Public Speech : Best Person to Make People Laugh

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Ceremonial Speech Best Person to Make People Laugh Award Bill Murray To Begin I would like to say one of my favorite quotes of Bill Murray from probably one of his most well known movies. Dr. Peter Venkman (Ghostbusters): "Back off man. I'm a scientist." That is what Bill Murray really is. He is a scientist in real life on how to make people laugh. It has been said that Bill Murray is a hard person to work with on set because he is always changing the script to what he believes is funnier and sometimes doesn’t even resemble what he was scripted to do. All of these directors though ticked off at the time do agree with the changes that Bill made because it is funnier than what was written. Bill Murray was born in Wilmette, Illinois, USA on September 21, 1950. When Bill was young he was quite a mischievous child, managing to get himself kicked out of both the Boy Scouts and Little League Baseball. He had his young rebellious years growing up and he was going in the wrong direction after he dropped out of college. He recognized this and decided to join his older brother, Brian Doyle-Murray, in the cast of Chicago's Second City improvisational comedy troupe. Murray eventually moved to New York City where he took his comedic talents on air in National Lampoon Hour alongside Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner and John Belushi. In 1975, both Murray brothers were in an off-Broadway spin-off of the radio show when Bill was spotted by sportscaster Howard Cosell, who recruited him for the cast of his ABC variety program, Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell (Bill). On NBC, a program also named Saturday Night Live was creating a much bigger sensation( Bill). A year later producer Lorne Michaels tapped Murray to replace Chevy Chase, who had moved on to pursue a film career (Bill). It was on the set of Saturday Night Live that Murray created the sleazy, insincere

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