movies. Stripes was the first R-rated movie I saw and after that, I was hooked. Meatballs was next, and so it went...I'm still one of those, likely in the minority, that thinks Bill should have gotten some kind of award for Caddyshack -- forever known as the best golf movie of all time. Ok, maybe I'll take some flack for that, but you have to agree it's the most quotable ("It's in the hole! It's in the hole!!"). I even liked Razor's Edge, which just got panned as one of fifty of Hollywood's most egregious mistakes.

I was glad to see Bill get the respect he deserved for 'Lost in Translation' a few years back. Not to mention he got to hang with Scarlett, one of my favorite actresses. Who wouldn't want that gig?

Anyway, this wasn't intended to run down his filmography, but I just had to tell you how cool I think Bill actually is. Not a lot of big time stars would have done something like that. Yes, I know he went for the cute girls, but that makes it even better, because I would have done the same thing in his place. "What, more booze and cute girls half my age running around drunk? Sure, I'm in...Hell, I'm in and I'll even wash the dishes!"

-la

PS: I realize I'm SO sleeping on the couch for that last statement.