@@jamesm.3967 You realize that pay hasn't even close to kept up with inflation, and also you don't make min wage unless you are a high school kid or just really unskilled and untalented.
What he said about Ghostbusters being about some New Yorkers made me realise just how important the location was - i'm English and I've never been to New York but this film made me love it and want to go there. The story was so clever - the script is so unique and thought provoking... and THAT SCORE! one of the best, just perfect for the film. 👌
Bill is one of the coolest, best humans ever.. how can u NOT love this guy? My dad met him years and years ago on a golf course in nj.. super randon, my dad was off in the back smokin a doob and up walks bill and took a few rips.. my dad said hes a real class act stand up dude...
I saw him at a pub in St Augustine Beach ~2006 with his security. It was an almost empty pub. He was watching sports on the TV. I was managing a hostel in St Augustine at the time and had some guests with me. We wanted to go say hi to him but decided to just let him have his space. Still was cool though to be in the same room with him.
@@MichaelLasotaMusic right on 👍 class act not doin the whole "starstruck" thing... thats gotta creep people out 🤷♂️. My buddy was in a bar when Springsteen came in... my buddy told bruce that he sucks 😂
I remember seeing the behind the scenes making of Ghostbusters II and they had no idea how underwhelming the movie would be perceived...funny how it can go either way
First movie I ever watched when we got our first VCR was Ghostbusters, when VCRs first came out. Loved him in Stripes, SNL, Caddyshack, pretty much everything he's been in, he's a comedic genius, God I love him! 😂😂😂😂❤❤
I was wondering myself how aware they were,makes me feel old but I remember seeing it back then as a kid but I knew nothing about it before I went to it
Don Giller thank you! I only watch and like! For more years than anyone on UA-cam!!! Getting old. It's dangerous for us to dwell in the past sometimes. Thank goodness that's not me.... Thaaank you Don
This dude was so relaxed and kind, much more so than most comedians. Not as bitter as most, seemingly sincerely just wanting to make others feel better.
Bill Murray is a midwest kid that never lost that midwest perspective when he made it big in the entertainment industry. I think that's what sets him apart from most celebrities. He's a grounded, genuine person that has no interest in the bullshit that comes along with celebrity. Jeff Daniels is another person that comes to mind that's a lot like that.
I was only two, when that movie came-out; but they played it in the theaters, until I was like eight. Back in the day, they always had replays in theatres. My dad managed the Hollis Theatres in Globe, Arizona for most of my childhood.
Bill Murray reminds me so much of my Polish uncles when they are still a bit drunk after yesterday :P The way he moves, walks the way he dresses and ofcourse the way he speak, the way he grimaces, moves his eyes and his naturally his hairdo :P Maybe he has Polish some genes :P
Metaphorically speaking, SNL was the first hundred feet. Followed by Meatballs, Caddyshack, Stripes. Ghostbusters was a phenom of a different level and impact in '84.
He he, i loved this guy since my grandpa took me to see Ghostbusters for my 9th birthday. And for all my life i have always been bewildered by how from day one, like you see in this interview , he couldn't care less about it, he never gave two fucks XD
This was filmed literally two weeks after Ghostbusters was released. In those two weeks, Bill and rest were poll vaulted to superstardom. This is exactly the moment where he went from not wanting to do the movie, to now knowing it’s the biggest of the year.
Interesting that this show was 8 days after the opening of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, which had just surpassed The Return of the Jedi as being the highest grossing opening weekend of the decade. Even more interesting that 7 years later, Ghostbusters II overtook Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as being the highest grossing opening of the decade. And then there was Batman.
The fascinating part of where we are today with UA-cam videos is you can in about 20 minutes see someone age 40 years!!! Start with Bill Murray's first visit with Dave and then work your way through all the in between interviews and get to the last show Dave has with Bill Murray. When you're done go and have a shot of Vodka and do it yourself!!!
The film hadn't been released yet. i wonder if Bill knew just how big, well loved and iconic the film would become...and that was just the release year!
1984 was just an insane year for kids and teenagers to have fun, of course Ghostbusters, but Gremlins, The Never ending story, Temple of Doom, Romancing the stone, Terminator, Footloose, Karaté Kid....
3:33 That reference: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was released on May 23, 1984, to financial success, grossing $333.1 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 1984.
Doable, but it'd be pretty long, and right now I'm limited to 15-minute clips due to a You Tube "strike" after NBCU had YT remove my upload of Dateline's Brokaw/Letterman interview. As long as I keep my nose clean, that strike'll be removed in October. So it'll have to wait until at least then.
