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Andy Karl wishes you a Happy Groundhog Day!

by Countdowntogroundhogday on February 2nd, 2024

Andy Karl, aka Broadway’s Phil Connors, wishes you a Happy Groundhog Day![…]

Bill Murray visited Punxsutawney’s Groundhog Day celebration in 1992

by Countdowntogroundhogday on January 22nd, 2023

Find out about Bill Murray’s 1992 visit to the Groundhog Day celebration in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.[…]

Tom Hanks was considered for the role of Phil Connors in Groundhog Day

by Countdowntogroundhogday on February 8th, 2021

Tom Hanks was in consideration for the role of Phil Connors in Groundhog Day, but ultimately admitted that Bill Murray was a much better choice.[…]

Funko releasing Groundhog Day themed products for Groundhog Day 2021

by Countdowntogroundhogday on November 12th, 2020

Funko has announced that they are releasing a Funko Pop! figure based on Phil Connors from the movie Grounhog Day. The figure comes with a mini Punxsutawney Phil.[…]

Check out the extended Groundhog Day Big Game commercial!

by Countdowntogroundhogday on February 4th, 2020

Jeep has made an extended version of its now classic Groundhog Day Super Bowl commercial available with almost an extra minute of content, including even more Ned Ryerson! Check it out below![…]

Jeep’s Groundhog Day Big Game commercial now available to view

by Countdowntogroundhogday on February 2nd, 2020

As we previously reported, Bill Murray (Phil Connors), Stephen Tobolowsky (Ned Ryerson), and Brian Doyle-Murray (Mayor Buster Green) were spotted in Woodstock, Illinois last weekend, and the speculation at the time was that they were filming a “Groundhog Day” related commercial for the Super Bowl.[…]

Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son is out now

by Countdowntogroundhogday on October 9th, 2019

The VR sequel to the 1993 classic Groundhog Day, Grondhog Day: Like Father Like Son is finally available to play.[…]

Groundhog Day sequel coming in the form of Virtual Reality game

by Countdowntogroundhogday on February 8th, 2019

Sony recently announced that a sort of sequel to the classic 1993 film Groundhog Day is coming with Groundhog Day: Like Father Like Son, a VR game to be released later this year.[…]

Happy National Weatherperson’s Day

by Countdowntogroundhogday on February 5th, 2019

Today is National Weatherperson’s Day! And there’s only one person we trust to predict the weather: Phil Connors![…]

Ned got punched more in original Groundhog Day script

by Countdowntogroundhogday on January 17th, 2019

Did you know that in Danny Rubin’s original screenplay for Groundhog Day, punching Ned Ryerson is just another part of Phil Connors’ daily routine and happens continually throughout the script. Although we might assume the same in the movie, we only actually see him deck Ned one time on screen. […]