― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:07 (twenty-one years ago)
― Pears can just fuck right off. (kenan), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:12 (twenty-one years ago)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:13 (twenty-one years ago)
― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:13 (twenty-one years ago)
― Kingfish MuffMiner 2049er (Kingfish), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:29 (twenty-one years ago)
― kyle (akmonday), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:37 (twenty-one years ago)
Tomorrow is Chickenbear day!
― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 17:55 (twenty-one years ago)
"He's only the messenger!" cried one of the members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club...
― andy --, Wednesday, 2 February 2005 18:04 (twenty-one years ago)
― Trip Maker (Sean Witzman), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 18:11 (twenty-one years ago)
― Alienus Quam Reproba (blueski), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 18:13 (twenty-one years ago)
― Ned Ryerson (popshots75`), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 18:13 (twenty-one years ago)
― Kingfish MuffMiner 2049er (Kingfish), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 18:20 (twenty-one years ago)
― andy --, Wednesday, 2 February 2005 18:35 (twenty-one years ago)
― derrick (derrick), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:47 (twenty-one years ago)
― jaymc (jaymc), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:50 (twenty-one years ago)
― Pears can just fuck right off. (kenan), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:51 (twenty-one years ago)
― David Merryweather (DavidM), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 19:59 (twenty-one years ago)
― Richard C (avoid80), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 20:02 (twenty-one years ago)
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)
― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 20:04 (twenty-one years ago)
― Michael White (Hereward), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)
― Michael White (Hereward), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 20:07 (twenty-one years ago)
― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 20:18 (twenty-one years ago)
― Michael White (Hereward), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 20:27 (twenty-one years ago)
― Michael White (Hereward), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 20:30 (twenty-one years ago)
Spring officially begins March 20.
Six weeks from February 2 is March 16--in other words, an early spring.
Discuss.
― The Mad Puffin, Wednesday, 2 February 2005 20:32 (twenty-one years ago)
― hstencil (hstencil), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 20:32 (twenty-one years ago)
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 20:49 (twenty-one years ago)
― Film Frank, Wednesday, 2 February 2005 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)
― Michael White (Hereward), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 20:52 (twenty-one years ago)
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 21:00 (twenty-one years ago)
Roger Ebert on why he lists this among his Great Movies.
― Kingfish MuffMiner 2049er (Kingfish), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 21:33 (twenty-one years ago)
Only pic i can find of Stephen Toblowsky's character.
― Kingfish MuffMiner 2049er (Kingfish), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 21:41 (twenty-one years ago)
― colette (a2lette), Wednesday, 2 February 2005 23:25 (twenty-one years ago)
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 3 February 2005 11:20 (twenty-one years ago)
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?
― xhuxk, Saturday, 2 February 2008 16:50 (eighteen years ago)
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.
― Tuomas, Saturday, 2 February 2008 16:58 (eighteen years ago)
sunny=high pressure=cold
― the higgs, Saturday, 2 February 2008 18:46 (eighteen years ago)
Is that Mr. Rock Hardy in the first post's picture?
― StanM, Saturday, 2 February 2008 18:59 (eighteen years ago)
holding the groundhog, I mean
― StanM, Saturday, 2 February 2008 19:03 (eighteen years ago)
There's enough of them and their opinions are varied enough that they're always right: predictions
― StanM, Saturday, 2 February 2008 19:06 (eighteen years ago)
Dude, no.
For one thing, I have a real beard, not that pussyface half-beard kind of a thing.
― Rock Hardy, Saturday, 2 February 2008 19:13 (eighteen years ago)
It was three years ago, so I thought maybe... Apologies.
― StanM, Saturday, 2 February 2008 19:16 (eighteen years ago)
haha, no problems. Also, I still have just the one chin.
― Rock Hardy, Saturday, 2 February 2008 19:19 (eighteen years ago)
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
― get bent, Saturday, 2 February 2008 19:22 (eighteen years ago)
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)
― "80s Baby" (Z S), Monday, 5 January 2009 15:45 (seventeen years ago)
He picked *two* Billy Wilders? Alfred's gonna have a field day with that.
― ilx chilton (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 5 January 2009 15:56 (seventeen years ago)
hahahahahaha rad list
― 8====D ------ ㋡ (max), Monday, 5 January 2009 16:01 (seventeen years ago)
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!
― ㋡TM (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 5 January 2009 16:03 (seventeen years ago)
I never get the Shane love.
― ilx chilton (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 5 January 2009 16:03 (seventeen years ago)
Just saw this for the first time yesterday, because my wife told me it was her fave film.
― plenty chong (libcrypt), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 19:40 (seventeen years ago)
after how many years of marriage?
― Ludo, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 20:20 (seventeen years ago)
5. Seriously, I'm on a need-to-know basis with her.
― Sorry that's the implant talking (libcrypt), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 20:23 (seventeen years ago)
I can't even get her to tell me her fave song for last week, month, or year.
― Sorry that's the implant talking (libcrypt), Wednesday, 25 March 2009 20:24 (seventeen years ago)
"I got you babe"
― bnw, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 20:26 (seventeen years ago)
The Pennsylvania Polka, surely.
― Øystein, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 20:33 (seventeen years ago)
Your wife has good taste (*).
(*) in movies
― StanM, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 21:18 (seventeen years ago)
^_^
haha been thinking of watching this again some time soon (i've been obsessed with marmots/groudhogs lately)
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 25 March 2009 23:02 (seventeen years ago)
That's some bullshit, Peta:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2010/01/animatronic-punxsutawney-phil-peta-groundhog-day.html
― t(o_o)t (ENBB), Friday, 29 January 2010 04:33 (sixteen years ago)
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.