Bill Murray has always been the biggest goof and the biggest weirdo I’ve ever known among the greatest comics of Hollywood, but he sure has the most greatest heart and he is the most nicest guy of all.
Don, Thanks again for these clips! They're my main source for all Dave pre Late Show. Do you happen to know why Dan Ackroyd cancelled his scheduled appearance earlier in May 1984? It seems like there was an issue.
I love the movie Groundhog Day. I've seen it at least 20 times. And there's one little tiny part that bugs me every time I see it. This seems like as good a place as any to bring it up, with lots of Groundhog Day fans chiming in. When Phil (Murray) is on stage playing the piano at the party toward the end of the movie, Rita is watching him with pleasant surprise, not realizing he played an instrument so well. Right next to her is the piano teacher we've met before. She turns to Rita and says, approvingly, "He's my student." Now if Phil has reached this level of expertise, playing onstage with a band, it means that he came to the piano teacher that day -- since there is only the one day they interact -- already skilled as a musician. If Phil has indeed achieved that level of proficiency, why would he even stop by the piano teacher's home? And if he did, is she actually teaching him anything or are they just discussing some random minor point? It just seems odd for her to call Phil "my student" at that point, when the first time he meets her, he is already an accomplished player. (Maybe I'm overthinking this -- hahaha.)
Based on the conceit of the movie, this entire scene could have happened 100 times, so he would still be going to the teacher everyday to get better and better, and what we see is just the first time this all works out.
Yes, I do see your point. Another thing that always perplexed me about the storyline is that although he keeps repeating Feb. 2nd, each time there are differences relative to what he's choosing to do to manipulate everything. So, in a real sense, he's not living that "over and over and over" as he puts it. They're actually different days that just happen to always fall on Groundhog Day.
There’s a part in the movie where he sees her and knows the piano super well. And she says “and you said this is your first time?” So he basically is saying her incredible teaching made him that good in one day
Bill Murray did comedy, while Hanks did a lot more drama and "serious" films, e.g. "Philadelphia", "Captain Philips", "Forest Gump". Murray has done some indie stuff which you could call "serious", but not like Hanks. So although people like Murray more, Hanks has more awards to his name
This was the NBC rebroadcast from June 3, 1988, during the writers' strike. I have two other sources: the original broadcast and its first repeat from March 7, 1985. I chose the 1988 version because it had the best quality among the three.
I remember Ghostbusters at this time, that movie was HUGE.
One of my earliest memories was this movie opening
Same day as Gremlins I believe
Never heard of it.
Whaht
My idea of New York was totally from that movie.
“Tv is free and Movies cost $5”... those were the days
Not to mention 2 dollar Tuesdays.
Movies cost $5 and you made $2.50 an hour. 😮 calm down.
@@jamesm.3967 You realize that pay hasn't even close to kept up with inflation, and also you don't make min wage unless you are a high school kid or just really unskilled and untalented.
"It's just the funniest damn bunch of funny you've ever seen in your life."
- Bill Murray describing Ghostbusters
And he's correct
Damn right 😂
Young Bill Murray is so confident and charismatic and witty, and he is really a big guy!
Old Bill Murray is still confident and charismatic and witty, with a hint of melancholy and a lot of wisdom.
They were, in fact, both middle-aged.
@@mitchelllevine5664 He was 31, 32, not middle aged. His receding hairline made him look 40s, but he was in fact around 30.
@@John-ct9zs He was actually 35, which is middle-aged.
@@mitchelllevine5664 Murray was 33 years of age here.
Upvote for the VHS static. Nostalgic!
Tracking😉
Yesss!! 😍
yeah VHS... not betamax!
I was 18. I remember this like it was yesterday. From Savannah GA with laughter.
What he said about Ghostbusters being about some New Yorkers made me realise just how important the location was - i'm English and I've never been to New York but this film made me love it and want to go there. The story was so clever - the script is so unique and thought provoking... and THAT SCORE! one of the best, just perfect for the film. 👌
The city is like a character in the movie!
Bill is one of the coolest, best humans ever.. how can u NOT love this guy? My dad met him years and years ago on a golf course in nj.. super randon, my dad was off in the back smokin a doob and up walks bill and took a few rips.. my dad said hes a real class act stand up dude...
Yeah nah
I saw him at a pub in St Augustine Beach ~2006 with his security. It was an almost empty pub. He was watching sports on the TV. I was managing a hostel in St Augustine at the time and had some guests with me. We wanted to go say hi to him but decided to just let him have his space.
Still was cool though to be in the same room with him.
