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With all our posts about Ingmar Bergman, Charles Burnett and underground cinema you might think that our cinematic tastes are strictly highbrow. Phooey. We like all sorts of movies. And we aren't immune to the charms of some juicy movie celeb gossip either (Vince V. anyone?)
Not convinced? Fine: here are some new Batman photos to peruse.
But actually that's not what prompted this post. No. It was this headline: Bill Murray faces drunken driving charge after golf cart cruise through Stockholm
Mr. Murray was in Stockholm for the Scandinavian Masters golf tournament (ever hear of it before?) when he decided to borrow a golf cart which was on display at his hotel to get to the Cafe Opera nightclub. It was on his way back to the hotel that he was pulled over. According to the article, driving a golf cart in traffic is legal. But still odd. The officers then noticed alcohol on his breath ...
No one was injured or probably even that endangered by Mr. Murray's joyride and he'll probably get off with just paying a fine. "Bark like a dog." All in all, an amusing anecdote, which is more than we can say for the local media's rabid devotion to all things Brangelina. At least Bill makes us laugh.
Speaking of Caddyshack, Brian McConnachie (who was in the movie) will be at the Hideout with two other 70's-era National Lampoon writers, Chris Miller and Anne Beatts, next Monday. They'll be interviewed by Josh Karp, author of the book A Futile and Stupid Gesture: How Doug Kenney and National Lampoon Changed Comedy Forever. Info here.
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Keep in mind that some fines in Sweden are not so simple, based not on a certain amount (e.g. $100 or something), but a certain percentage of your income (1% or something). Those that make a lot of money (read 'move actors') can also pay huge fines, the theory being that it would retain its deterrent effect.
You'll think I'm making this up, but I'm not ...
I had a friend in high school who killed her sister in a freak golf cart accident. She had a golf cart, which she used to tool up and down gravel roads near her house. One day when her sister was with her, she lost control and flipped into a ditch. The golf cart landed on her sister and killed her.
Which is to say, it's not necessarily true that Murray endangered no one with his foray away from the course. Golf carts, like any vehicle, can be dangerous.
I was in brooklyn this summer and bill murray had been frequenting a nearby bar to the bar i was at for awhile.
we started talking about his movie and how he had been at this bar when the waiter overhears and says "bill, oh yeah, great guy"
what a dipshit. hahahahaha.
Don't worry Rob, none of us here think any of Chicagoist's tastes run towards the "highbrow".
I remember all too well drunkenly flipping a golf at the lasalle bank open in glenview a few years back when i was caddy. those were the days.. getting wasted at 10 AM, driving golf carts around, and getting paid cash for it at the same time.