Bill Murray on Letterman, May 31, 1984

[@kezadrone]

I remember Ghostbusters at this time, that movie was HUGE.

[@michaelblaine6494]

One of my earliest memories was this movie opening

[@michaelblaine6494]

Same day as Gremlins I believe

[@russelldavid3955]

Never heard of it.

[@brianglade848]

Whaht

[@777jones]

My idea of New York was totally from that movie.

[@moonraccoon1388]

“Tv is free and Movies cost $5”... those were the days

[@neiladlington950]

Not to mention 2 dollar Tuesdays.

[@jamesm.3967]

Movies cost $5 and you made $2.50 an hour. 😮 calm down.

[@PAPPADASH]

@@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.

[@sid2112]

Upvote for the VHS static. Nostalgic!

[@michaelblaine6494]

Tracking😉

[@johnedwardcabrera4559]

Yesss!! 😍

[@JohnQPublic345]

yeah VHS... not betamax!

[@spinecraft1356]

"It's just the funniest damn bunch of funny you've ever seen in your life." - Bill Murray describing Ghostbusters

[@sdemosi]

And he's correct

[@davidjones6470]

Damn right 😂

[@chinny_reckon]

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. 👌

[@thatgreenslime9517]

The city is like a character in the movie!

[@allanking5110]

I was 18. I remember this like it was yesterday. From Savannah GA with laughter.

[@perfectdarkness4618]

Young Bill Murray is so confident and charismatic and witty, and he is really a big guy!

[@cactaceous]

Old Bill Murray is still confident and charismatic and witty, with a hint of melancholy and a lot of wisdom.

[@mitchelllevine5664]

They were, in fact, both middle-aged.

[@John-ct9zs]

@@mitchelllevine5664 He was 31, 32, not middle aged. His receding hairline made him look 40s, but he was in fact around 30.

[@mitchelllevine5664]

@@John-ct9zs He was actually 35, which is middle-aged.

[@bluesboy8237]

@@mitchelllevine5664 Murray was 33 years of age here.

[@projectzoogunner8474]

Funny how they're unaware of how big Ghostbusters ends up being after this.

[@michaelblaine6494]

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

[@tomfisher9089]

Yeah funny how no one knows the future. DUH!

[@jonsayers7926]

watch 5 times a week

[@jackkelly2103]

I know right. I wonder what those napkins would go for these days.

[@Alsatiagent]

@@tomfisher9089 Have fun with yourself, Michael.

[@maxpower001]

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...

[@jus1332PSP]

Yeah nah

[@MichaelLasotaMusic]

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.

[@maxpower001]

@@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 😂

[@brknglasses2734]

You haven't heard many bts stories, have you?

[@markdinkel-uh2je]

I heard he was a p**** in real life. Chevy Chase too.

[@bluesboy8237]

Gotta love the quality of old VHS tapes.

[@louismendes4743]

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.

[@switchbuckle5th]

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.

[@newsing33]

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! 😂😂😂😂❤❤

[@primtones]

Interesting to watch the Ghostbusters clip with people laughing. Felt like watching a sitcom.

[@malaik2006]

They didnt realize how huge and phenomenal Ghostbusters would be...

[@andyc6542]

Edess Fertie Err.....okay.....

[@scodybee]

@Edess Fertie or should I say Egon Spengler?

[@TRJ2241987]

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

[@KitCalder]

@Edess Fertie yeah the way they pour out of the WTC site when viewed from the rockefeller building... whew! mental illness!

[@alfredodistefanolaulhe2212]

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.

[@Rowebot15]

I just found this today, what a treat!! I'll have to check out that ghost movie, I hope it is good.

[@dongiller]

Good luck finding it. It disappeared immediately upon release. :)

[@TheAuntieBa]

We have it, so I know it can be got 😉.

[@qthelost]

They just kept hitting us with comedy blockbusters in the 80s. Ghostbusters 1984 Back to the Future 1985 Ferric Bueller's Day Off 1986

[@lildee2773]

I'm glad found this on KZbin.

[@charlieredeemed]

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.

[@vincentanguoni8938]

Don Giller thank you! I only watch and like! For more years than anyone on KZbin!!! Getting old. It's dangerous for us to dwell in the past sometimes. Thank goodness that's not me.... Thaaank you Don

[@skynet251]

This is like time traveling back in time

[@sissimonster]

So time traveling?

