Groundhog Day

As the classic Bill Murray time-loop romcom reaches 30, and the imitators that reuse its concept keep on coming – from Palm Springs to Russian Doll – we ask ...

But it was possibly only the experience of filming it he loathed, as he has since described it as his finest work and said Rubin was “touched by God” when he came up with the idea. Groundhog Day was released in the US in February 1993. Rubin points out that in Groundhog Day, the worst day of Phil Connors’ life takes place under the exact same conditions as the best day of his life. The Academy Award-winning 2020 short film [Two Distant Strangers](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/apr/22/worst-version-of-groundhog-day-ever-two-distant-strangers-the-oscars-short-inspired-by-george-floyd) tells the story of a black graphic designer in New York who is shot dead by a police officer, only to wake up and repeat the same trauma every day. [The Map of Tiny Perfect Things](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/feb/09/the-map-of-tiny-perfect-things-review-time-loop-romcom-amazon) in 2021 and Meet Cute in 2022, Hollywood is currently averaging one a year. “Bill Murray is not a movie star by accident, he understands vanity and self-centredness.” Rubin is kinder, merely saying that Murray was “not afraid to be cruel”. Generosity and Murray may not have always gone hand in hand, but he may have felt a debt was owed to Rubin’s story. He was being very generous to the show.” On the other hand, it wouldn’t surprise me if he was exaggerating just to try to help us along. “I think I just opened up a new way of telling a story that people could look at and go: ‘Oh, I could use that to tell a different story,’” Rubin says now. Rubin also had to act as an early buffer between Murray and Ramis, who had been regular collaborators since the 1970s but fell out during the making of the film. And not only because “Groundhog Day” has become shorthand for the drudgery of any endlessly repeating scenario.

Groundhog Day is one of the most bizarre dates on the US calendar and it is based on a true event that inspired Bill Murray's iconic 'Groundhog Day' movie.

[Punxsutawney Groundhog Club](https://www.groundhog.org/legend-and-lore), Groundhog Day first appeared in 1886 which means Punxsutawney Phil has been casting weather predictions for well over a century. If it emerges on a sunny day and sees its own shadow it will be scared and retreat back to its burrow, this signal indicates another six weeks of the cold winter. In case you didn’t know, a groundhog (also known as a “Woodchuck”) is a rodent found in North America that belongs to the marmot family which is a group of large ground squirrels.

E. very February, thousands of people gather in a small Pennsylvanian town to take part in a centuries-old springtime ceremony. One of the more eccentric ...

They are also known as woodchucks. The earliest mention of Groundhog Day was in 1840 and the event was first reported in the news in 1886, in the Punxsutawney Spirit newspaper. Unlike its celluloid counterpart, Groundhog Day is grounded in tradition, having been brought over to America by the Pennsylvania Dutch in the 19th century. When is Groundhog Day? What is Groundhog Day? Groundhog Day 2023: What is the meaning behind it and how is it celebrated in America?

Punxsutawney Phil, the Pennsylvania-based meteorologist marmot who solemnly casts his long-term weather forecast on 2 February every year, is back for another ...

[spring will arrive early that year](https://inews.co.uk/light-relief/offbeat/spring-2021-when-start-date-uk-vernal-equinox-covid-explained-813236?ico=in-line_link). [the Christian festival of Candlemas](https://inews.co.uk/light-relief/christmas-decorations-tree-take-down-when-should-date-twelfth-night-tradition-explained-1379148?ico=in-line_link). The release of Murray’s 1993 cult classic Groundhog Day brought the festival to a global audience, with reported crowds of 40,000 descending on Punxsutawney for the ceremony. [Bill Murray](https://inews.co.uk/culture/film/bill-murray-the-french-dispatch-ghostbusters-afterlife-uk-release-date-1260934?ico=in-line_link) movie [Groundhog Day](https://inews.co.uk/light-relief/offbeat/groundhog-day-2021-what-meaning-when-date-start-time-punxsutawney-phil-watch-live-uk-today-853127) is one of the strangest in the US calendar – and it [takes place today](https://inews.co.uk/news/what-is-groundhog-day-2023-meaning-punxsutawney-phil-spring-forecast-what-time-2122135?ico=in-line_link). [back for another prophecy](https://inews.co.uk/light-relief/offbeat/start-getting-lighter-when-start-morning-clocks-change-spring-date-sunrise-sunset-time-828479?ico=in-line_link). The most famous of all groundhogs is undoubtedly Punxsutawney Phil, who lives a couple of miles away from the town of Punxsutawney in Pennsylvania in a burrow on a hill called Gobbler’s Knob.

