Original subtitles

♪ "Loving Man" by Mike Pelanconi playing ♪

Jimmy!

You see that guy over there in swimming trunks?

Good morning.

That's me. Jimmy.

- Great to have you both. - Beautiful day for a dip.

- Oh, it's fabulous. - How's things?

You'll feel so good after it.

Now, you might not recognize me

with my clothes off,

but I used to be Ireland's Minister for Arts.

- Good morning. Thank you. - Good morning.

How are you? Nice to meet you.

Last summer, I met Bill Murray

when he drifted into my corner of the world.

Are you getting into the water with us?

Nice to meet you.

You're going in the water?

- Yes. - Yeah.

Oh, no, I thought this was just dress-up.

No, no, no.

And before long,

I roped him into my little morning ritual,

a 9 a.m. swim in the freezing waters of the Atlantic.

It's balmy.

He was traveling

the country of his ancestors

with his friend Tom, who wrote a book

about golf in these parts.

"We had the sense that we were

not only about to do something very special

but that everyone was excited for us to be doing so."

Playing some of our best courses.

Meeting up with some old friends.

See Bill Murray over there? I'm going to try

and essentially aim for his noggin.

All while being chased around

by a TV crew.

Mr. Cosby. Hi, sir.

As a former minister,

this episode is about something close to my heart.

Our Irish community

and the way we make room for others.

Cheers.

Anyway, settle yourself down now.

Oh!

I'll talk you through what's what,

and you'll get to see more of me, Bill

and Tom getting wet in about 25 minutes' time.

♪ Loving man ♪

♪ Loving man ♪

♪ Loving man ♪

What did he do last night?

Last night, we went to Foxy John's.

The music was fantastic.

Whoo!

And then he was inspired to sing.

♪ She's the star of the County Down ♪

Up.

All right, man, I'm hungover to bits.

♪ lively folk music

The lads' plan for the day

was golf at a stunning links course

on the edge of the world.

But first, they had to conquer the Conor Pass,

a ribbon of road carved into the side of a mountain.

All right, folks, say a prayer.

- Is it scary? - Yep.

I am not great with heights.

Chris is gonna be holding on

to the side of the door.

♪ tense music

Whoa.

Oh, my God.

It's a magnificent drive,

but just not after a wild night out.

So, if you roll over,

do you think you want to have your seat belt on?

I don't think we'd need to worry

about the seat belt either way.

Nice and slow.

Nice and slow.

Oh, my God. I think I might just close my eyes.

♪ calm music

Wow, look at them all in a row. Look at that.

Wow.

People left this landscape

and ended up in Queens.

Yeah.

And you wonder why Irish people are angry.

Truth is, the boys weren't supposed to be here

in the first place.

They were meant to be heading to Kilkenny

to watch horse racing...

♪ lively music

...play some golf

and celebrate Bill's birthday in a week's time.

Surprise!

But the lads thought the three-hour drive

would cut into their golfing time, so the crew

had to abandon their grand plans.

And instead, they headed for Castlegregory,

a homemade nine-holer

that locals completed in 1990

for themselves and their neighbors.

Wow, that is crazy. Beautiful.

Weirdly, it's not in Tom's book, though.

Explain yourself, Tom.

I won't be reading from the book of

A Course Called Ireland

about Castlegregory, 'cause it's not in it.

There are a few links that I missed in Ireland,

and this is one of them. So it's a little...

there's a little bit of guilt and shame coming here.

- Good morning. - Good morning.

Nice shirt there.

♪ gentle music

Hello.

Who's out there?

Here, here.

So what do you think of Castlegregory golf club?

It's just as lovely as I thought it would be.

It's really,

really, serenely beautiful.

All right, lads, let's have some fun.

Yeah, Tom.

Okay, you're off.

- Ah, Bill. - Lovely hit, Billy.

Bill, you're swinging good, man.

That was a super drive.

Yeah, that was pretty good for just waking up, huh?

Yeah, that was, that was really good.

Today was a triple header

between a quite hungover Bill, a very hungover Chris,

and a teetotal Tom

who was feeling tip-top.

- Well done, Tom. - Oh, good shot.

- Lovely shot. - Lovely shot.

Lovely shot, Tom.

Perfect distance.

Beauty.

Bill was on course to win the first hole,

but then disaster struck.

In my travel bag, there's got to be at least one putter.

There were two.

There should be two. There could be.

Let me borrow this one.

He lost his lucky putter.

♪ upbeat music

Nice. That's nice. That's nice.

- Get there. - Oh.

Bill, is this your putter?

