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Groundhog Day

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March 4, 2014 Scriptnotes, Story and Plot, Transcribed

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
  • Ramis on Wikipedia
  • Groundhog Day on Amazon and Wikipedia
  • How to Write Groundhog Day by Danny Rubin
  • Warner Bros. Logo Design Evolution compiled by Christian Annyas
  • Shogun by James Clavell
  • Outro by Scriptnotes listener Jonas Bech

You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3.

UPDATE 3-6-14: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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