A long sidenote on the names for every character, including the ones you don't know have names, in #GroundhogDay. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

a blog entry about choices made, moments worth repeating, and maybe the futility of wanting to change things. #GroundhogDay ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

this is me performing the DJ bits from the movie and from the musical, plus all those versions themselves. enjoy. #GroundhogDay ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

Phil wakes himself up with some cold water while DJ and Sidekick do their thing, then Phil meets Man in Hallway and we take a look at the life and career of Ken Hudson Campbell. #TimeLoop of the Week: The Lazarus Project #GroundhogDay ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

From Benesh to Izod to Jung to Nietzsche, the connection between dreaming and viewing (and reexperiencing) a film. #TimeLoop of the Week: Loop (2019). #GroundhogDay ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

Drifting from Benesh into Izod gets me sidetracked by Wonder Woman and the #TimeLoop of the Week is politics, there's almost no mention of #GroundhogDay and I picked the wrong entry for Izod so that discussion in more detail will have to wait. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

A one-off episode that starts with suggesting that sometimes life is its own #TimeLoop of the Week, then gets into critiquing a guy who watched #GroundhogDay every day for a year and only wrote one article about the experience. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

Continuing my critique of Benesh with the digestive metaphor and the resperation metaphor in #GroundhogDay. Plus: #TimeLoop of the Week: Day Break. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

continuing with Benesh and the digestive metaphor, then #timeloop of the week: Dead of Night, a movie that changed our understanding of the universe. #groundhogday ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

Continuing a look at Benesh, the digestion metaphor, the #groundhogday effect, and whether or not phil is actually trying to become a better version of himself. #TimeLoop of the week: The Rings of Power: Doomed to Die. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

exploring benesh's (2011) doctoral dissertation on #groundhogday, symbolism in hands, in lines/bars/stripes... or NOT, and seeing the forest AND the trees. Plus, #timeloop of the week: Long Beach Landmark Theatre Company's production of Groundhog Day: The Musical. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

from pelvic tilt to cherry street, hanging out with richard henzel to time loop of the week: ghost of camp blood. #groundhogday ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

a look into a deleted scene, phil talking to a science teacher and then watching an elementary class performing the story of the frog prince. #groundhogday ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

Since Ramis brings up Eugene V Debs in his commentary track, here is an overview of Debs, socialism, the American Railway Union, the Pullman Strike and the violent response from corporate and government interests. #groundhogday ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

the third of a trio of entries written upon the death of Harold Ramis. #groundhogday ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

the second blog entry i wrote upon the death of harold ramis, exploring the idea of being better. #groundhogday ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

The first blog post I wrote upon the death of Harold Ramis, talking about his legacy and his life. #GroundhogDay ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

Taking a look at the career of Harold Ramis, his bio, his credits, and his obituary. #groundhogday ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

as the van arrives in the town square of Punxsutawney, we look at the process of getting from Danny Rubin's original script to the final revision with Harold Ramis. time loop of the week: The Final Girls. #GroundhogDay ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

Discussing the life and career of Danny Rubin, with brief sidetracks into Twin Peaks Radio, Movies-by-Minutes, Michael Schulman, Groundhog Day: The Musical, and How to Write Groundhog Day. #GroundhogDay ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

More on Heidi... Heida 2, then the start of an exploration of two art installations: Heidi 2 by Sue De Beer & Laura Parnes and Heidi by Mike Kelley & Paul McCarthy. #groundhogday ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

A brief bit about the existence (or not) of Heidi II. #groundhogday ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

Phil's need to eat, or lack thereof; his physical fitness; and what dressing up as The Man With No Name means as a metaphor. #themanwithnoname #clinteastwood #groundhogday ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

describing blood sausage gets me sidetracked with benesh and the digestive metaphor in #groundhogday ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

phil becomes the groundhog, larry is a proto-phil, and phil and rita trade words on the way from blairsville, pa to algonquin, il, to woodstock, il ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

reading the opening scene from the final revision of the script (and a little bit from the third revision) before we get to minute 6 of the film next episode ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

hofstadter, a strange loop as gospel play, benesh, izod, consciousness, jung, nietzsche, heraclitus, back to the future, and bill & ted's excellent adventure ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

strange loops, religion, pathological demand avoidance, friends, the groundhog day effect, re-experiencing stories, assholes, presidential debates, finding community, and looping with purpose ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

douglas hofstadter's strange loops, creating stories that are uniquely yours, finding meaning in a world increasingly meaningless, inside out 2, ex machina, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, groundhog day, fiction, religion, the self, free will, and my fundamental understanding of the universe time loop of the week: a strange loop: a musical a…

a detailed history and explanation of the swallows journey to and from capistrano ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

the van leaves pittsburgh; imdb goofs get it wrong; credits for jennifer butler, pembroke j herring, david nichols, and john bailey; rita may be a robot; and swallows return to capistrano time loop of the week: this episode ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

the van leaves pittsburgh; imdb goofs get it wrong; credits for pembroke j herring, david nichols, and john bailey; swallows return to capistrano time loop of the week: graymatter (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sibCmyoTkss) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

bill murray, the problematic actor; his personal life and allegations of abuse; his erratic behavior on, but mostly off, set ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

a blog entry about the marriages of harold ramis and bill murray, drifting into thoughts about permanence and grief, and getting sidetracked by a story idea i had years ago ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

a blog entry about the feud between bill murray and harold ramis and whether or not it ever ended. plus, a surprise time loop of the week: the endless ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

from reviews of murray's performance to my own critique of him as an actor, this blog entry reading gets interrupted by a long ramble about my favorite films, letterboxd, and my cock & bull movie talk podcast ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

phil seeing rita for the first time, casting by howard feuer, the pittsburgh skyline, and time loop of the week: game changer - "deja vu" ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

melatonin, hibernation, the pineal gland, and the groundhog ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

imbolc, candlemas, the immortal punxsutawney phil, and some science behind the holiday. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

continuing the cataloging of sexist details in groundhog day, touching on the topics of masculinity and femininity, empowerment and oppression, and phil's improvement as a person. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

this entry was the start of a several-day attempt to catalog the specific instances of sexism in groundhog day. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

patriarchy, simulational reality, sexism, nancy, chivalry, how phil identifies others, slasher films and feminism, and i get sidetracked by siskel and ebert. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

sex and violence in groundhog day; the effect of sex, violence, and profanity on box office; and the protestant work ethic and the use of force. rita's groundhog day: https://vimeo.com/82162912?share=copy ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

what time is it? carol bivens, some science, some historical context, chris elliott, willie garson, and time loop of the week: river. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

bonus episode about the film 'perfect days' and komorebi, the sunlight leaking through the trees. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

reading from the blog--and adding some extra commentary--in regards to phil's jilted ex lover stephanie decastro, whether or not phil is self-cursed, and seeing phil actually be apologetic and supportive. plus, some 80s-offensive display of witchcraft. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

taking a look at the beginning of the third revision of the screenplay with phil's boss gil and phil's 'girlfriend' stephanie decastro. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

looking at how danny rubin's original script begins, the unnecessary voiceover, phil predicting phil's behavior, and how phil counted his days in the loop (and why you shouldn't). ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

phil gives his first weather report after saying he wants to be in a big blue nothing. time loop of the week: groundhog lays. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black

tao te ching, siddhartha, nietzsche, eternal recurrence, derrick jensen, ralph waldo emerson, daniel quinn, and the usefulness of memory ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★由robert e g black