With his creation, groundskeeper Carl Spackler, and the success of the film Caddyshack firmly etched into the American consciousness, Bill Murray and golf have become synonymous. Now Bill tells the hilarious tale behind the tale. The love of the game was with Bill long before Carl uttered the now fa[...]
Spiced with colorful evidence and stories, this title traces the growth of what during pre-industrial times was called "the simplest game" through its codification in the nineteenth century to the 1994 World Cup. Murray weaves the sport's growth into the culture and politics of the countries where i[...]
For the Bill Murray fan in all of us, this epic collection of "Bill Murray stories"--many reported for the first time here--distills a set of guiding principles out of his extraordinary ability to infuse the everyday with surprise, absurdity, and wonder. No one will ever believe you. New York Times [...]
This collection of the most epic, hilarious, and strange Bill Murray stories, many of which have never before been reported, spotlights the star s extraordinary ability to infuse the everyday with surprise, absurdity, and wonder.
No one will ever believe you.
New York Times bestselling autho[...]
He s the sort of actor who can do "Hamlet" and "Charlie s Angels" in the same year. He shuns managers and agents and once agreed to voice the part of "Garfield" because he mistakenly believed it was a Coen brothers film. Bill Murray s extraordinary career is rich with fascinating anecdotes, contradi[...]
From his early success on Saturday Night Live (where he met the daunting task of replacing Chevy Chase) to the biggest blockbusters of the 1980s (Caddyshack, Stripes, Tootsie, Ghostbusters) to his reinvention as a hipster icon in the early 21st century (in films like Rushmore, Lost in Translation, a[...]
People love Bill Murray movies, but even more, they love crazy stories about Bill Murray out in the world. In this title, Bill reads poetry to construction workers; Bill joins in strangers' kickball games; Bill steals a golf cart in Stockholm; and, Bill pays a kid $5 to ride his bicycle into a swimm[...]
"Foundations of Physical Activity and Public Health" is the first textbook to clearly define the intersection of exercise science and public health. It offers a solid introduction to the concepts of public health and exercise science, the techniques used to measure physical activity and the health e[...]