remember
me. I sure as heckfire remember you.
Not a chance.
Ned!
Ryerson!
Needlenose Ned. Ned the Head.
Come on, buddy, Case Western High!
I did the whistling bellybutton
trick at the talent show.
Bing! Got the shingles real bad
senior year. Almost didn't graduate.
Bing again!
I dated your sister a couple times
till you told me not to anymore.
Well?
Ned Ryerson?
Bing!
Bing.
Did you turn pro with
that bellybutton thing?
I sell insurance.
- What a shock.
- Do you have insurance?
If you do, you could always use more.
Am I right or am I right or am I right?
I would love to stand
here and talk with you.
But I'm not going to.
See you.
That's all right! I'll walk with you.
I see an opportunity,
I charge it like a bull.
Ned the Bull, that's me now.
I got friends who live and
die by the actuarial tables.
I say it's all one big crapshoot anyhoo.
Ever heard of single-premium life?
That could be the ticket for you.
Oh, God!
It is so good to see you!
What are you doing for dinner?
Something else.
It's been great seeing
you, Needlehead. Take care.
Watch out for that
first step. It's a doozy!
Phil!
Phil, over here!
Where have you been?
It was horrible.
A giant leech got me.
You're missing all the
fun. These people are great!
Some of them partied all night.
They sing till they get cold.
Then they go sit by
the fire and get warm.
Then they come back and sing some more!
They're hicks, Rita.
So did you sleep okay without me?
You tossed and turned, didn't you?
You're incredible.
Who told you?
It's groundhog time.
Okay. On me in three...
...two, one.
Once a year, the eyes of the
nation turn to this tiny hamlet...
...to watch a master at work.
The master?
Punxsutawney Phil...
...the world's most famous
weatherman. The groundhog.
Who, as legend has it, can
predict an early spring.
The question we have
to ask ourselves is:
" Does Phil feel lucky?"
Every year, the guy comes with
a big stick and raps on the door.
They pull the little
rat out, talk to him.
The rat talks back. Then
they tell us when it'll end.
Isn't he cute?
Do you like the guys with
the prominent upper teeth?
This February 2nd, at
7:20 and 30 seconds...
...Punxsutawney Phil...
...the seer of seers...
...prognosticator of prognosticators...
...emerged reluctantly...
...but alertly...
...in Punxsutawney, PA...
...and stated in groundhog-ese...
..." I definitely see a shadow. "
Sorry, folks.
Six more weeks of winter.
On me in three...
...two, one.
This is one time where
television fails...
...to capture the excitement
of a large squirrel...
...predicting the weather.
I'm grateful to have been
here. From Punxsutawney...
...this is Phil Connors. So long.
Want to try it again
without the sarcasm?
We got it. I'm out of here.
Prima donnas.
Oh, boy. Take a look at this.
What is going on?
I don't know. Perhaps that
blizzard we're not supposed to get.
This is impossible.
Nobody honks this
horn but me, okay, pal?
Take it out of here.
Commander, what's going on?
Nothing. We're closing the road.
- Big blizzard moving in.
- It's a couple of flakes.
Don't you listen to the weather?
I make the weather.
All this moisture from the Gulf
will push off to the east in Altoona.
You got that moisture on your head.
You can go back to Punxsutawney...
...or you can freeze to
death. It's your choice.
So, what's it going to be?
I'm thinking.
Come on, all the
long-distance lines are down?
What about the satellite?
Is it snowing in space?
Don't you keep a line open
for emergencies or celebrities?
I'm both. I'm a
celebrity in an emergency.
Can you patch me through on that line?
Could I have one more of
these with some booze in it?
I like it here.
Going to the groundhog dinner?