Groundhog Day

Tomorrow is Chickenbear day!

"He's only the messenger!" cried one of the members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club...

Spring officially begins March 20.

Six weeks from February 2 is March 16--in other words, an early spring.

Discuss.

Roger Ebert on why he lists this among his Great Movies.

Only pic i can find of Stephen Toblowsky's character.

So, I will never understand this -- if he sees his shadow (which he apparently did today), doesn't that mean it's sunny out? Shouldn't that mean less winter?

The movie is still Bill Murray's greatest moment, isn't it? Though Broken Flowers is almost as good. And I love his performance in What About Bob?, but Richard Dreyfuss is too over the top compared to Murray ín that movie.

sunny=high pressure=cold

Is that Mr. Rock Hardy in the first post's picture?

holding the groundhog, I mean

There's enough of them and their opinions are varied enough that they're always right: predictions

Dude, no.

For one thing, I have a real beard, not that pussyface half-beard kind of a thing.

It was three years ago, so I thought maybe...
Apologies.

haha, no problems. Also, I still have just the one chin.

Date ↓ Prediction ↓ Groundhog ↓
2008 Early Spring Balzac Billy
2008 Early Spring Sir Walter Wally
2008 Early Spring[9] Wiarton Willie
2008 Early Spring General Beauregard Lee
2008 Early Spring[10] Malverne Mel
2008 6 more weeks of winter[11] West Indies Wilbur
2008 Early Spring[12] Shubenacadie Sam
2008 Early Spring Staten Island Chuck
2008 6 more weeks of winter[13] Punxsutawney Phil
2007 6 more weeks of winter Holtsville Hal
2007 6 more weeks of winter Dunkirk Dave
2007 Early Spring Punxsutawney Phil
2007 Early Spring Staten Island Chuck
2007 Early Spring Wiarton Willie
2007 Early Spring Shubenacadie Sam
2007 Early Spring General Beauregard Lee
2007 Early Spring Malverne Melissa
2007 Early Spring Buckeye Chuck
2007 Early Spring Spanish Joe
2007 Early Spring Sir Walter Wally
2006 6 more weeks of winter Dunkirk Dave
2006 6 more weeks of winter Punxsutawney Phil
2006 6 more weeks of winter Buckeye Chuck
2006 Early Spring Spanish Joe
2006 Early Spring Wiarton Willie
2006 Early Spring General Beauregard Lee
2006 Early Spring Staten Island Chuck
2006 Early Spring Shubenacadie Sam
2006 Early Spring Jimmy the Groundhog
2006 Early Spring Malverne Mel
2006 Early Spring French Creek Freddie
2005 6 more weeks of winter Dunkirk Dave
2005 6 more weeks of winter Punxsutawney Phil
2005 6 more weeks of winter Shubenacadie Sam
2005 6 more weeks of winter Spanish Joe
2005 6 more weeks of winter Octorara Orphie
2005 6 more weeks of winter Malverne Mel
2005 Early Spring Wiarton Willie
2005 Early Spring Jimmy the Groundhog
2005 Early Spring General Beauregard Lee
2005 Early Spring Balzac Billy
2005 Early Spring Staten Island Chuck
2004 6 more weeks of winter Punxsutawney Phil
2004 6 more weeks of winter Dunkirk Dave
2004 6 more weeks of winter Wiarton Willie
2004 6 more weeks of winter Spanish Joe
2004 6 more weeks of winter Balzac Billy
2004 6 more weeks of winter General Beauregard Lee
2004 6 more weeks of winter Malverne Mel
2003 6 more weeks of winter Punxsutawney Phil
2003 Early Spring Dunkirk Dave
2003 Early Spring Spanish Joe
2002 6 more weeks of winter Dunkirk Dave
2002 6 more weeks of winter Punxsutawney Phil
2002 Early Spring Spanish Joe
2001 6 more weeks of winter Punxsutawney Phil
2001 Early Spring Dunkirk Dave
2001 Early Spring Spanish Joe
2000 6 more weeks of winter Punxsutawney Phil
2000 Early Spring Spanish Joe
1999 Early Spring Punxsutawney Phil
1999 Early Spring Spanish Joe

Stanley Fish just named this the greatest American movie of the past 28 years

The 10 Best American movies

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Shane (1953)
Red River (1948)
Raging Bull (1980)
Vertigo (1958)
Groundhog Day (1993)
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

He picked *two* Billy Wilders? Alfred's gonna have a field day with that.

hahahahahaha rad list

Editors’ note: In the description of “Groundhog Day,” the job description of the Bill Murray character has been adjusted from an early version.

and he has to make that change every day!

I never get the Shane love.

the mayor described his furry attacker as "a terrorist rodent that might very well have been trained by al-Qaeda in Afghanistan."

Or maybe he just thought Bloomberg is a douchebag.

Just the shot where he goes into the piano teacher's house, there's a beat or three, then she hurridly shoves the kid out who slowly walks down the stairs in complete befuddlement.

And I didn't know that the waitress was played by Robin Duke, from SCTV.

Just saw this for the first time yesterday, because my wife told me it was her fave film.

after how many years of marriage?

5. Seriously, I'm on a need-to-know basis with her.

I can't even get her to tell me her fave song for last week, month, or year.

"I got you babe"

The Pennsylvania Polka, surely.

Your wife has good taste (*).

(*) in movies

^_^

haha been thinking of watching this again some time soon (i've been obsessed with marmots/groudhogs lately)

That's some bullshit, Peta:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2010/01/animatronic-punxsutawney-phil-peta-groundhog-day.html

This movie never gets old for me. There's always some joke I forgot about, or some facial expression or line reading I never appreciated before.

OTM. One of the most endlessly watchable (though far from perfect) Hollywood films ever made.

Wasn't going to, but found out it's today, so I'm going to watch it again tonight.

he's spoken: Early spring

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11033/1122366-100.stm

lol - the european DVD I have has a couple of alternative languages. How awful are these?
Un Jour Sans Fin
Atrapado En El Tiempo
Und täglich grüßt das Murmeltier

Murmeltier is awesome though!

would you go on a killing spree just to see what it's like? could you have fun doing that (obv no one is actually dying & you're just going to wake up the next morning)?

What if that was the day where the repeating cycle stopped? Boy, would your face be red.

pfft-what ev

I might go on a raping spree. At least nobody temp-dies

classy answer.

hah wow.

i would def go on a whoring/ drugging/ terrible-food-binging spree.

so basically relive my college sophomore year (and tbf the year following it when i wasn't enrolled in school at all)

i'd have to do the suicide thing, toaster in bath, drive off cliff, etc...

Maybe an odd rape and murder thrown in, just so you know what it's like to be a criminal, purely for referenced sake.

20th anniversary again.

Stephen (Ned) Tobolowsky hosting a NY screening this month

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/02/groundhog-day-bill-murray-time-travel-spirituality-romantic-comedy

the Broadway musical opens this spring

@dick_nixon
It seems to me people will watch the film "Groundhog Day" in 100 years. I'm not sure there is a more subtle argument for being good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6kXx674Evc

https://i.imgflip.com/ygft8.jpg

punxsutawney phil, wiarton willie...

shubenacadie sam has a message for you

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/nova-scotia-groundhog-predicts-an-early-spring-after-not-seeing-shadow/article37828638/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/GKC3kIAcIveTG6j2_r2-vJZRJhU=/480x0/filters:quality(80)/arc-anglerfish-tgam-prod-tgam.s3.amazonaws.com/public/LOF2LDOATZDOFBLABEYANKSKDM.JPG

it's a real achievement that the film's themes have usurped the day's original meaning

Van Island Violet

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/groundhog-day-comes-to-bc-1.4516020

that is the finest marmot of them all

WTF? Michael Shannon is in the movie!

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1P8Np7cEOvk/Uv7db0aq9gI/AAAAAAACNjI/cjLX1kkCZ6M/s1600/michael+shannon+groundhog+day.png

Here's a question for you non-Americans: when you first saw the movie, did you think that Groundhog Day was some kinda of ludicrous event they made up for the movie, only to find out later that it is a real event in the US? Because I sure did.

yes

Glad to know I wasn't the only one. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTXNnzfdlLQ

https://www.groundhog.org/inner-circle

The verdict is in on this odd American tradition:

Groundhog Day 2022: Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow, meaning we're in for 6 more weeks of winter

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/02/02/groundhog-day-punxsutawney-phil-sees-shadow/9303576002/

ffs phil, u dik

Happy Groundhog Day Everyone!

six more weeks :)

Shit! At least the days are getting longer.

This seems portentious.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/fred-la-marmotte-dies-1.6734368

Fred la marmotte, the province's famous furry oracle in Val-d'Espoir, Que., was found dead overnight Thursday, hours before he had been expected to predict whether it would be an early or late spring.

The organizer of Thursday's Groundhog Day event in Val-d'Espoir announced the sombre news following some 40 minutes of festivities, including music and dancing.

"In life, the only thing that's certain is that nothing is certain," said a serious Roberto Blondin in front of a crowd of awaiting spectators.

"Well, this year it's true. It's true and it's unfortunate. I announce to you the death of Fred."

Oh Pyrrho!!!