Eddie Murphy's head in Times Square (pix)
Eddie Murphy's head in Times Square (pix)
#1Eddie Murphy's head in Times Square (pix)
Posted: 7/7/08 at 12:39am
Did anyone see the humongous 10 foot tall (balloon) monstrosity in the middle of Times Square this weekend? Mobs of tourist families taking pix of their children in front of this thing.
I never notice anything (living around here and all), but this.....!
Yucky.
I don't even remember the name of the movie.
http://www.geardiary.com/2008/07/05/hollywood-has-given-eddie-murphy-a-big-head-visit-times-square-to-climb-inside-it/
Updated On: 7/7/08 at 12:39 AM
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#2re: Eddie Murphy's head in Times Square
Posted: 7/7/08 at 12:41amI saw it and just thought wtf.
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Actor2
Featured Actor Joined: 1/12/08
#2re: Eddie Murphy's head in Times Square
Posted: 7/7/08 at 8:50amI also saw it on Sunday. Tons of people were there.
Actor2
Featured Actor Joined: 1/12/08
#5re: Eddie Murphy's head in Times Square
Posted: 7/7/08 at 10:15am
Oh dear lord Jesus Christ mighty Jehovah Mary and Joseph monkeyballs.
That is a sickening sight.
"Y'know, I think Bertolt Brecht was rolling in his grave."
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
-Nellie McKay on the 2006 Broadway production of The Threepenny Opera, in which she played Polly Peachum
#6re: Eddie Murphy's head in Times Square
Posted: 7/7/08 at 10:30amWow!
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#7re: Eddie Murphy's head in Times Square
Posted: 7/7/08 at 11:02amDitto, Bustopher.
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#8re: Eddie Murphy's head in Times Square
Posted: 7/7/08 at 11:13amThat movie just....is Eddie Murphy the only guy in Hollywood who actually reads the screenplays the parking valet tries to hand over?
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#9re: Eddie Murphy's head in Times Square
Posted: 7/7/08 at 11:16amLook, I know Times Square is the tackiest, most garish and irritating place on God's Green Earth but would it kill the powers that be to just say "no" every now and then?
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CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#10re: Eddie Murphy's head in Times Square
Posted: 7/7/08 at 11:43amLike his head wasn'r big enough before.
#11re: Eddie Murphy's head in Times Square
Posted: 7/7/08 at 11:59amOmigodawfulfrighteningmonstroustackypieceof****!!!!!
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worrell4077
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/11/04
#13re: Eddie Murphy's head in Times Square
Posted: 7/7/08 at 4:01pm
Why is this is on the Broadway board? I mean, yes there are Broadway Theatres in and around Times Square, but I hardly see why something about a giant replica of Eddie Murphy's head in Time Square should be on the Broadway board and not the Off-Topic board?
With that out of the way, were the people that came up with the idea for the movie and this promotion high? This film looks horrendous even though it's got some good reviews, but it looks like flat out crap. It looks like it would be worse than Norbit. The trailer for this came on when I saw Get Smart and there were people laughing at it and I just sat there and went, "Why are you laughing at this? It's not funny. It's stupid."
They really should tear down that thing in Times Square. It's the stupidest promotion for a movie ever and it's a giant eyesore.
#14re: Eddie Murphy's head in Times Square
Posted: 7/7/08 at 4:24pmReminds me when there was a giant inflated toilet in Leicester Square in London, with people whooshing down it. I couldn't figure out what the heck it was, but it was apparently for "Flushed Away," which I think did about as well as Eddie Murphy's new movie will. Although it's a toss-up whether I'd rather see a giant toilet or a giant Eddie Murphy head in a major metropolitan square.
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#15re: Eddie Murphy's head in Times Square
Posted: 7/7/08 at 4:34pm
I have to walk past that thing every day if I take the most direct path to work.
And after seeing it every day this week, I'd definitely rather see the giant toilet.
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#16re: Eddie Murphy's head in Times Square
Posted: 7/7/08 at 7:06pmWell maybe someone will mistake it for a giant toilet and annoint it.
#17re: Eddie Murphy's head in Times Square
Posted: 7/7/08 at 7:29pmI was talking on my phone "Yah I just say Gypsy Patti was HOLYF***N SH*T oh no I mean she was amazing but there is a huge head in the middle of Time Square" Now that you mention it I've seen weirder!