― Cunga, Friday, 29 January 2010 04:41 (sixteen years ago)
OTM. One of the most endlessly watchable (though far from perfect) Hollywood films ever made.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Friday, 29 January 2010 04:52 (sixteen years ago)
Wasn't going to, but found out it's today, so I'm going to watch it again tonight.
― StanM, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 15:23 (fifteen years ago)
he's spoken: Early spring
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11033/1122366-100.stm
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 15:28 (fifteen years ago)
lol - the european DVD I have has a couple of alternative languages. How awful are these?Un Jour Sans FinAtrapado En El TiempoUnd täglich grüßt das Murmeltier
― StanM, Wednesday, 2 February 2011 15:38 (fifteen years ago)
Murmeltier is awesome though!
― LBI clearly believes the cat is gone (Le Bateau Ivre), Wednesday, 2 February 2011 15:40 (fifteen years ago)
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)?
― flopson, Friday, 27 May 2011 22:02 (fourteen years ago)
What if that was the day where the repeating cycle stopped? Boy, would your face be red.
― Number None, Friday, 27 May 2011 22:04 (fourteen years ago)
pfft-what ev
― flopson, Friday, 27 May 2011 22:06 (fourteen years ago)
I might go on a raping spree. At least nobody temp-dies
― I have access to a gift card (rip van wanko), Friday, 27 May 2011 22:40 (fourteen years ago)
classy answer.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 27 May 2011 22:46 (fourteen years ago)
hah wow.
i would def go on a whoring/ drugging/ terrible-food-binging spree.
― I'm 11 and I love Gay Dad. Today's music is so formulaic its appalling. (will), Friday, 27 May 2011 22:55 (fourteen years ago)
so basically relive my college sophomore year (and tbf the year following it when i wasn't enrolled in school at all)
― I'm 11 and I love Gay Dad. Today's music is so formulaic its appalling. (will), Friday, 27 May 2011 22:59 (fourteen years ago)
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.
― not_goodwin, Friday, 27 May 2011 23:38 (fourteen years ago)
20th anniversary again.
― dog latin, Friday, 8 February 2013 12:25 (thirteen years ago)
Stephen (Ned) Tobolowsky hosting a NY screening this month
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Friday, 8 February 2013 12:42 (thirteen years ago)
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/02/groundhog-day-bill-murray-time-travel-spirituality-romantic-comedy
― mean-spirited schadenfreude-loving spewer of sleaze (sunny successor), Monday, 3 February 2014 19:53 (twelve years ago)
the Broadway musical opens this spring
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 February 2017 18:03 (nine years ago)
@dick_nixonIt 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.
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 2 February 2017 18:04 (nine years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6kXx674Evc
― NWOFHM! Overlord (krakow), Thursday, 2 February 2017 18:16 (nine years ago)
https://i.imgflip.com/ygft8.jpg
― infinity (∞), Thursday, 1 February 2018 18:04 (eight years ago)
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
― infinity (∞), Friday, 2 February 2018 17:26 (eight years ago)
it's a real achievement that the film's themes have usurped the day's original meaning
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 2 February 2018 17:36 (eight years ago)
Van Island Violet
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/groundhog-day-comes-to-bc-1.4516020
― khat person (jim in vancouver), Friday, 2 February 2018 17:39 (eight years ago)
that is the finest marmot of them all
― infinity (∞), Friday, 2 February 2018 17:54 (eight years ago)
WTF? Michael Shannon is in the movie!
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 3 February 2018 03:22 (eight years ago)
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1P8Np7cEOvk/Uv7db0aq9gI/AAAAAAACNjI/cjLX1kkCZ6M/s1600/michael+shannon+groundhog+day.png
― Never Learn To Mike Love (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 3 February 2018 03:24 (eight years ago)
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.
― Tuomas, Sunday, 30 August 2020 19:35 (five years ago)
yes
― Anti-Cop Ponceortium (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 30 August 2020 19:38 (five years ago)
Glad to know I wasn't the only one. :)
― Tuomas, Sunday, 30 August 2020 21:14 (five years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTXNnzfdlLQ
https://www.groundhog.org/inner-circle
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 27 February 2021 03:28 (five years ago)
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/
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 2 February 2022 18:51 (four years ago)
ffs phil, u dik
― Ste, Thursday, 3 February 2022 11:22 (four years ago)
Happy Groundhog Day Everyone!
― | (Latham Green), Thursday, 2 February 2023 12:53 (three years ago)
six more weeks :)
― budo jeru, Friday, 3 February 2023 00:28 (three years ago)
Shit! At least the days are getting longer.
― | (Latham Green), Friday, 3 February 2023 01:13 (three years ago)
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."
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."
― jmm, Friday, 3 February 2023 01:32 (three years ago)
Oh Pyrrho!!!
― | (Latham Green), Friday, 3 February 2023 16:13 (three years ago)
https://assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2026/02/02/e9ea77aa-e7e6-4ee7-8422-ac2e22175476/thumbnail/1240x778/33428219ac82fdb4e2037c978dddde61/gettyimages-2259012815.jpg
― Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 2 February 2026 22:43 (three months ago)
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2026/02/id-dcs-weather-forecasting-rodent-see-his-shadow-this-groundhog-day/
Potomac Phil forecasts 6 more weeks of winter (and 6 more months of political gridlock, which strikes me as optimistic).
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Monday, 2 February 2026 23:22 (three months ago)