As spring approaches, the time draws near for everyone's beloved woodchuck to cast his prediction on whether there'll be six more weeks of winter simply by ...

“But if the day be cloudy he remains out, as the weather is to be moderate.” [The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club](https://www.groundhog.org/). 5) Groundhog Day is celebrated beyond Pennsylvania. It wasn’t until Candlemas Day was introduced in Germany that an animal was brought into the lore, claiming that if a hedgehog saw his shadow on Candlemas Day there would be a “Second Winter” or six more weeks of bad weather. 1) Punxsutawney Phil, the legendary groundhog who casts his prediction, has reputedly been operating in the Pennsylvania town for more than 130 years. But with the absence of hedgehogs in their new home, woodchucks were chosen instead.

Groundhog Day has an odd origins story, with links to that of the late Prince Philip, who received a groundhog named after him which was subsequently ...

Killing these groundhogs was an insult to the Royal Family." Punxsutawney Phil and the inhabitants of the town were worried they had insulted the Royal Family after a gift named in honour of the pair was "destroyed". So furious in fact that the California Department of Agriculture declared the baby groundhogs "agricultural pests" and stated that they must be "destroyed". [Queen Elizabeth II](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/queen) and her late husband [Prince Philip](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/prince-philip). But that same weather report that was pushed to the forefront of culture in Harold Ramis' Groundhog Day has an odd origin at the heart of it and served as an "insult to the Royal Family". [Groundhog Day](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/animals), again, as that infamous Bill Murray feature of the same name marked, and Americans are preparing for yet another [weather report](https://www.dailystar.co.uk/latest/weather-forecast).

As arctic temperatures buffet the United States and Canada, all eyes turn to a groundhog in Pennsylvania to predict whether or not there will be another six ...

'By later in the day on Thursday it should be pretty much done and all the ... In this case the groundhog stays out, predicting a mild end to the winter. Several rounds of mixed precipitation, including freezing rain and sleet, were in store for many areas throughout the day, meaning some regions could be hit multiple times, forecasters said. Months later the state announced that its official death toll from the storm was at least 246. 'The power grid itself is functioning very effectively as we speak right now,' Abbott said. According to records dating back to 1887, Phil has predicted winter more than 100 times. Staten Island Chuck, also known as Charles G Hogg, has an impressive accuracy rate of 85 per cent, according to the Staten Island Zoo, where he lives. Milltown Mel, from New Jersey, made headlines this year when he died suddenly on February 1, 2022, just hours before being called to make his weather prediction. In 2014, Chuck was famously dropped by then-Mayor Bill de Blasio and died a few days later, but zoo officials said the two events were likely unrelated. In 1887, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, held its first Groundhog Day festival, now in its 137th year. In six of the last ten years he has predicted six more weeks of winter, including in 2021 and 2022. The band took to the stage and blasted out ballads for the thousands watching on in person - and millions at home.

Phil is joined by his producer Rita Hanson, played by Andie MacDowell and cameraman Larry (Chris Elliott) for his annual coverage of the festivities, and makes ...

Wells and Orson Welles in a podcast episode of The Radio Adventures of Dr. He lost almost half his body weight and won the role of Art Weingartner, the dumb lug nosy neighbor to Tom Hanks in The Burbs in 1989. According to her IMDb page, the last time she acted in a TV show was in 2009 as an art professor on "The Ex List." She and her husband Bob Goldsby co-founded a theatre in Berkeley, the Berkeley Stage Company, in the 1970s. In what was turning into a busy year he was also considered for the role of Harry Dunne in Dumb and Dumber. When not in front of the camera he worked behind the lens as a scriptwriter. Later that week, when he and Henley went to a pizza parlour next to the pub, he was stabbed. MacDowell was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World in 1991 and 2000. In the same year, he was also nominated for a Razzie Award as Worst New Star in his first movie, entitled Cabin Boy, which was produced by Tim Burton, and also featured a brief appearance from his old boss, David Letterman. Although not quite managing the dizzying heights of leading roles of the early 90s she nevertheless remained employed as a model, a spokeswoman for L'Oreal, and as an actress in a number of television shows. She would go on to star opposite Hugh Grant in the British comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral the following year. At the time of Groundhog Day's release, MacDowell was riding the wave of the highest-profile roles in her career.

