Chasing Shadows, Deja Vu The Third Again The 2nd Once More With Feeling Electric Boogaloo
[alarm clock clicking to 6:00 AM]
[Sonny & Cher caterwauling to I Got You, Babe]
Ok, Campers, rise and shine! 'Cuz it's Groundhog Day!
Or, as Brenda here knows it:
"Groad Hogs Day"
Today is the day that we celebrate the.. day...by having this cheeky little fella:
aka "the guy with the crappy back end":
"Did I do that?"
...drive around town with Bill Murray looking for a weather forecaster who has no shadow. Which I think makes the weather forecaster a vampire.
Ah, American holidays.
Today is also the day when we find out if winter will end soon or not.
Hm...
[clickety click click click]
via weather.com Fourteen years and 12 hours ago
Yeah. Good luck with that, every-state-but-Florida.
So, unless shadowless weather forecasters are run over by rodent and celebrity driven automobiles, I'd say most of you are due to see a lot more of this:
"Squashed octopodes?"
Er, no. I mean this:
"Blue crabs?"
No, no, no!
THIS:
[crickets chirping]
Oh, never mind.
Happy Grounn Dhog Day, y'all.
Thanks to Brenda M., M.Z., Melissa B., Saundra, Karen C., Jamie, & Kevin H., who would like to remind you to never drive angry. Especially with a quadruped.
See you tomorrow, campers!
Note from john (thoJ): Yes, Groundhog Day was Sunday but what am I gonna do, NOT post this?!
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P.S. If by some chance you DON'T have this classic in your film library, I *highly* recommend it. Plus I just discovered it's only $10 Prime right now for the Blu-Ray:
Groundhog Day 15th Anniversary Blu-ray
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And from my other blog, Epbot: