Stolen french fries, a Ghostbuster, and the life-changing grants funded by his NFTs.

An actor with an eight-year-old BlackBerry nicknamed “Bill Urray” (because the “M” is missing) is an unlikely technical luddite to enter the world of NFTs.

But to say Bill Murray’s done it successfully is quite an understatement. Quite frankly, he’s set a whole new precedent for how to produce a funny and equally heartwarming utility-based NFT art collection. You see for me, the ‘Bill Murray 1000‘ is the best NFT collection I’ve seen to date.

 



If I was to be super picky, the only tiny thorn in this collection’s side is the name. The ‘Bill Murray 1000’ let’s face it, it’s not the most catchy NFT collection title. Sorry, Bill. But yin to the un-catchy yang, the sum of the parts is absolutely incredible. I’ll go through them one by one shortly, but first, a very quick overview courtesy of the project’s website:

“A great NFT collection tells a great story. And there’s no better story than a Bill Murray story. The Bill Murray 1000 is a unique biographical NFT project telling the story of iconic actor, comedian, and writer, Bill Murray – and a life very well-lived.”

The Bill Murray 1000 collection offers 100 story-based NFTs containing anecdotes, observations, advice, memories, Murray-isms, and more. The NFTs cover a broad spectrum of topics ranging from how Hunter S. Thompson saved Bill’s life to the day he met future President, John F. Kennedy. “

Furthermore “100% of proceeds from the auction of the Bill Murray 1000 Origin NFT, “A Great Story”, will directly benefit Chive Charities“

So that’s the project’s overview, but when you delve a little deeper (similar to the successful formula we identified behind The Economist’s NFT success) the collection is incredibly joined up across every important aspect; story, art, community, cause, and long-term giving. Let’s take a brief look at each.

Story-driven art

As you can see, the centrepiece of the 1000-asset collection is a photo-realistic acrylic-on-canvas portrait, by artist David Grizzle. The painting has then been augmented by visual attributes inspired by Bill’s many many antics. One hundred to be exact (each produced in ten different colour ways).