Re: Re: Ryan and the Rodent
By: Daryl Stout to Mortar on Thu Feb 05 2026 10:59 pm

There was a Looney Tunes Cartoon years ago with Grover Groundhog, who sings "A Groundhog and his shadow, are very important things".

This is one of those things that I must have somehow missed when I was growing up. I'd never heard of Groundhog Day or Punxatawney Phil until the movie "Groundhog Day" came out in 1993, and I was wondering what the title meant. When I learned what Groundhog Day is, I was wondering if people actually do that. :P

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There was a Looney Tunes Cartoon years ago with Grover Groundhog, who sings "A Groundhog and his shadow, are very important things".

This is one of those things that I must have somehow missed when I was growing
up. I'd never heard of Groundhog Day or Punxatawney Phil until the movie "Groundhog Day" came out in 1993, and I was wondering what the title meant. When I learned what Groundhog Day is, I was wondering if people actually do that. :P

We learned about it in elementary school.


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This is one of those things that I must have somehow missed
when I was growing up. I'd never heard of Groundhog Day or
Punxatawney Phil until the movie "Groundhog Day" came out in
1993, and I was wondering what the title meant. When I learned
what Groundhog Day is, I was wondering if people actually do
that. :P

Quite a few of those things in the movie were obviously absurd.
But, that is their big tourism money maker each year.

In the wake of Phil's forecast for 6 more weeks of winter, there
have been a ton of memes on Phil's fate, including:

1) Witness Protection Program.
2) Jailed with repeated charges of escape attempts.
3) Caught a flight to Mexico, where it was warmer.
4) His ex-wife, divorcing him, as he was "a pathological liar".
5) Dressed up in military fatigues, with a bulletproof vest,
a rifle, and magazines of shells.
6) A wolf in the snow that said "he ate the groundhog, as he
had said '6 more weeks of winter'".

In short, Phil must have a lot of cousins or impersonators!! Of
course, he's not the only groundhog, but that's a yearly ritual.

Another cartoon had a groundhog in his underground burrow,
rapidly running between computers with weather data.

I will say that "the girlfriend" in the movie was rather cute. :)

Daryl

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Daryl Stout wrote to Nightfox <=-

I will say that "the girlfriend" in the movie was rather cute. :)

There's a podcast called "I was there, too" where they interview people
with minor roles in major films. They interviewed Steven Tobolowsky, who
played Ned Ryerson, the insurance salesman who recognizes Bill Murray on
the street several times.

It's interesting to see what they thought of the lead actors behind the
scenes, and what it was like filming the movie.




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