US comedian Bill Murray is on cloud nine.
The “Caddyshack” and “Lost in Translation” star got a major salute Sunday from America’s top comedians and Hollywood A-listers, who presented him with one of the nation’s top comedy awards.
“I’m confused and I feel like I’m in a hurricane,” Murray told a crowd in Washington after receiving the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor — quickly goading the audience to pass around his trophy, a small bust of the 19th century writer and humorist, to “see how far back it can get.”
The 66-year-old was feted at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington by comedy’s finest — Aziz Ansari, Bill Hader, a fully bearded David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel.
They turned out to share anecdotes and jokes about the US comedian, whose appeal spans multiple generations.
“He’s a man who travels around the world spreading joy and foolishness wherever he goes,” Kimmel told the audience.
“Bill Murray could shove you over the side of the Hoover Dam and you’d be like, ‘Hey, Bill Murray!’ all the way down,” Kimmel said of the comedian.
Murray is known for his notoriously bizarre antics, such as crashing a recreational kickball game in New York in 2012 or joining a couple as an uninvited surprise guest in their engagement photos in South Carolina.
Singer Miley Cyrus paired with musician Paul Shaffer to perform a musical tribute to Murray, and actresses Sigourney Weaver and Emma Stone recounted their favorite memories from working on set with Murray.

Source: Arab News