John and Craig pay their respects to Harold Ramis with an episode devoted entirely to Groundhog Day.
Ramis and co-writer Danny Rubin fashioned a deceptively simple story that upended expectations and essentially created a new genre of supernatural predicament comedies. Often imitated but never surpassed, Groundhog Day is smarter than you remember, cleverly side-stepping logic traps to explore deeper philosophical questions.
So grab your toaster and give Ned Ryerson a hug. It’s time to relive Groundhog Day.
Links:
* Chicago Tribune’s [Harold Ramis obituary](http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-02-24/entertainment/chi-harold-ramis-dead-20140224_1_harold-ramis-chicago-actor-second-city)
* Ramis on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Ramis)
* Groundhog Day on [Amazon](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000SP1SH6/?tag=johnaugustcom-20) and [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day_(film))
* [How to Write Groundhog Day](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0072PEV6U/?tag=johnaugustcom-20) by Danny Rubin
* [Warner Bros. Logo Design Evolution](http://annyas.com/screenshots/warner-bros-logo/) compiled by Christian Annyas
* [Shogun](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0440178002/?tag=johnaugustcom-20) by James Clavell
* [Outro](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros) by Scriptnotes listener Jonas Bech
You can download the episode here: [AAC](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_133.m4a) | [mp3](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_133.mp3).
**UPDATE** 3-6-14: The transcript of this episode can be found [here](http://johnaugust.com/2014/scriptnotes-ep-133-groundhog-day-transcript).