Well, that is a putter.

- Is that not the putter? - Fuck no.

- No, that's not the one? - No.

I mean, I'll use it for now, but it's not my putter.

This has... this has seen some miles.

- Is that not your putter, no? - No, but we'll

- put it in and we'll see. - Okay.

- That's good. - Lovely.

Really? Bill!

Oh, you got a putter?

Well, yeah, they... well, th-they think that's mine.

Of course, it's not.

Maybe this new mystery putter

would give Bill the magic touch.

What did it do? I had my head down.

What happened?

Ah.

This will work.

This is not the putter, but you know what you could do?

You could put-- This is mine, but there's another mine.

I don't know.

I could have sworn I brought it, but...

it's the forgetfulness.

That was a super par anyway.

I know. Okay.

While Bill was distracted

by a missing putter...

Oh, you fuck!

♪ upbeat music

Oh, no.

...it was Chris that was distracted

by a missing night's sleep.

All right, go get that one.

Oi!

Stupid game.

I think I'm too hungover, really.

Got to commit to it.

Come on, come on.

Oh, dear, look where that is.

- Yeah. - Keep your eye on where

it landed, 'cause he might not find that one without help.

Stupid fucking game.

Never liked this fucking golf.

Despite the morning's commotion, it all came down

to one final 35-foot putt from Tom.

- Come on, Tom. - Oh, it's so good.

Come on, Tom. Oh...

There we go!

Holy mother of God!

♪ gentle music

There is an old Irish saying:

If you spend all night in the bar,

you'll make a proper clown of yourself on the golf course.

- Well done. Beautiful stuff. - Lovely.

- Thank you, Anne. - Thank you. Pleasure.

- Pleasure. - Well done.

Well, did you enjoy that, now?

That was great.

- It was lovely, wasn't it? - It was great.

So you've got to come back and play it again.

Well, I-I shall.

I really enjoyed caddying for-for Bill.

The Irish people love company.

They love chatting. They love forming links.

You and me?

Maybe Bill is, you know,

he's-he's making connection with everybody.

He's a good guy.

You'd know there was some Irish in him, I think.

♪ gentle music

What about this town

called Twillmore or Lattimore

or something like that?

- Tullamore? - Tullamore?

Yeah.

After the round, the guys got back on the road again

and headed north towards their hotel

for the night in Ballybunion.

It was Anne said you must go to that place,

so if you want to go there, it might be the other direction.

We're not going. We're only six miles from--

- Okay. - We can go back.

- I'm just saying. - I know.

You know me.

You know Tom. He's just feeling sort of,

he wants to off-road.

♪ upbeat music

Are we even going to hit it as far as the water?

We got to get a lot closer, don't we?

Yeah, we got to get down on the firm stuff.

It was Chris's last evening with the lads,

but the Irish are never in a hurry

to say goodbye to good company.

I feel like we should aim, have a target.

Where do we think? Somewhere before this water?

Yeah.

Take us out, Chris.

Oh, my God. you hit the hell out of it!

It reached the water. Ish.

That was representative of my game

the last couple of days.

Yeah, baby!

- It b-- - That ball exploded.

- Oh, it's-- - Whoa!

Someday I hope

my ancestors can come back here and hit

biodegradable golf balls at these cliffs.

Like they did in my forefathers' time.

But, no, it's been gorgeous.

- Thanks for having me. - Thanks, man.

Thank you, Tom. Enjoy the rest of your travels.

- It's gonna be terrific. - It's gonna be great.

All right, should we hit one

- all at the same time? - Yeah, all at the same time,

- out into the ocean. - Okay.

All right.

- A haon! - What?

A dó!

A tri!

Wow!

I'm worried, Tom.

Here comes the rain.

We'll just make the ferry.

♪ gentle music

The next morning, Bill and Tom returned

to something resembling the original plan.

They were heading from County Kerry

to County Clare, across the Shannon,

for a date with the ancient Irish sport of hurling.

So we're taking a ferry to where?

Up into Clare, to Spanish Point.

Spanish Point. That's where we're going.

You know, you have "was a historic,"

but shouldn't that be "an historic?"

We have... I have... There's people for that.

I know you have people for that, but you got the wrong people.

I guess so.

I got a message that a record

on which I played cowbell,

Pedrito Martinez,

was nominated for a Latin Grammy.

- No way. - Yeah.

Congratulations, Bill.

Thanks. My first Latin Grammy nomination.

Since I've met him, all my percussion work has improved.

He's, uh, he's probably my major influence.

♪ upbeat music

Center lane? I guess, huh?

