That Time Bill Murray Played The Fantastic Four’s Human Torch

What superhero would you like Bill Murray to play? In the unlikely event you said The Human Torch, you're in luck - back in 1975 Murray played the character in a serialized Fantastic Four radio drama narrated by Stan Lee himself.

This was right at the dusk of radio plays - popular movies like Star Wars would still get adapted, but the form was dying - and the show only lasted 10 episodes. They're essentially exact adaptations of the early run of Stan Lee/Jack Kirby comics. Murray had just moved to New York City from Chicago and was also doing The National Lampoon Radio Hour; later that year he would appear on the short-lived Saturday Night LIve With Howard Cosell, and just a year later he would replace Chevy Chase on Saturday Night. The rest, as they say, is history.

You can listen to all ten episodes here.