The many punishments of Murry Wilson

[Letsgoawayforawhile]

I'm currently reading Wouldn't it be nice: My own story, (yes, I know Brian didn't have much to do with it) but I thought it would be interesting nonetheless. It mentions some of the apparent punishments Murry dished out to Brian. He tied Brian to a tree, beat him with a 2x4, and perhaps the most disturbing, forced him to poop on newspaper in the kitchen like an animal, and then clean it.

Oh yeah, how could I forget him taking out his eye and forcing his kids to look inside.

What are some other things this monster put the guys through?

[runnersdialzero]

AKA "The most depressing thread in Smiley Smile history"

[Chocolate Shake Man]

What are some other things this monster put the guys through?

One time, Murry asked the three boys if they wanted to take a ride in the car. They all said, "Sure!" They took a spin over to Murry's local bank branch. He said to the boys, "I'm just going to be a few minutes. Brian, why don't you sit behind the wheel and take charge of the music. I know how you're 'into' that kind of thing." The boys hung out in the car and waited. Several minutes later, Murry came running out of the bank with large sacks with dollar signs on them. He got into the passenger seat and said to Brian, "Drive! Drive! I'll explain later!"

One morning, Murry woke the boys up at a staggeringly early 4AM. "We're going fishing!" he said. "We need an early start." The boys got showered and got dressed and marched downstairs with their fishing poles. Just as they were about to go, Murry looked in the fridge and said, "Oh, sorry, I forgot I just got some fish yesterday. Go back to bed."

Everytime the family were out, Murry would make the boys stop and watch whenever they encountered an old man eating a sandwich.

At Brian's birthday party, Murry tried to impress Brian's friends by showing them how he could literally cough up a lung.

Murry once filled a boot with horse manure and forced Dennis to hold it and go door-to-door asking if it belonged to anyone.

Once Murry tried to get Brian to mould for him an ashtray using nothing but his ass and some mud.

Murry convinced Carl that he was Mexican and then made him wear a fake moustache.

The stories are endless, really.

[meltedwhiskeyinmyhand]

Murray once told Brian "I got you a puppy for Christmas but I got hungry on the way home and ate it. Just kidding son, I'd never buy you a puppy".

[Freddie French-Pounce]

Is this all true actually true?

[Letsgoawayforawhile]

I pretty much believe anything at this point.
Nothing was too crazy for Murry.

[Mike's Beard]

Murry once forged a fake birth certificate and told the boys that Mike was not actually their cousin but their secret older brother and that they would inherit his receeding hairline.

[rab2591]

Is this all true actually true?

Especially the Mexi-stache for Carl.

[Chocolate Shake Man]

In 1961, Murry told Brian, "You may think you're a great songwriter now but I just teleported to the future and it turns out you write this." He then proceeded to play "Smart Girls", and did some futuristic breakdancing to it while Brian watched, horrified.

[rab2591]

In 1961, Murry told Brian, "You may think you're a great songwriter now but I just teleported to the future and it turns out you write this." He then proceeded to play "Smart Girls", and did some futuristic breakdancing to it while Brian watched, horrified.

I thought Murry showed Brian that in 1967 (just before Brian became reclusive)....

[Chocolate Shake Man]

In 1961, Murry told Brian, "You may think you're a great songwriter now but I just teleported to the future and it turns out you write this." He then proceeded to play "Smart Girls", and did some futuristic breakdancing to it while Brian watched, horrified.

I thought Murry showed Brian that in 1967 (just before Brian became reclusive)....

Sorry - typo.   

[Chocolate Shake Man]

Once, Murry stopped cutting the lawn for three months, letting the grass grow really long and then he forced Brian to go out there with the mechanical lawn mower and cut it. Brian came in, after hours of hard work, exhausted. Murry said to Brian, "That lawn was in pretty rough shape but it's nothing in comparison to the hellish situation that has been taking place inside my nose since I turned 30." There was a long pause and then Murry said, "You ever see pictures of the fields in Vietnam?"

[runnersdialzero]

AKA "The most depressing thread in Smiley Smile history"

Nevermind!

[Chocolate Shake Man]

At Brian and Marilyn's wedding reception, Murry yelled out, "Look at me! I'm Brian Wilson!" Then he proceeded to unzip his fly, put the spout end of a wine bottle into his pants and went, "Glug, glug, glug" until the bottle of wine emptied.

[ontor pertawst]

It's amazing how many variations of the sh*t story are out there. There's what, Murry forcing Brian to sh*t -- which is ridiculous! What kind of weirdass punishment is that? There's Brian sh*tting and putting it near Murry's food, and Dennis sh*tting and putting it near Murry's food. Lorren Daro's view on the Scatological Rashomon is that Dennis did it, he said Brian told him.

Is there a version of the story where the sh*t was analyzed and proven to be AL JARDINE'S!?!?

[Chocolate Shake Man]

the Scatological Rashomon

Brilliant.

[Jukka]

Murry convinced Carl that he was Mexican and then made him wear a fake moustache.

The stories are endless, really.

This made my sides ache.

[Chocolate Shake Man]

Thanks! Just thought of another one:

Once, Murry gathered all three boys into the living room and sat them on the couch and said, "It's time we addressed the elephant in the room." Then he pointed to a man sitting in the corner who suffered from elephant-man syndrome.

[Chocolate Shake Man]

One Christmas, the family sat around the Christmas tree. Dennis saw that there was a big box with a note attached saying, "To Dennis. With Love From Your Father, Mr. Murry Wilson." Dennis grabbed the carefully wrapped box, and looked at his father, and asked, "What is it?" Murry said with a grin, "Remember that toy robot you wanted?" Dennis eagerly and gleefully unwrapped the present, opened up the box to find, not a toy robot but A SWARM OF BEES!!!!

[SloopJohnB]

I'm thoroughly enjoying this thread. Well done guys, keep going.

[ontor pertawst]

Someone needs to do a one man show as Murry Wilson. "A theatrical tour de force! The glass eyeball scene will have you spellbound."

[Chocolate Shake Man]

Once, Murry paid a local artisan to craft a mask that looked like Brian and then went out with it on and mooned a bunch of nuns.

[SMiLE Brian]

Once, Murry paid a local artisan to craft a mask that looked like Brian and then went out with it on and mooned a bunch of nuns.

1975- 1982 "Brian" was really Murry!

[ahoutman1]

Once, Murray syncopated Brian's dog to death.

[Theydon Bois]

Once, Murry paid a local artisan to craft a mask that looked like Brian and then went out with it on and mooned a bunch of nuns.

1975- 1982 "Brian" was really Murry!

Yes, Murry locked Brian in a cellar in 1973, and then faked his own death in order to take on Brian's identity.  He got away with it at first by mostly hiding in bed, but by the mid-'70s people were beginning to notice that Brian's appearance, behaviour and voice had all changed somewhat.  Still, though, Murry persevered with this prank, eventually giving the game away in 2004 by finishing Smile.