Bill Murray has never watched Netflix, which is running his Christmas special

(Image credit: Jimmy Kimmel Live)

published 20 October 2015

Bill Murray's upcoming Christmas special, A Very Murray Christmas, is going to be very good, he told Jimmy Kimmel on Monday's Kimmel Live — in Brooklyn for the week — and so lots of people are trying to take credit for it, including Netflix, which is airing the special. Kimmel asked Murray if he'd ever watched Netflix before, and Murray laughed. "I've never seen Netflix in my life — I've no idea how to get it," he said. "And that's unfortunate, that I'll never see the show." Lest you think Murray is a total Luddite, he does use Google maps, he told Kimmel, and somebody in the dressing room Googled Dante Alighieri — which might partly explain Murray's costume. Watch below. Peter Weber

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.