[@BreannaMae]

This was the world BEFORE the Ghostbusters community existed, before the cartoons, before any controversy. It was all about to change!

[@DVictor23]

The shitty part only came in 2016...

[@reddoggtruthwarrior1325]

A Quick change ? Lol

[@meccamiles7816]

This interview gives me all the feels.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

Geez this was 7 months before i was born. It was a damn good year to be born in.

[@Scutrputr]

I need some of that Ghostbusters swag!

[@MrAce-lm8es]

"Ghostbusters" and "The Terminator" both came out this week in 1984.

[@bluesboy8237]

Terminator was not released until 0ctober 26.

[@karlhungus5554]

Bill is the King of Awesome!

[@stanlore]

Bill Murray was balding in 1984. In 2020 he roughly still has the same amount of hair. Amazing.

[@bluesboy8237]

Hard to believe he is still not quite 34 years of age here.

[@flowerpt]

Blood magic, my dude.

[@Pillokun]

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

[@ericschilling9064]

I'm sorry, but the napkins with the triple pun was epic marketing. "Lift Your Spirits"? The drink, your mood, the ghosts!

[@charlieredeemed]

Bill Murray is awesome!

[@zu5hii]

Are we going to ignore the fact that Bill and Dave did a blood pact live on television?

[@danimart3374]

Then, Bill seems to lose his mind, suddenly. Satanic stuff, Dave was one of the (few) good ones who wasn't into it!

[@jmpsthrufyre]

Bill Dave and Dan, Try that nowadays...

[@ShiroMiura-fy4lw]

They got AIDs. Aids, aids, aids

[@duncansBoB]

And as AIDS was spreading almost as fast as the coke!

[@greenvelvet]

I don't share needles ....unless it's with Bill Murray 👍

[@bjohnkautzman1041]

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.

[@mangrove]

"...that's why movies are five bucks." Those were the days.

[@seekgodfirst1605]

He's so lovable!

[@terrywright8731]

"How 'bout us locals beat up on the hillbillies".

[@LextheRobot]

Bill used that same gag while talking to the crowd of extras via bullhorn outside the Museum shooting the end of Ghostbusters 2.

[@STEVEHEROLD]

great stuff. thanks for posting this Don.

[@lawrencerinehart5747]

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.

[@superlex611]

He was already launched not because of Ghostbusters

[@lawrencerinehart5747]

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.

[@superlex611]

@@lawrencerinehart5747 don't forget Tootsie

[@lawrencerinehart5747]

@@superlex611Played Hunter S. Thompson in Where The Buffalo Roam. His earliest full drama performance in The Razor's Edge...

[@vincevirtua]

Golden age.

[@Funtimesusa123]

can we get a murray compilation

[@dongiller]

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.

[@SparksofOhio]

Two of the greatest ever! ✌️😎

[@cloudofthought]

Imagine how much that bloody/ketchup GB's napkin would be worth now. 😄

[@theanti-hypemonitor9079]

thats THE most vague discription of ANY movie ever.

[@jonnycola86]

If I ever meet him. I can die happy.

[@Steve-ec6ed]

Bill is the GOAT!

[@RollingOrmond]

I think I had that square Ghostbusters button. Flashback.

[@davidtaylor328]

Bill Murray RULES !!! 👍🏻

[@BossaNossa1]

The fascinating part of where we are today with KZbin 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!!!

[@scottthomas6682]

Great interview. Hilarious 😂

[@lucasaccardo360]

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

[@cesartoledo5621]

Columbia Pictures contract with Bill Murray was he does “Ghostbusters” and they finance “The Razor’s Edge”...

[@Ulysses3473]

Poor Ernie Hudson missed out again 😢 and yet I think he's amazing in it

[@AxionXIII]

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.

[@jeantetreault132]

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.

[@mrmaxaxl]

Jean Tetreault He is very sarcastic. I like it.

[@Gynecologist]

Hands Letterman buttons: “Go nuts with those”. 😂😂😂

[@nclsrfn]

can you imagine the price of that GB merchandise now on ebay?

[@4stringz.]

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!

[@solearesoul]

Those Ghostbusters napkins are probably worth $100 a pack on EBay now

[@carig121]

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....

[@synthoelectro]

This is why I love movies, I was 7 at that time, such memories.

[@superlex611]

A very significant year

[@SJUCityBoy]

Yeap. 14 in 84, the memories, the nostalgia. Remember the monster this movie became that summer.