@@MichaelLasotaMusic right on 👍 class act not doin the whole "starstruck" thing... thats gotta creep people out 🤷♂️. My buddy was in a bar when Springsteen came in... my buddy told bruce that he sucks 😂
You haven't heard many bts stories, have you?
I heard he was a p**** in real life. Chevy Chase too.
They didnt realize how huge and phenomenal Ghostbusters would be...
Edess Fertie Err.....okay.....
@Edess Fertie or should I say Egon Spengler?
I remember seeing the behind the scenes making of Ghostbusters II and they had no idea how underwhelming the movie would be perceived...funny how it can go either way
@Edess Fertie yeah the way they pour out of the WTC site when viewed from the rockefeller building... whew! mental illness!
Because back in the day, they didn't know how cinema was going to fall in the following decades, so a success like Ghostbusters was relatively normal.
I just found this today, what a treat!!
I'll have to check out that ghost movie, I hope it is good.
Good luck finding it. It disappeared immediately upon release.
:)
We have it, so I know it can be got 😉.
Gotta love the quality of old VHS tapes.
First movie I ever watched when we got our first VCR was Ghostbusters, when VCRs first came out. Loved him in Stripes, SNL, Caddyshack, pretty much everything he's been in, he's a comedic genius, God I love him! 😂😂😂😂❤❤
Funny how they're unaware of how big Ghostbusters ends up being after this.
I was wondering myself how aware they were,makes me feel old but I remember seeing it back then as a kid but I knew nothing about it before I went to it
Yeah funny how no one knows the future. DUH!
watch 5 times a week
I know right. I wonder what those napkins would go for these days.
@@tomfisher9089 Have fun with yourself, Michael.
Don Giller thank you! I only watch and like! For more years than anyone on UA-cam!!! Getting old. It's dangerous for us to dwell in the past sometimes. Thank goodness that's not me.... Thaaank you Don
They just kept hitting us with comedy blockbusters in the 80s.
Ghostbusters 1984
Back to the Future 1985
Ferric Bueller's Day Off 1986
I'm glad found this on UA-cam.
This dude was so relaxed and kind, much more so than most comedians. Not as bitter as most, seemingly sincerely just wanting to make others feel better.
Bill Murray is a midwest kid that never lost that midwest perspective when he made it big in the entertainment industry. I think that's what sets him apart from most celebrities. He's a grounded, genuine person that has no interest in the bullshit that comes along with celebrity. Jeff Daniels is another person that comes to mind that's a lot like that.
@@switchbuckle5thBut don't get Bill drunk. The inner mean prick comes out.
Bill is the King of Awesome!
Interesting to watch the Ghostbusters clip with people laughing. Felt like watching a sitcom.
This was the world BEFORE the Ghostbusters community existed, before the cartoons, before any controversy. It was all about to change!
The shitty part only came in 2016...
A Quick change ?
Lol
I was only two, when that movie came-out; but they played it in the theaters, until I was like eight. Back in the day, they always had replays in theatres. My dad managed the Hollis Theatres in Globe, Arizona for most of my childhood.
Bill Murray is awesome!
This is like time traveling back in time
So time traveling?
I need some of that Ghostbusters swag!
Bill Murray reminds me so much of my Polish uncles when they are still a bit drunk after yesterday :P The way he moves, walks the way he dresses and ofcourse the way he speak, the way he grimaces, moves his eyes and his naturally his hairdo :P Maybe he has Polish some genes :P
This interview gives me all the feels.
great stuff. thanks for posting this Don.
Geez this was 7 months before i was born. It was a damn good year to be born in.
He's so lovable!
"Ghostbusters" and "The Terminator" both came out this week in 1984.
Terminator was not released until 0ctober 26.
Two of the greatest ever! ✌️😎
Golden age.
Great interview. Hilarious 😂
I'm sorry, but the napkins with the triple pun was epic marketing. "Lift Your Spirits"? The drink, your mood, the ghosts!
This was Bill before reaching a mountain top. In retrospect he has a hell of a career. From SNL to indie. Ghostbusters was Everest for that cast.
He was already launched not because of Ghostbusters
Metaphorically speaking, SNL was the first hundred feet. Followed by Meatballs, Caddyshack, Stripes. Ghostbusters was a phenom of a different level and impact in '84.
@@lawrencerinehart5747 don't forget Tootsie
@@superlex611Played Hunter S. Thompson in Where The Buffalo Roam. His earliest full drama performance in The Razor's Edge...
Bill Murray RULES !!! 👍🏻
Bill is the GOAT!
41 years ago and still hilarious!
If I ever meet him. I can die happy.