But rather February 2 is when a notoriously shy rodent called Punxsutawney Phil is roused from his burrow to declare whether an early spring is on the way – or ...

I watched a few episodes of That ’90s Show, purely to bask in the sweet nostalgia. Which brings me to the next order of business: the grave realisation that 1963 was to 1993 what 1993 is to 2023 (still with me?). The legend of Punxsutawney Phil is a curious and enduringly fascinating one. Some credit the link between this particular date and weather predictions to an old Scottish couplet: “If Candlemas Day is bright and clear, there'll be two winters in the year.” The first green shoots of a new season are within sight. But rather February 2 is when a notoriously shy rodent called Punxsutawney Phil is roused from his burrow to declare whether an early spring is on the way – or six more weeks of winter will ensue.

The classic Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell romcom Groundhog Day is airing plenty of times on Sky Cinema to mark the actual event.

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Punxsutawney Phil predicts more winter ahead. Groundhogs may not have a great track record when it comes to weather forecasts, but experts say the tradition ...

"I strongly suspect that the people that go to Gobbler's Knob are fully aware of the power of science, but at the same time want to hold on to traditions and a deeper vibe," he says. So he's able to confirm that while Groundhog Day is pegged to Candlemas, it also coincides with the time of year when groundhogs in the northeastern U.S. So there also could be evolutionary responses to this, and what we're really looking at is the evolutionary response to changes over time and the sort of within-generational plasticity, flexibility, if you will." [parts of the U.S.](https://countdowntogroundhogday.com/groundhogs-from-around-the-world) and Canada now have their own beloved animal prognosticators, with some of Phil's better-known contemporaries including New York's " [Staten Island Chuck](https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/groundhog-day)" (aka Charles G. Punxsutawney Phil's handlers, known as the "Inner Circle," continue to wear dark tuxedos, long tails and top hats even today, he points out. The club says Groundhog Day is the same today as when it first started — if the old-timey garb and scrolls are any sign — just with far more participants. His department always has a Groundhog Day party, even in perennially-sunny Los Angeles — but he says you don't have to be a "marmot enthusiast" (as he describes himself) to get something out of the day. "But the idea of watching animals and whether they see their shadow out of hibernation had been going on before that, it just hadn't turned into a public festival until later in the 19th century." And because hedgehogs aren't native to the U.S., they turned to groundhogs (which were plentiful in Pennsylvania) instead. [that feast day](https://www.almanac.com/fact/candlemasgroundhog-day-its-no-accident-that-groundhog-holiday), clergy would bless and distribute all the candles needed for winter — and over time the focus of the day became increasingly about predicting how long winter would last. Germany went a step further by making animals — specifically hedgehogs — part of the proceedings. (One could say it's almost like the 1993 comedy "Groundhog Day" ...

Little Black Book, It's Groundhog Day today and what better way to celebrate than by watching the Groundhog Day movie on Sky Cinema Comedy.

This year, Sky Media has partnered up with ‘Groundhog Day – The Musical’ and it will be the only commercial running all day on the Sky Cinema Comedy channel, from 6am GMT to 12am GMT. The ad will run a total of 273 times! It's Groundhog Day today and what better way to celebrate than by watching the Groundhog Day movie on Sky Cinema Comedy back-to-back-to-back-to-back, with advertisements of the comic musical, Groundhog Day, on loop, during the breaks, all day.

Directed by the legendary Harold Ramis, this iconic comedy was released back in 1993 and stars Bill as Phil Connors, a no-nonsense TV weatherman who becomes ...

[Groundhog Day](/en-gb/2023/02/02/funny-groundhog-day-2023-memes-as-twitter-awaits-phils-prophecy/). It’s really great. [Bill Murray](/en-gb/topic/bill-murray/) movie? It’s very good. It’s believed that this is how long winter will last. As a result, it burrows back down for another six months.

Members of Phil's 'inner circle' say rotund rodent saw his shadow, meaning six more weeks of winter.

The gathering annually attracts thousands. The inner circle said he did. According to records dating back to 1887, Phil has predicted winter more than 100 times.

Groundhog Day isn't just a popular film starring Bill Murray - here's the real tradition explained.