[@synthoelectro]

@@SJUCityBoy it was all over HBO.

[@superlex611]

@@SJUCityBoy a very significant year for movies

[@GF_Burke]

Man... Blood brothers.... ahhh the 80s.... :D

[@tertommy]

NBC Letterman best Letterman.

[@joncheskin]

Adjusted for inflation, this movie has made $650 million.

[@cdbutler1204]

And after this he went off the grid for four years. I remember thinking at the time that he must have changed careers..

[@9catlover]

i love him and his irreverence. i dunno why he's the coolest but he is

[@charlieredeemed]

Wow!! I'm from 1982, I was only a year and a half old...👍

[@grease_monkey6078]

weird to see 80's talk shows just so much better and less political

[@NxDoyle]

All that hair! Look, Dave, Paul and Bill, sporting lustrous and flowing locks!

[@JadeDude1973]

LOL Dave's hairpiece looks like trash!

[@bluesboy8237]

All three guys were noticibly balding by this point, and all of them were still only in their 30s here.

[@elvistyson4606]

awesome

[@py2007]

Those Ghostbusters gifts would be seriously collectable today

[@CastlesForEyes]

Good on him for getting it back in

[@ukmedicfrcs]

One of my favourite movies and favourite actors.

[@inerttech2570]

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 !

[@flowerpt]

I ain't never heard a Bill Murray conspiracy theory.

[@bma8488]

Think i saw that napkin go for 3/4 million on ebay...

[@hubbifrubbins3719]

All that Ghostbusters Schwag is worth a lot of money now.

[@DJdefcon4]

I was 12 - exactly - what a Bday present

[@jaggass]

If you listen to Brian Wilson interviews from the late 70's/80's you can hear how similar he sounds to Bill.

[@deckbose]

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.)

[@wncoriginalmusic9869]

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.

[@jasonduffey81]

It’s just a joke scene. But your point is true

[@JK-br1mu]

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.

[@Dana-wq5tp]

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.

[@badmoon710]

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

[@krisscanlon4051]

80s Bill when he and Bruce Willis were almost the same person until Diehard

[@hoderharris]

He is still in his character from Ghost Busters.

[@jamiemineer4879]

These were the best shows of Dave

[@FAMEROB]

he reminds me of andy kaufman here

[@cattathat]

Blockbuster!

[@maxpower001]

Wow.. can u imagine how much that flyswatter is worth now? Cool

[@aaronlevine2150]

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.

[@dongiller]

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!

[@Funkybassplayer]

After this bill became a regular and the show was never de same. 😂😂😂

[@venusfirenza2547]

The tomato grows a very large appendage that resembles something for late night humor.

[@None-gc2ee]

"What about the twinkie"? Bill Murray " Ghostbusters" 1984.

[@SpaceCattttt]

"My first guest tonight was with us on our very first ZPEOIUFPSDIOUSIODUGNMJPSDIOVGNMJ". WHAT? I MUST KNOW!!!

[@dongiller]

“...our very first program many, many years ago...” Sorry about the glitch. I’ve since acquired a cleaner video.

[@SpaceCattttt]

@@dongiller Oh, good. I'll climb down from the wall, then. :)

[@justicejakober5506]

This film came out in the Mid-80’s

[@Hodaris_Darlin]

1984.

[@mcgrudis]

holy shit young Dave looks just like Michael Shannon

[@bebelives]

Don't forget Ernie Hudson

[@marceibel1131]

The best..

[@goodwilltapes]

They're treating ghostbusters like it's just another movie

[@Hodaris_Darlin]

They thought it was at the time.

[@BeyondChange]

Bills 36 years old Here.

[@bluesboy8237]

33.

[@josephkelley8641]

Bill once took me up to Kenny Utt's office - and to meet Kenny Utt.

[@Safe_Cash]

He didn't mention Ernie Hudson.. that's cold 🥶

[@LaDayna04]

I miss the 1980s I was a star then.

[@DavidPigbody]

What kind

[@markusdaxamouli5196]

That fly swatter is probably worth TENS OF THOUSANDS of dollars now.

[@Joe-fy5dz]

Want one of them napkins signed by Mr Murray :D

[@paulferranti8536]

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.

[@garyenwards1608]

IMMM GETTING PHYYSICALLL PHYSICALLL