the groundhog day project

the (staged?) snowball fight ends, phil and rita dance then go for a long walk in #groundhogday minute 52, and i'm sidetracked by the names of characters who aren't even in this minute, by lighting, and by a whole other podcast i did several years ago--mandy sucks minute. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

phil recovers from his french mistake and finds himself in a snowball fight in #groundhogday minute 51, and i get bogged down in time loop math truthers and misplaced location markers. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

phil makes an ass of himself on his date with rita and we don't quite get to him trying to fix it in #groundhogday minute 50. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Phil manipulates and memorizes his way through date night with rita and i get distracted by imdb goofs and chaos theory in #groundhogday minute 49. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

phil orders rita's favorite drink and rita sets a trap for phil in #groundhogday minute 48. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

from sure thing to 12:01, cause and effect to shadow play, maybe #groundhogday isn't all that original, but phil don't care; he's got not-so-great drinks to drink to impress rita in minute 47. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

rita describes her perfect guy, phil checks off the details, but can he really change these things about himself while inside a time loop? what can you change in a time loop? it's #groundhogday minute 46. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

vans, donuts, onions, and the social penetration theory (if i could only remember that name)... it's phil trying to get to know rita in #groundhogday minute 45. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

phil's fiance, cheap movie tickets, phil as his own shadow, and hitting up rita for ideas on what to do with a time loop... #groundhogday minute 44. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

phil embraces being weird for his date with laraine, i try not to get sidetracked by heidi ii, but do take a stab at interpreting the costume choices in #groundhogday minute 43. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

phil is getting really familiar with the day, but that doesn't mean he's been at it for a long time (wolf gnards), in #groundhogday minute 42. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

step three in phil connoring: profit. and the movie is careful to give us room to be forgiving; nancy needs to be into this or we might not like phil going forward. it's #groundhogday minute 41. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

step two in phil connoring: lie. and you know it's going well when they lie right back rather than admit they don't remember you. it's #groundhogday minute 40. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

phil sets up a new way to game the time loop with nancy taylor but i'm distracted by how phil is already altering his reality in #groundhogday minute 39. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

rita wins the conversation by using poetry to insult phil, and then she's gonna leave him behind in punxsutawney like a good producer should in #groundhogday minute 38. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

phil carb loads for the marathon to come while rita looks on in #groundhogday minute 37. plus, clocks, cakes, and blueberry waffles. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

the movie wants us to be able to forgive phil's bad behavior, starting with his kissing mrs lancaster in #groundhogday minute 36, but it also removes a person from reality, so... ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

phil crashes then rises again and i get sidetracked by location shooting and watching a completely different movie be filmed as he overtakes reality in #groundhogday minute 35. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

the police light 'goof', engine 6244, and living with the consequences (or not) of driving on the railroad tracks in #groundhogday minute 34. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

phil contemplates what it means to have no tomorrow and recounts some of the rules he's had to follow in his life in #GroundhogDay minute 33. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

phil, ralph, and gus exit the bowling alley and get into ralph's car in #GroundhogDay minute 32 and i get confused which rick is gus and which rick is ralph and after this many years of talking about this movie, you'd think i'd remember. for the record: bigger rick is gus, thinner rick is ralph. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

the violence and cuteness of sea otters, lyrics to the background song you probably don't even notice, spectating everyone else's lives, the geography of "punxsutawney", and life itself as a series of mundane activities... #groundhogday minute 31. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

local psychiatrist is new at his job and so excited about it; meanwhile, phil turns to alcohol and nostalgia in #groundhogday minute 30. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

phil is a dick to strangers, rita (apparently) loves awkward van rides, and the local neuorlogist is bad at his job in #groundhogday minute 29. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

who's in the diner right now, get sidetracked by an unavailable deleted scene, then there's a great acting beat from andie, great lines from gus, and phil really should note how like the groundhog he is... #groundhogday minute 28. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★