Groundhog Day is held on February 2 every year. Groundhog Day is here, and many people will be familiar with the day due to the Bill Murray 1993 comedy but some may not know what the real life celebration is about. During his stay things go awry and he begins waking up experiencing the same day over and over again with no explanation.

Groundhog Day on February 2 became famous worldwide thanks to the Bill Murray comedy film, and Sky Cinema Comedy apes its time loop.

[Dolly Parton hits back at claims she’s selling keto and CBD gummy products: ‘More the cake, cookie and cornbread type’](https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/02/dolly-parton-more-cornbread-type-as-she-denies-selling-cbd-gummies-18209507/?ico=more_text_links) [Bradley Walsh breaks down in tears after poignant question from son Barney on Breaking Dad](https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/02/bradley-walsh-breaks-down-in-tears-making-memories-with-son-barney-18210118/?ico=more_text_links) [seemingly never-ending time loop](https://metro.co.uk/2016/02/02/this-is-how-many-days-bill-murrays-character-actually-spent-in-groundhog-day-5657421/), when he is forced to relive the same day over and over again until he gets the day right. [it’s Groundhog Day](https://metro.co.uk/2023/02/02/what-is-groundhog-day-and-how-to-watch-the-bill-murray-movie-in-the-uk-18201259/)! [ Sky Cinema Comedy channel’s listings](https://metro.co.uk/2021/02/02/is-groundhog-day-on-tv-today-where-to-watch-the-1993-classic-movie-14000333/) show that it is airing Groundhog Day not once, not twice, but repeatedly throughout the entire day, from 6am until its final showing finishes at 5:50am tomorrow morning. [Bill Murray](https://metro.co.uk/tag/bill-murray/?ico=auto_link_entertainment_P2_LNK1) 1993 comedy of the same name, the somewhat niche Punxsatawney, Pennsylvania seasonal tradition has spread from North America to become known across the world.

Happy Groundhog Day! You know what that means - we're celebrating the occasion by taking a look back on Groundhog Day The Musical, which premiered on ...

After 176 performances and 32 previews, Groundhog Day played its final performance at the [Raymond ](/people/Raymond-J.-Lee/) [J. Happy Groundhog Day!

According to a tradition dating back to 1887, if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow when summoned from his stump, it means there will be another six weeks of ...

It's the third year in a row that Phil has predicted six more weeks of winter, after seeing his shadow in 2021 and 2022. The furry little critter was summoned from his tree stump at dawn by his "inner circle", to reveal to those waiting that there will be six more weeks of winter. According to a tradition dating back to 1887, if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow when summoned from his stump, it means there will be another six weeks of winter - but if doesn't, the US can expect an early spring.

Celebrate Groundhog Day beyond Punxsutawney Phil by streaming the 1993 movie starring Bill Murray. Here's where you can stream it.

And if Phil and Chuck predict more wintry days to come, consider [upgrading those worn-out snowboots](https://nypost.com/article/best-snow-boots-for-women/), too. [FuboTV](http://www.fubo.tv/welcome?irad=343747&irmp=2229206&subId1=nyp), [Amazon Prime](https://www.amazon.com/amazonprime/?tag=nypost-20&asc_refurl=https://nypost.com/article/how-to-watch-bill-murrays-groundhog-day-movie/&asc_source=web), [SlingTV](https://sling-tv.pxf.io/c/2229206/1132376/14334?subId1=nyp-RU--&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sling.com%2F) and [Philo](https://go.skimresources.com?id=93051X1547088&xs=1&xcust=nyp-RU--&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.philo.com%2Flogin%2Fsubscribe%3Fref%3Dtry.philo.com). [FuboTV](https://www.fubo.tv/welcome?irad=343747&irmp=2229206&subId1=nyp), $75/month with a seven-day free trial [Amazon Prime](https://www.amazon.com/Groundhog-Day-Bill-Murray/dp/B000SP1SH6/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Groundhog+Day+movie&qid=1612209796&sr=8-1&tag=nypost-20&asc_refurl=https://nypost.com/article/how-to-watch-bill-murrays-groundhog-day-movie/&asc_source=web), $8.99/month included with AMC + on Amazon, or $3.99 to rent [SlingTV,](https://www.sling.com/)$20/month with a three-day free trial [Philo](https://go.skimresources.com?id=93051X1547088&xs=1&xcust=nyp-RU--&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.philo.com%2Flogin%2Fsubscribe%3Fref%3Dtry.philo.com), $25/month with a seven-day trial Thankfully, the 1993 film starring Bill Murray is available to stream on a variety of subscription platforms, and here’s where you can watch it. If he doesn’t see his shadow, the spring will arrive early. The hilarious movie also stars Andie MacDowell, Harold Ramis and Chris Elliott. [gotten it right 80% of the time](https://nypost.com/2020/02/02/groundhog-day-predictions-agree-on-an-early-spring/), according to the Staten Island Zoo. [cozy essentials](https://nypost.com/article/best-cozy-gift-ideas/) for now. Only time will tell if we will have to brave more snow and ice this year or have an early reprieve, so the smartest bet is to stock up on [Phil predicting six more weeks of winter](https://nypost.com/2023/02/02/groundhog-day-2023-punxsutawney-phil-prepares-to-make-prediction/) and our more-local pal [Chuck](https://nypost.com/2023/02/02/ground-hog-day-2023-did-staten-island-chuck-see-his-shadow/) declaring that spring is near. [had his own hot take](https://nypost.com/2021/02/02/groundhog-day-2021-chuck-predicts-early-spring/): He predicted an early spring! This year, take a moment to laugh on Groundhog Day 2023 while streaming the classic film of the same name.