My guy.

Go right down the center,

- see what he says. - Okay.

He's aiming at you.

- Oh, Jesus. Sorry. - Stop.

You need to wait for instruction before you come out.

Oh, sorry. The guy back there told me--

Yeah? The guy who's standing there is me.

♪ upbeat music

Hey, guys.

On board, the lads were

immediately recognized by admirers.

Well, at least Tom was.

I'm not sure they even knew who the other guy was.

I want to tell you--

Yeah?

Yeah. Yeah.

By the way, that's the first sentence

on the first page of the book.

I have people who know who I am here, so I'm taken,

so I'm getting a little moment here, Mr. Director.

- It is, so, yeah, okay? - Who's that old guy

up there you were hanging out with?

Yeah. See, forget him.

Can we get a picture with Tom Coyne?

Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

- That'd be really fun. - Yeah. Oh, that'd be fun.

Come on, get him over here.

Hey. Hey, Bill.

- Are we in trouble? - I have some fans.

Could you take a picture this time?

Thanks.

This is my, this is my assistant, uh...

- Uh... - Oh, you're a reader.

- Well... - All right, then.

- Sure am. - Come on.

- I thought this was my picture. - How are you?

- It was supposed to be, Tom. - Well, get in the center, Tom.

All right.

In the end, the Tom Coyne fan club

got to spend the crossing with their hero,

gate-crashed by the elderly individual

he was traveling with.

Well, that was about as sociable of a ferry ride as I've had.

♪ atmospheric music

To be fair, when he's in the mood,

Bill's the world's best gate-crasher.

Let's pick him up over our shoulders.

Joining random bachelor parties,

karaoke nights,

busking in the park...

...serving drinks behind the bar at your local pub.

It's all part of his legend.

But it's interesting to ask why he's doing it.

Is he a born comedian hoping to make people laugh,

a man with a keen appreciation of his own mythology,

or just someone looking to belong somewhere for a while?

Whatever the reason, he's given a lot of people

a magical Bill Murray moment.

But when the lads arrive at a local

hurling match between the Clarecastle Magpies

and the Tubber Bumblebees,

he didn't feel like becoming the center of attention.

So, Chris?

- Yes? - Okay, I would ask that you,

- upon arrival... - Yeah.

...not begin shooting me.

- Uh-huh? - That changes the whole tempo

- of everything. - Sure.

It takes all-- they go, "Who's that?"

And then-then I'm fucked.

The more it looks like a documentary,

then you can come to, like, you're interviewing someone

on the sidelines that just happens

to be me, you know?

And that's just, it just, you know,

it'll just make it easier to shoot.

You won't draw flies.

- You know? It can be more fun. - So, so...

Yeah, sure. So, so you want me to let you get in?

So sorry. I had... I had someone in my ear.

- You weren't listening to me. - He was telling-- He was--

I'm trying to tell him to stop doing the thing

- that you didn't want. - Okay. Okay.

Don't start by shooting me.

That fucks the whole thing.

♪ upbeat rock music

Oh, my God, smacked him in the head with the stick.

This guy's down. What is going on?

Hurling is sort of like golf in the air

if there was only one ball

and everyone was fighting over it.

- Oh. - That hurts.

You get a point for hitting the ball

over the bar and three points for getting it under.

There's more to it than that,

but keeping it simple.

So if all that happens way back there...

Well, y-you know what, he'd get down for a late hit.

A little bit of a schemozzle up in the corner.

Post-match.

In the end, the Magpies won.

- Hope you enjoyed yourself. - Thanks, Jerry.

It was fun. Great... good-good match.

- Thank you. - Nice to see you.

Nice to see you, too. Thank you. Thank you.

Hey, how you doing? Good one.

For all of Bill's efforts to arrive quietly,

the locals were bound to include him sooner or later.

- Hey, how you doing? - Over the bar.

- Which bar is closer? - Which bar we going for?

Go on, Bill.

Give that back. That wasn't very good.

You can probably see why they get on so well.

Ah!

Bill has a knack for joining in.

Ooh. Ah!

Did you want to talk to the players?

Do you want to go meet them?

- Yeah. - Why not? Come on.

We Irish have a knack for making room.

Excuse me, you looked like you were getting beaten with

the most out there.

But you have nothing. You're not bleeding, really?

Not really. Not-- no.

- Not really. - No damage.

When it comes down to it,

a magpie's going to beat a bumblebee every time.

- Yeah. - Okay? In a fair fight.

- In an even fight. - Yeah. That's true.

Unless there's tens of thousands

- of bumblebees. - Yeah.

