# What the...? It's Groundhog Day again! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [February 2, 2010, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350 "2010-02-02T06:37:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/221 "2014-06-13T17:19:50Z")
Note that people have been making jibes about _Edge of Tomorrow_ such as “No, it’s not like _Groundhog Day_ at all. We swear!” Tom Cruise is no Bill Murray. ---
**Author:** ![Carnacki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b5e925/32.png) [@Carnacki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnacki)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/222 "2014-06-13T17:44:09Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Note that people have been making jibes about _Edge of Tomorrow_ such as “No, it’s not like _Groundhog Day_ at all. We swear!” > > Tom Cruise is no Bill Murray. Maybe Xenu is NOT omniscient. Maybe just being around for 75-million years he knows everything… ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/223 "2014-06-13T18:42:27Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Note that people have been making jibes about _Edge of Tomorrow_ such as “No, it’s not like _Groundhog Day_ at all. We swear!” Japanese restaurants don’t charge for green tea. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/224 "2016-01-27T16:30:45Z")
PBS’s _On Story_ will have a feature on the making of _Groundhog Day_. Check your local listings for Feb. 1: [http://www.pbs.org/video/2365501226/](http://www.pbs.org/video/2365501226/) ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/225 "2016-01-27T16:43:29Z")
I see this movie every single fucking day! ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/226 "2016-01-27T16:55:33Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > PBS’s _On Story_ will have a feature on the making of _Groundhog Day_. Check your local listings for Feb. 1: [On Story | Groundhog Day: Deconstructing the Comedy Classic Promo | Season 5 | Episode 8 | PBS](http://www.pbs.org/video/2365501226/) Didn’t they show this already? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/227 "2016-01-27T16:59:24Z")
> [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](#): > > Hitting on Ned was a better idea. Hitting Ned is even better. Especially if he is the true force behind the repeating. And all just to sell insurance. That’s truly evil! ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/228 "2016-01-27T17:01:58Z")
Good evening. Tonight on ‘It’s the Mind’, we examine the phenomenon of déjà vu. That strange feeling we sometimes get that we’ve lived through something before, that what is happening now has already happened. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/229 "2016-01-27T17:19:35Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Not to besmirch his love for Rita, but a leggy blonde willing to go to the movies in a French maid outfit and call you Bronco - that’s a keeper. I thought it was pretty clear she was a prostitute. Unless I’m missing the sarcasm… ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/230 "2016-01-28T01:30:46Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > I thought it was pretty clear she was a prostitute. Unless I’m missing the sarcasm… I thought she was just your stereotypical small-town bad girl. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/231 "2016-01-28T03:03:22Z")
Too early for flapjacks? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/232 "2016-01-28T04:17:11Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > I thought it was pretty clear she was a prostitute. Unless I’m missing the sarcasm… You can have a Punxsutawney Fill but it’ll cost you extra. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/233 "2016-02-02T23:17:06Z")
Well, it’s groundhog’s day…again. (Also, Happy Bday to ME! woooo! and so forth…) ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/234 "2016-02-02T23:58:03Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I thought she was just your stereotypical small-town bad girl. Me too. She was miffed they weren’t going to a costume party. Who takes a hooker to a costume party? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/235 "2016-02-03T02:25:59Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Me too. She was miffed they weren’t going to a costume party. Who takes a hooker to a costume party? I see someone’s never been to Thailand. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/236 "2016-02-03T02:36:12Z")
Phil: Ned Ryerson - I have missed you so much. [hugs him] I don’t know where you’re headed, but… can you call in sick? [keeps hugging him and rubbing his back] Ned: Uh… I gotta get going. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/237 "2016-02-03T05:27:00Z")
Does he have to use the words “poopy-pants”? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/238 "2016-09-26T16:27:40Z")
> **[Bill Murray to Receive Mark Twain Prize for Humor](https://variety.com/2016/film/news/bill-murray-mark-twain-prize-for-american-humor-1201794680/)** > > Bill Murray will become the 19th recipient of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor when he receives the award at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 23. “I’m honored by this awa… Bill Murray will get the Mark Twain Prize next month - PBS will broadcast the ceremony on Oct. 28; check local listings. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/239 "2016-09-26T19:17:55Z")
If he screws up his acceptance speech, at least he’ll have infinite tries to get it right. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-its-groundhog-day-again/527350/240 "2016-09-26T20:46:23Z")
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