If you follow Offbeat Home on facebook, you may have heard our editor Megan was creating a costume for a Bill Murray-themed birthday party. Many of you asked to learn more about this party theme. So we asked the birthday boy himself to let you in on the secrets to throwing a kick-ass Bill Murray party…

A couple years ago, when I turned 33, I decided it was time to do something special for myself. So, like any adult my age, I decided to throw a birthday party. But it couldn't be just any party, it had to be special. Grand. An ambitious, resplendent monument to all parties.

So I threw a party themed after my own personal savior: Bill Murray.

But, how exactly do you throw a Bill Murray-themed birthday party?

First things first, it helps to have an epic girlfriend that loves throwing parties, so much, that she plans this one two months in advance. (If you don't have an epic girlfriend, an epic boyfriend could work equally as well.)

She took care of the music:

And the decorations:



With decorations up and music pumping, you fill your space with alcohol. We created several themed drink choices for the night. My favorite was the Spiced Rum and Midori concoction, "The Ectocooler."

Other drinks included: the "Suntory Time," the "Death Therapy," and the "Raleigh St. Clair."

With enough Ectocoolers and Death Therapy's running through the guests, our karaoke stage was on fire, with everyone from Cheeseburger Cheeseburger Murray…

…to a full host of Ghostbusters singing Bill Murray's Lounge Singer Star Wars song.

And then, it's time for cake.

But this is Bill Murray we're talking about. It can't be just ANY cake. It's got to be a cake with a New York skyline, upturned traffic, and a full complement of ghost-busting Ghostbusters battling an enraged, red hot Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from a roof top.

And, as we all know, cake cannot exist in a vacuum; you need alcohol to wash it down. So I led everyone in a round of Ectocoolers to our lord and master, Bill Murray.

After that, you regale your revelers with the 18.5 minute true-life story of how you've actually met the manmythlegend.

Three more suggestions:



1. Invite your groundskeeper and his explosive gophers to keep out any unwanted guests…



2. Have some bodyguards standing by to keep the party safe.



3. And, an absolute must is a line of lovely ladies representing the full spectrum of quality ghostbusting that Bill Murray offers.

It also certainly doesn't hurt to have a friend that can build you a proton pack in a week. (Also, with said friend's special set of skills, it most likely worked.)

Finally, when you throw this same party a couple years later for your 35th birthday (which happens to be this Saturday!), you pray that the mythological Murray himself shows up.

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Megan is dressing as Fantastic Mr Fox and going to the party with a buddy who will be dressed as Bill Murray's badger character. What Bill Murray, or character from one of his movies, would YOU be?