- Good for you. - At least we got a ton anyway.

All right, cool. Go jump in the ocean.

Enjoy yourself. Go jump in the cold water.

- Enjoy your night. - And look at this.

Christy-- this is the president of our club.

- Hello, Presidente. - You're very welcome.

Now, were you... were you a hurler?

You do any hurling in your time?

I-I was a bad hurler.

- You were a bad hurler? - Yes, yes, yes.

Could I get some pictures with you, if you don't mind?

Sure, muscles. Come on.

After all that, the director still needed

to quickly get the entrance shot.

- Thank you. - Yeah, thank you.

The one they were missing from earlier.

There, see where the blue door is?

Just go through that and we'll follow you through. It's fine.

Go through the door and up into the stands?

Can you come here, please?

Thank you.

♪ atmospheric music

This is cool. Ah.

Hey, Bill, you're supposed--

The stairs just-- Never mind.

This is a really nice gym they got.

Give me ten.

Just like this?

Yeah, just like that.

What do you do with that?

Well, you can do a lot of things.

Doesn't that feel good?

It kind of does.

Walk up the steps.

We're walking up the steps now?

Now we're gonna do a step workout.

Action.

Okay, just up and into the stand.

Just go through the door, into the stand.

Keep going, keep going.

"We all belong here

in this place, at this time."

You talk about craic.

- That was fun. - Good craic.

Hey, I want to go meet the nicest lady in Ireland.

Would you like to meet her?

It sounds like this has a momentum that we should follow.

- We're not going anywhere. - Come on, lads.

We're just going right around the corner.

Yeah, I'm excited to see her.

Okay, stand by to go, please.

Let's, uh, follow on behind Bill's car.

♪ mellow music

Just as the crew thought they were back on track,

it was young Tom's turn to go rogue.

When I was doing the book,

we stayed at the Daly's Bed & Breakfast.

Susan took us in on a rainy, cold day,

so I wrote about them in the book.

"The fog was up against the glass.

We couldn't see the sea or the ferry dock.

Hell, we couldn't see the driveway."

But when we arrived at this house,

cold and sopping wet,

I don't know, she was like the first person on the trip

when I was doing this who, like, looked after us

with a maternal kind of instinct, and it...

it gave me, uh, gave me hope.

Susan. Surprise.

- Tom. Oh, my God. - How are you?

Oh, my God, it's so good to see you.

It must be what, 13 years?

And we arrived here cold,

dripping wet.

What did I say to you?

"Take off your pants." Remember I said that to you

when you came in the door?

And you're like, "Oh, my God, what an introduction."

Look, I want to introduce you to my friend Bill.

- Lovely to meet you. - I'm hearing a lot about you.

Oh, I hope it's all good, though, Tom.

- Uh, it's... - Or Bill, I should say.

- There's a lot. - This is my daughter Sarah.

- Sarah. - Hi, Sarah.

Sarah has now taken over the business.

- Nice to meet you. - Thanks, Sarah.

- It's so nice to meet you. - Lovely to meet you.

And thank you so much.

So we're doing a trip,

and it's sort of inspired by

the trip I took back then.

Fantastic. And, Bill, how come you're here?

I'm lost.

You couldn't be lost in a better place.

Do you know that?

So, now, can we offer you something?

What are you having?

- A Baileys coffee. - Okay.

Wow. Look at all the color you've got.

- Yeah. - See, I would've switched 'em.

I would have put the brown one over there

- and then put one-- - But that's not brown.

Well, whatever that color is. What happened?

- Here, hold that for a second. - Okay.

Oh, my God, he's rearranging the furniture.

- I just want you to try this. - You're not allowed to do that.

- Bill is now changing, Sarah. - Now, look at that.

- Yes. - Just letting you know.

What do you think, Sarah?

- I think that's better. - He has a good eye.

For sure, we wouldn't dream of saying it wasn't.

I'm going to go see if your room

is just as you left it, Tom.

Look at the cows underneath the ruin. Isn't that great?

Are they the towers, are they? How old are those?

- Those towers? - Yeah.

Tom, how old is that ruin?

Uh, 1987.

Yeah, I-I have no idea.

Sarah, how old is that ruin?

Fourteenth century.

Fourteenth century.

We have something small for you while you're here.

What?

Well, now, honest to God, I feel you could have

- shares in this place if you-- - Absolutely.

It's only a token of appreciation.

Oh. Thank you so much.

Just so you can remember us even more.

- Aw, thank you. - Thank you. We appreciate that.

- Thank you so much. - I appreciate you.

That's really kind.

