r/todayilearned • u/tyrion2024 • 2d ago

TIL in 2010 Bill Murray & members of the Wu-Tang Clan were hanging out at SXSW when they entered the packed Shangri-La bar together, whereupon Murray spontaneously decided to hop over the bar & become a surprise temporary bartender who served generous tequila shots regardless of what patrons ordered

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/dec/04/10-best-bill-murray-moments-groundhog-day#:~:text=Murray%20and%20the,down%20them.%20Hic
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u/The_Flurr 2d ago

That's not really douchey though

It is to the bar.

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u/_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ 2d ago

It also is to the people not getting the drinks they want.

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u/Malora_Sidewinder 2d ago

If I go up to a bar and tell Bill Murray that I want a whiskey sour, and he hands me a tequila, I knew what I was signing up for.

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u/luftlande 2d ago

Well, they should have ordered from the bartender, not the movie star that jumped behind the bar and started serving people generous amounts of tequila.

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u/523bucketsofducks 2d ago

Bars have guest bartenders sometimes, they usually give you what you order though

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u/bitterless 2d ago

Yes, and you would think after the first person who ordered a drink from Bill and received tequila anyone else ordered from Bill after would know the deal.

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u/Legal_Expression3476 2d ago

You pay a lot of attention to the drinks random strangers get at the bar?

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u/bitterless 2d ago

If Bill Murray is serving the then of course I would be watching him pour drinks a lot!

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u/Legal_Expression3476 2d ago edited 2d ago

You'd also be right next to him the whole time, listening to every drink that everyone orders as well? Sounds boring.

The point is that not everyone who saw him at the bar is going to hear the orders and realize what he's doing. It's a dick move and isn't even funny. Anyone else who wasn't famous would be trespassed for this kind of stunt.

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u/bitterless 2d ago

Lol are you a bot?

If Bill Murray were serving drinks at the bar I was at it would be interesting enough for me to watch him at times during the night. Pretty much like the rest of humanity.

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u/Legal_Expression3476 2d ago edited 2d ago

And is that your usual fallback for when people online have a point you can't refute? "ArE yOu A bOt???" Dehumanize them so you don't have to actually take their words to heart?

How presumptuous of you to assume everyone would want some famous drunk asshole messing with them at the bar. Some of us don't worship celebrities like that.

Edit: downvote all you want for all I care. You all know I have a point.

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u/IronMaskx 2d ago

Oh you mean not from the who who wasn't invited to be a bartender?

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u/justinanimate 2d ago

"But I'm a recovering alcoholic..."

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u/shoobsworth 2d ago

I wouldn’t speak for all bars

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u/MotoMkali 2d ago

Presumably he pays for whatever he pours.

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u/Rockguy21 2d ago

Yeah I’m sure they’re gonna lose their shirts because a few people are getting the 2 dollar wholesale tequila shots for free instead of 40 bucks

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u/The_Flurr 2d ago

You ever worked in a bar?

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u/bitterless 2d ago

Yes I have. I don't see why they are being downvoted. Serving cheap tequila for free from a celebrity would be worth the PR alone.

Serving free beers would be a totally different story.