He he, i loved this guy since my grandpa took me to see Ghostbusters for my 9th birthday. And for all my life i have always been bewildered by how from day one, like you see in this interview , he couldn't care less about it, he never gave two fucks XD
Bill Murray was balding in 1984. In 2020 he roughly still has the same amount of hair. Amazing.
Hard to believe he is still not quite 34 years of age here.
Blood magic, my dude.
Are we going to ignore the fact that Bill and Dave did a blood pact live on television?
Then, Bill seems to lose his mind, suddenly. Satanic stuff, Dave was one of the (few) good ones who wasn't into it!
Bill Dave and Dan,
Try that nowadays...
They got AIDs. Aids, aids, aids
And as AIDS was spreading almost as fast as the coke!
I don't share needles
....unless it's with Bill Murray 👍
This was filmed literally two weeks after Ghostbusters was released. In those two weeks, Bill and rest were poll vaulted to superstardom. This is exactly the moment where he went from not wanting to do the movie, to now knowing it’s the biggest of the year.
Before, not after
One of my favourite movies and favourite actors.
Hands Letterman buttons: “Go nuts with those”. 😂😂😂
Interesting that this show was 8 days after the opening of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, which had just surpassed The Return of the Jedi as being the highest grossing opening weekend of the decade.
Even more interesting that 7 years later, Ghostbusters II overtook Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade as being the highest grossing opening of the decade.
And then there was Batman.
Wow!! I'm from 1982, I was only a year and a half old...👍
The fascinating part of where we are today with UA-cam videos is you can in about 20 minutes see someone age 40 years!!! Start with Bill Murray's first visit with Dave and then work your way through all the in between interviews and get to the last show Dave has with Bill Murray. When you're done go and have a shot of Vodka and do it yourself!!!
The film hadn't been released yet. i wonder if Bill knew just how big, well loved and iconic the film would become...and that was just the release year!
I think I had that square Ghostbusters button. Flashback.
1984 was just an insane year for kids and teenagers to have fun, of course Ghostbusters, but Gremlins, The Never ending story, Temple of Doom, Romancing the stone, Terminator, Footloose, Karaté Kid....
This is why I love movies, I was 7 at that time, such memories.
A very significant year
Yeap.
14 in 84, the memories, the nostalgia. Remember the monster this movie became that summer.
@@SJUCityBoy it was all over HBO.
@@SJUCityBoy a very significant year for movies
3:33 That reference:
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom was released on May 23, 1984, to financial success, grossing $333.1 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 1984.
Man... Blood brothers.... ahhh the 80s.... :D
can we get a murray compilation
Doable, but it'd be pretty long, and right now I'm limited to 15-minute clips due to a You Tube "strike" after NBCU had YT remove my upload of Dateline's Brokaw/Letterman interview. As long as I keep my nose clean, that strike'll be removed in October. So it'll have to wait until at least then.
Imagine how much that bloody/ketchup GB's napkin would be worth now. 😄
"...that's why movies are five bucks." Those were the days.
That would be equivalent to ~$20 today, so yeah.. not really
awesome
Poor Ernie Hudson missed out again 😢 and yet I think he's amazing in it
Bill Murray has always been the biggest goof and the biggest weirdo I’ve ever known among the greatest comics of Hollywood, but he sure has the most greatest heart and he is the most nicest guy of all.
Jean Tetreault He is very sarcastic. I like it.
Columbia Pictures contract with Bill Murray was he does “Ghostbusters” and they finance “The Razor’s Edge”...
thats THE most vague discription of ANY movie ever.
"How 'bout us locals beat up on the hillbillies".
Bill used that same gag while talking to the crowd of extras via bullhorn outside the Museum shooting the end of Ghostbusters 2.
@@LextheRobotit’s a good gag
can you imagine the price of that GB merchandise now on ebay?
i love him and his irreverence. i dunno why he's the coolest but he is
Don, Thanks again for these clips! They're my main source for all Dave pre Late Show. Do you happen to know why Dan Ackroyd cancelled his scheduled appearance earlier in May 1984? It seems like there was an issue.
Yeah, it seemed that there was (an issue). I was curious about that myself but haven't yet found out what was going on.
And thanks!
If you listen to Brian Wilson interviews from the late 70's/80's you can hear how similar he sounds to Bill.
These were the best shows of Dave
And after this he went off the grid for four years. I remember thinking at the time that he must have changed careers..
Those Ghostbusters napkins are probably worth $100 a pack on EBay now
Those Ghostbusters gifts would be seriously collectable today
Blockbuster!
NBC Letterman best Letterman.
