Monday, February 2, 2009
February 2nd
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Don't you wonder who the heck was the first person to get up one morning, look out his or her window and say, "hey, is a groundhog casting a shadow today?" And why did he or she think there was a connection between whether that groundhog did cast a shadow (or not) and whether there'd be more winter weather (or not)? And how did he or she have enough marketing savvy and know-how to get the whole thing publicized all over the place to such an extent that it became a quasi-holiday? And why did he or she pick today instead of yesterday or tomorrow or even next week, for goodness sake? And has there been a reliable analysis of the reliability of groundhog shadows and winter weather on into March and April?? And what's the difference between a groundhog and a hedgehog, just by the way? Well, whatever and however all of that, today is Groundhog Day - an annual moment that's always a good excuse to watch Bill Murray's often hilarious movie - directed by Harold Ramis and written by Danny Rubin. I suspect many of us can recite the whole script by now. Can you? and do you have a favorite scene?

Update. For another take twist on it, don't miss Venomous Kate's Groundhog Day post.

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