- Beautiful. - Well, your coffee's here, Tom.

- Oh. - And Bill.

- And for Bill. - Ma'am?

- Are you ready? - Yeah, I hope.

What makes you the nicest woman in Ireland?

Really, it's down to being kind to people.

There's very good nature in Irish people.

It's kind of gone from generation to generation.

Yeah, it's something we're very proud of.

People visiting Ireland,

that's what they remember the most,

is who they met while they visited here.

- Sláinte. - Sláinte.

And what was it like meeting Bill?

Well, he's so, he's so easy to talk to.

I mean, there's... he's just... he's a funny man.

- Good coffee? - You make a good cup.

Or Sarah makes a good cup.

Do you feel the difference already?

I feel better.

The devil is in him, I'd say.

Hundred percent. Oh, yeah.

I can see it a mile away.

Thank you.

Very nice to be here with you.

Ah, God bless,

and hopefully we meet again.

- I hope so, too. - Yeah, but I'll see you

- in the movies anyways. - Okay.

I'll be watching out for you.

- Bye, Tom. And thank you. - All right, bye-bye. Mwah.

- We'll see you soon. - Thank you.

I'll be back soon, okay?

- Oh, I hope so. - I will.

Aw.

That was nice.

Nice to pop in on old friends.

- She's a sweetie, isn't she? - What a sweetie.

- Just so welcoming. - Yeah.

They don't even know we're coming.

Is there any better hospitality? Yeah?

♪ bagpipe music

For those of you waiting all this time

to see me in my bathing trunks,

I've gone and saved

the best for last.

Jimmy!

Back when Bill and Tom were in Ballybunion,

the morning after they said goodbye to Chris,

that's when we went for our dip.

We were just in a little village

and a wonderful man named Jimmy saw us.

I think he heard we were staying in Ballybunion for the night

and said, uh, "Are you gonna go swimming?"

And, um, "No,"

uh, was-was-was my thought.

But he spoke of the benefits of it, and you-you've been

talking about wanting to jump in the ocean.

Oh, yeah.

Very happy to have

purchased this in a thrift shop.

This is just too, too nice a shirt.

Does it, uh, does it fit?

Does it fit?

It's going to fit.

It's going to fit.

No, I-I-I-I wear this as a marker.

It's a children's small.

- Great to have you both. - Beautiful day for a dip.

- Oh, it's fabulous. - How's things?

You'll feel so good after it.

I know, I know.

Where's the swimming team you promised?

They're over there, look, in the cave.

- Oh, they really are in a cave. - They're in the cave!

Yeah. Would you like to say hello to them?

- Hell yeah. - All right.

Morning, how are you?

Good morning.

How are you? Nice to meet you.

- I'm Bill. - Nice, nice to meet you.

- Welcome to Ballybunion. - Are you getting in

- the water with us? - Nice to meet you.

- And look, "Bali-bunion." - Yeah.

- Well, Bali. Oh, yes. - Bali.

Take your gear off and let's get in

because the girls will be getting cold.

Shall we do it? Yeah.

There are a few more coming.

You need one of these?

No, I don't think so.

♪ gentle string music

The Atlantic might appear cold and foreboding,

but around here we take on that challenge together.

"When you are old and grey

and full of sleep,

And nodding by the fire,

take down this book,

And slowly read,

and dream of the soft look

Your eyes had once,

and of their shadows deep."

"And bending down beside

the glowing bars..."

"Murmur, a little sadly,

how Love fled..."

"And paced upon the mountains overhead

And hid his face amid

a crowd of stars."

- Ah. - Refreshing.

It's nice.

I love this place, you know.

My earliest memory was my father

carrying me into the waves right here on this beach

70-odd years ago.

And now you can find me here every morning,

rain or shine, with the Ballybunion Dippers.

I'd encourage you to come along, say hello, and join in.

No place for wimps out there.

No, no. It was great.

He was great. Very courageous.

Mm.

It's great.

It feels good.

It does.

It's like icing your whole body.

Feels... ah.

You might get the impression

that Bill and Tom are welcome because of who they are.

But that's not our way.

We have a saying,

"Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine."

"We live in one another's shadow."

In other words,

life is better when you do it together.

I think that's one of the reasons

Americans like Bill and Tom love it here so much.

The golf might lure them over,

but it's the way they're welcomed here,

how quickly strangers

become friends, that makes them want to stay.

- Yes, yes. - You know, there's a myth

that all you women just drink whiskey

as soon as you get out of the water.

♪ "The Mason's Apron" by Green, Burns & Kimmings playing ♪