I love the movie Groundhog Day. I've seen it at least 20 times. And there's one little tiny part that bugs me every time I see it. This seems like as good a place as any to bring it up, with lots of Groundhog Day fans chiming in. When Phil (Murray) is on stage playing the piano at the party toward the end of the movie, Rita is watching him with pleasant surprise, not realizing he played an instrument so well. Right next to her is the piano teacher we've met before. She turns to Rita and says, approvingly, "He's my student." Now if Phil has reached this level of expertise, playing onstage with a band, it means that he came to the piano teacher that day -- since there is only the one day they interact -- already skilled as a musician. If Phil has indeed achieved that level of proficiency, why would he even stop by the piano teacher's home? And if he did, is she actually teaching him anything or are they just discussing some random minor point? It just seems odd for her to call Phil "my student" at that point, when the first time he meets her, he is already an accomplished player. (Maybe I'm overthinking this -- hahaha.)
Based on the conceit of the movie, this entire scene could have happened 100 times, so he would still be going to the teacher everyday to get better and better, and what we see is just the first time this all works out.
It’s just a joke scene. But your point is true
Out of habit, he still got in his lesson that day, just like he had all the other days. Thus, he was still her student.
Yes, I do see your point. Another thing that always perplexed me about the storyline is that although he keeps repeating Feb. 2nd, each time there are differences relative to what he's choosing to do to manipulate everything. So, in a real sense, he's not living that "over and over and over" as he puts it. They're actually different days that just happen to always fall on Groundhog Day.
There’s a part in the movie where he sees her and knows the piano super well. And she says “and you said this is your first time?”
So he basically is saying her incredible teaching made him that good in one day
I was 12 - exactly - what a Bday present
All that hair! Look, Dave, Paul and Bill, sporting lustrous and flowing locks!
LOL Dave's hairpiece looks like trash!
All three guys were noticibly balding by this point, and all of them were still only in their 30s here.
Never understand why an actor like T.Hanks (which I love) got so many rewards... and Murray not... To me they are both huge artists !
I ain't never heard a Bill Murray conspiracy theory.
Bill Murray did comedy, while Hanks did a lot more drama and "serious" films, e.g. "Philadelphia", "Captain Philips", "Forest Gump". Murray has done some indie stuff which you could call "serious", but not like Hanks. So although people like Murray more, Hanks has more awards to his name
After this bill became a regular and the show was never de same. 😂😂😂
weird to see 80's talk shows just so much better and less political
"My first guest tonight was with us on our very first ZPEOIUFPSDIOUSIODUGNMJPSDIOVGNMJ".
WHAT? I MUST KNOW!!!
“...our very first program many, many years ago...” Sorry about the glitch. I’ve since acquired a cleaner video.
@@dongiller Oh, good. I'll climb down from the wall, then. :)
Don, how did you post this video on your UA-cam channel and stay monetized?
The best..
he reminds me of andy kaufman here
The tomato grows a very large appendage that resembles something for late night humor.
This film came out in the Mid-80’s
1984.
Don't believe the bad stuff you hear about Bill Murray, i and my friends met him and he was super cool, he just doesn't like aholes or Hollywood egos.
Can we get a bill murray comp from 1st to last in continuity? Please and thank you.
In time.
@@dongiller Thanks buddy, my fave comps, are the Meg Parsont!!!, then the Yeah!!! brings back a lot of great memories!
He is still in his character from Ghost Busters.
He didn't mention Ernie Hudson.. that's cold 🥶
Adjusted for inflation, this movie has made $650 million.
80s Bill when he and Bruce Willis were almost the same person until Diehard
Wow.. can u imagine how much that flyswatter is worth now? Cool
Bill once took me up to Kenny Utt's office - and to
meet Kenny Utt.
Want one of them napkins signed by Mr Murray :D
I miss the 1980s I was a star then.
What kind
All that Ghostbusters Schwag is worth a lot of money now.
Is this the original broadcast, NBC rerun, or Trio rerun?
This was the NBC rebroadcast from June 3, 1988, during the writers' strike. I have two other sources: the original broadcast and its first repeat from March 7, 1985. I chose the 1988 version because it had the best quality among the three.
Why did he say its about 3 guys? Its 4. He didnt even say Ernie Hudson.
@@rosselliswilkinson are you sure ?
But it is in the beginning while Ernie was a supporting main cast
I thought he mentioned it when he said a local guy, thought he just forgot his name
@@MOJOE85 it is just a quote
How about 3 musketeers... xD
Think i saw that napkin go for 3/4 million on ebay...
Who ya gonna call?
IMMM GETTING PHYYSICALLL PHYSICALLL