The Bill Murray-led flick, which also starred Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, and Stephen Tobolowsky, was about a weatherman covering the annual Groundhog Day ...

She is seen in the 1993 movie (left) and in 2012 (right) She is seen in 2013 Following the success of Groundhog Day, he continued to act, starring in Dr. He is also the host of a monthly podcast, called The Tobolowsky Files, and he has written three books over the years. The family is seen in 2018 The actor was then cast as Larry the cameraman in Groundhog Day. Chris Elliott played Larry the cameraman in Groundhog Day. He is seen in September 2022 They divorced in 1999, and she married her former high school classmate Rhett Hartzog in 2001. He is seen in March 2022 He appeared in Moonrise Kingdom, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Monuments Men, St. In the 2010s, his career continued to flourish.

Every year thousands of fans gather to see the groundhog at the quirky ceremony | ITV National News.

According to records dating back to 1887, Phil has forecasted winter more than 100 times. Thousands of people flocked to a western Pennsylvania town to mark Groundhog Day on Thursday to see what one meteorological mammal thinks the US weather will be. Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil predicts the US weather in front of a crowd of thousands

Pennsylvania may have Punxsutawney Phil, but Illinois has its own weather-forecasting rodent: Woodstock Willie, made famous by the movie “Groundhog Day,” ...

I’d want to get out of that loop the way Bill Murray wanted to get out of that loop. Rubin said the story of Murray’s character “wouldn’t have worked unless there was another story, which is about a community of people who chose to come out at dawn in the dead center of winter, but they do it to be goofy and funny and silly … I don’t want to repeat the same day over and over again. Points in red represent our series COVID-19 Across Chicago; blue marks our series “Chicago Tonight” in Your Neighborhood. “It’ll never get old because I love this woman with all my heart.” But you can get out of it just by changing your perspective.” “Chicago Tonight” is expanding its community reporting. Bill Murray and Andie McDowell do a dance scene up here, the snowball fight’s over there,” said Woodstock Days chair Rick Bellairs at the crack of dawn Thursday, as he stood on a city square gazebo featured in the flick. “You people are nuts!” She (yes, Willie is a female groundhog) was reluctant to leave her tree stump. On that account, maybe he wasn’t all wrong given the 19-degree chill. “The movie was filmed here.

Groundhog Day has turned 30, but one fan theory claims Bill Murray's character Phil is still stuck in a time loop in Punxsutawney reliving the same day ...

There are 38 such days in the film. [Bill Murray](https://www.irishmirror.ie/all-about/bill-murray) played the lead character, Phil Connors, an arrogant TV weatherman who covers the Groundhog Day festival in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, but things go awry. By Simon's calculations, that means Phil was stuck in the time loop for 33.7 years, and in our world that means he'll get out sometime in 2026. Then there are the skills that he learned while stuck in the time loop. Some of the days of Phil's journey are shown in the film, including the Groundhog Day, the day he robs the bank, and the many days it takes for him to take Nancy on the perfect date. When Phil wakes the next day he is forced to relive the day before, over and over again, and after time the character starts to lose his mind - driving off a cliff, taking the groundhog hostage, and seducing everyone in town one by one.