--- description: He also promotes his new movie 'St. Vincent' title: Watch Bill Murray Abandon David Letterman to Train for the NYC Marathon (in a Tux) image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdddd63c420be0a17/6987610c5f570f3867b12c00/screen-shot-2014-10-16-at-11-15-56-am.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Bill Murray Abandon David Letterman to Train for the NYC Marathon (in a Tux) by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 16, 2014 3:46 PM CUT  by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 16, 2014 3:46 PM CUT In the middle of his interview with David Letterman last night to promote his movie _St. Vincent_, Bill Murray decided to pull a Bill Murray and make things totally weird. All of a sudden, he seems to get flustered and begins asking Letterman questions like “What is today’s date?” and “When is the NYC marathon?” and “Is that soon?” He made a commitment to himself, he explains, to enter the race this year, and decides that he needs to get up and get a run in. “Can you handle things?” he asks the _Late Show_ host. Then Murray slathers Bengay all over his hands and heads out into New York City to train — all while wearing a tuxedo. Watch the full clip here: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3513112/bill-murray-david-letterman-nyc-marathon-tux/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3513112/bill-murray-david-letterman-nyc-marathon-tux/"},"headline":"Watch Bill Murray Abandon David Letterman to Train for the NYC Marathon (in a Tux)","datePublished":"2014-10-16T15:46:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:50.300Z","description":"\"Can you handle things? I really should get a run in.\"","url":"https://time.com/3513112/bill-murray-david-letterman-nyc-marathon-tux/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","movies","David Letterman","Bill Murray","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdddd63c420be0a17/6987610c5f570f3867b12c00/screen-shot-2014-10-16-at-11-15-56-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdddd63c420be0a17/6987610c5f570f3867b12c00/screen-shot-2014-10-16-at-11-15-56-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-10-16 at 11.15.56 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3513112/bill-murray-david-letterman-nyc-marathon-tux/","name":"Watch Bill Murray Abandon David Letterman to Train for the NYC Marathon (in a Tux)"}}]}] ```