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the groundhog day project

robert e g black

covering one minute of the film 'groundhog day' every friday, but sometimes having to include bonus episodes so progress will be slow and deliberate. exploring topics related to philosophy, filmmaking, religion, and the meaning of life, this show used to be part of an existential trilogy, but that no longer.

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S3 · E102
February 2 · 40 min
just trying to talk like normal people talk
in this bonus final episode, i list a few new things i noticed on my latest rewatch of #groundhogday before going through notes on the first revision of the script and realizing i still don't know what i'm doing now that this #timeloop is over. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
S3 · E101
February 1 · 20 min
just ask the weatherman
final thoughts about #groundhogday (minute 101) turn into a rant about politics and being a better person. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
S3 · E100
January 31 · 27 min
seasons come and seasons go
as the credits roll in #groundhogday minute 100, i talk about song lyrics then i get into a long ramble about what i might do after this show is over (but don't worry; i warn you when it happens if you want to skip ahead) ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
S3 · E99
January 30 · 11 min
for the whole human race
phil lifts rita over the threshold into the world in #groundhogday minute 99. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
S3 · E98
January 29 · 16 min
we'll rent to start
first i complain about #groundhogday minute 98 ruining the magic of last minute then i get into a political rant because this episode is coming out on my birthday and i was not going to cut all that. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
S3 · E97
January 28 · 14 min
is there anything i can do for you today?
phil confirms that it is no longer february 2nd, and i talk about what this means for his future in #groundhogday minute 97. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
S3 · E96
January 27 · 12 min
anything different is good
phil realizes that the loop has ended and i suggest that the longer the loop has been going the worse this ending is in #groundhogday minute 96. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
S3 · E95
January 26 · 11 min
i think i'm happy too
nevermind the cynical takes, #groundhogday minute 95 is magical. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
S3 · E94
January 25 · 11 min
i could have done it with my eyes closed
phil's night with rita rides the line between creepy and magical in #groundhogday minute 94. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
S3 · E93
January 24 · 10 min
where are we going?
larry is bought by pirates, ned might be a cat, and rita gets cold in #groundhogday minute 93. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
S3 · E92
January 23 · 10 min
sold to the little lady
an auction in three parts: i'm sold in a fundraiser my senior year of high school, phil goes for more than anyone expects in a vicious bidding war, and larry is not getting the reaction he wants in #groundhogday minute 92. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
S3 · E91
January 22 · 14 min
get out your pocketbooks
as the bachelore auction gets started, i get distracted one last time by extras--the punxsutawney king and miss punxsutawney, and daniel riggs--and there's a brief rant about capitalism in #groundhogday minute 91. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
S3 · E90
January 21 · 17 min
there is something going on with you
phil gifts wrestlemania tickets, debbie has second thoughts... again, and felix can help around the house again in #groundhogday minute 90. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
S3 · E89
January 20 · 11 min
oh, same ol' same ol'
phil and rita dance in #groundhogday minute 89, only to be interrupted by Sara and Gertie, Buster and his wife, and Fred and Debbie. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
S3 · E88
January 19 · 17 min
he's my student. i'm so proud.
phil jazzes up rachmaninoff and rita and mary dance like dorks in #groundhogday minute 88; i detail my piano teacher head canon and get into a rant about climate change and weather forecasters. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
S3 · E87
January 18 · 12 min
[no dialogue, no title]
nancy casually removes larry's hand, rita slowly walks through the crowd, and phil changes up the music in #groundhogday minute 87. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
S3 · E86
January 17 · 13 min
i think he's already in there
larry has entered his proto-phil, sleazy stage; nancy escapes and meets rita in #groundhogday minute 86. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
S3 · E85
January 16 · 12 min
call 411, an ambulance, a lawyer, a doctor, anything
phil finishes changing the tire and then shows up at a restaurant where buster green is choking on his lunch, the producer's wife needs a light, and the director's lawyer is watching in #groundhogday minute 85. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
S3 · E84
January 15 · 16 min
errands? what errands?
phil saves a boy falling out of a tree, a girl getting hit by a truck (deleted scene), and three old ladies from a flat tire in #groundhogday minute 84. plus, phil disappears all day and rita does what? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★
S3 · E83
January 13 · 14 min
when chekhov saw the long winter
i've never read any chekhov, but that doesn't stop me from criticizing rubin's reference in #groundhogday minute 83. nor does it stop me from letting rubin defend his reference in his book, nor from quoting chekhov himself, nor from getting sidetracked describing the plot of the one piece of russian literature i've read as an adult--dead souls. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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