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I grabbed the wrong camera as I headed out the door, so only got a few shots of him. Luckily, there was another acquaintance of mine there that also got shots of him, so I hope to get copies soon.
I went to the FedEx/St. Jude Classic PGA Tour here in Memphis yesterday (5/25/05) hoping beyond hopes to get a chance to have Bill sign my 1984 Ghostbusters Movie Poster (on which I have Dan Aykroyd's and Ernie Hudson's sigs).
Well, I finally found an area where I could get up close to him by 2 feet and was the ONLY one there who said, “Mr. Murray, please?” He looked at me and said, "I sign for kids, women, and virgins first; not autograph hounds."
I tried a few more times and he ignored my pleas! (Yes, I was begging).
We were nearing the back 9 greens of the course, and Bill was walking down the fairway and a woman that I was standing by yelled out, “Hey, Bill, someone came to see you!” He looked over and she pointed down and kicked a button on an animated Gopher (from Caddyshack) that began to dance and sing, “I’m All Right.” Bill came running over acting like he wanted to shake her hand and kicked the Gopher in the belly, then said, “Oh, I’m sorry lil’ gopher!” in the character voice he had in Caddyshack.
Finally, I put up the poster and held out the program where his name is listed and he took my pen to sign the woman’s Gopher (on the tag), and then grabbed my program and signed that! WOOT! YAAYYY! I finally got his autograph!! Then, a pregnant woman was standing there and he signed her shirt, circling the belly button as an "O" and signed, "Bill Murray is OK."
Well, I decided, "There's several more golf holes, and there's still a very slim chance he'll sign for me." So, in the back corner of the golf course there were about 20 people around, and the rest of the crowd had gathered at the hole for that green. He came walking by and I shouted out, "Please, Mr. Murray, sign this 'to Kevin." He turned and came in my direction and asked, "Who's Kevin?" My heart stopped and I said, "Me, sir. I've kept this poster since 1984 and would LOVE to have you personalize this to me!" He pulled his pen from his pocket and said, "Hold it for me." And signed it, "To Kevin, Watch your head, Bill Murray," right above his head on the poster. The joke, of course, is that it was a golf tournament. I had to lock my knees, people, to keep me from falling down, and my PURE JOY was so much that I had to work REALLY hard to restrain myself from freaking out all Fan-Boyishly while he stood there signing my poster for me.
I didn't mention, btw, that there were people walking with my buddy Daniel and myself as we tried to get the poster and T-shirt signed. Finally, when I got that poster signed and freaked out bouncing off the trees, golf balls, and other folks, some of the people that were standing there applauded because they knew my plight (yes, I made it known--"I've been holding this poster since 1984 and I have just GOT to get a signature on it!"). Same when Daniel got his shirt signed, folks weren't applauding but he got a BUNCH of pats on the back for it.
It took 15 holes, but I finally got it signed! I'm glad he signed my poster, and once he knew it was to be personalized and not sold on Ebay, he seemed glad to do it.
I always knew he was a bit egotistical, and now I'm not sure if he's really a jerk, or if that's the persona he carries because while he's snapping at one person, it's funny to another. I'm not sure.
He's also taller than I expected, but in person looks the same to me as he did many years ago!
He was also very funny. One guy bet him $1,000 he couldn't make a putt, he made the putt and collected (I think that was set up).
I did hear that he was downtown last night and a crowd gathered up and he closed his eyes and shouted, "When I open my eyes you're all gonna be gone away!" Funny, or egotistical? I dunno. Still, these could even have been folks who'd been stalking him since forever, or at least all that day!
Still, happier'n a hog at slop time to have my poster signed!! I'm still so high off that experience, ya'll, that I simply wanna scream and sing right now!
I went to the FedEx/St. Jude Classic PGA Tour here in Memphis yesterday (5/25/05) hoping beyond hopes to get a chance to have Bill sign my 1984 Ghostbusters Movie Poster (on which I have Dan Aykroyd's and Ernie Hudson's sigs).
Well, I finally found an area where I could get up close to him by 2 feet and was the ONLY one there who said, “Mr. Murray, please?” He looked at me and said, "I sign for kids, women, and virgins first; not autograph hounds."
I tried a few more times and he ignored my pleas! (Yes, I was begging).
We were nearing the back 9 greens of the course, and Bill was walking down the fairway and a woman that I was standing by yelled out, “Hey, Bill, someone came to see you!” He looked over and she pointed down and kicked a button on an animated Gopher (from Caddyshack) that began to dance and sing, “I’m All Right.” Bill came running over acting like he wanted to shake her hand and kicked the Gopher in the belly, then said, “Oh, I’m sorry lil’ gopher!” in the character voice he had in Caddyshack.
Finally, I put up the poster and held out the program where his name is listed and he took my pen to sign the woman’s Gopher (on the tag), and then grabbed my program and signed that! WOOT! YAAYYY! I finally got his autograph!! Then, a pregnant woman was standing there and he signed her shirt, circling the belly button as an "O" and signed, "Bill Murray is OK."
Well, I decided, "There's several more golf holes, and there's still a very slim chance he'll sign for me." So, in the back corner of the golf course there were about 20 people around, and the rest of the crowd had gathered at the hole for that green. He came walking by and I shouted out, "Please, Mr. Murray, sign this 'to Kevin." He turned and came in my direction and asked, "Who's Kevin?" My heart stopped and I said, "Me, sir. I've kept this poster since 1984 and would LOVE to have you personalize this to me!" He pulled his pen from his pocket and said, "Hold it for me." And signed it, "To Kevin, Watch your head, Bill Murray," right above his head on the poster. The joke, of course, is that it was a golf tournament. I had to lock my knees, people, to keep me from falling down, and my PURE JOY was so much that I had to work REALLY hard to restrain myself from freaking out all Fan-Boyishly while he stood there signing my poster for me.
I didn't mention, btw, that there were people walking with my buddy Daniel and myself as we tried to get the poster and T-shirt signed. Finally, when I got that poster signed and freaked out bouncing off the trees, golf balls, and other folks, some of the people that were standing there applauded because they knew my plight (yes, I made it known--"I've been holding this poster since 1984 and I have just GOT to get a signature on it!"). Same when Daniel got his shirt signed, folks weren't applauding but he got a BUNCH of pats on the back for it.
It took 15 holes, but I finally got it signed! I'm glad he signed my poster, and once he knew it was to be personalized and not sold on Ebay, he seemed glad to do it.
I always knew he was a bit egotistical, and now I'm not sure if he's really a jerk, or if that's the persona he carries because while he's snapping at one person, it's funny to another. I'm not sure.
He's also taller than I expected, but in person looks the same to me as he did many years ago!
He was also very funny. One guy bet him $1,000 he couldn't make a putt, he made the putt and collected (I think that was set up).
I did hear that he was downtown last night and a crowd gathered up and he closed his eyes and shouted, "When I open my eyes you're all gonna be gone away!" Funny, or egotistical? I dunno. Still, these could even have been folks who'd been stalking him since forever, or at least all that day!
Still, happier'n a hog at slop time to have my poster signed!! I'm still so high off that experience, ya'll, that I simply wanna scream and sing right now!
Bill Murray's a pretty funny guy 
