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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.

tv & film philosophy

All Episodes

29:33

if you want to come back tomorrow, i could probably...

the groundhog day project ·

2026/01/03

diegetic sound; freejack and millennium; phil's reset, muscle memory, and what does phil actually learn to do in #groundhogday minute 78? plus, the names of characters that you probably don't know. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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18:53

let me give you a hand with the heavy stuff

the groundhog day project ·

2026/01/01

the timing is all wrong with phils arrival at gobbler's knob in #groundhogday minute 77, but phil knows about a version of the prognostication that is not in the movie... and he's also taking an interest in larry as a person. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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15:11

put your little hand in mine

the groundhog day project ·

2025/12/12

the time loop is watching, the clock offers infinity, baby steps, and phil's morning timing, with reference to happy death day and the map of tiny perfect things as well as a big old continuity problem in #groundhogday minute 76. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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10:36

i don't deserve someone like you

the groundhog day project ·

2025/12/09

phil continues talking... to rita, to the time loop, in #groundhogday minute 75. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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9:03

i've never seen anyone that's nicer to people than...

the groundhog day project ·

2025/12/07

while rita sleeps, phil is genuine in #groundhogday minute 74. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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9:33

i think the last thing that you heard

the groundhog day project ·

2025/12/05

rita falls asleep as phil has been reading poetry (but we only hear one line of a poem that isn't even in this book) in #groundhogday minute 73. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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20:39

you were supposed to disappear or i was or something

the groundhog day project ·

2025/12/03

ego-death, infodumping, what you get, why the time loop is not 10,000 years long, and what i'd do with a time loop... #groundhogday minute 72. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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11:52

you gotta want it

the groundhog day project ·

2025/12/01

in phil's room in #groundhogday minute 71, rita tries her hand at throwing cards in a hat and phil proclaims himself a jerk. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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12:22

if you still can't believe me

the groundhog day project ·

2025/11/29

phil convinces rita with a note and i coin an alternative to a 'plot hole' - the 'background character hole' - in #groundhogday minute 70.plus, does rita know who larry is? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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12:11

i know all about you

the groundhog day project ·

2025/11/27

phil knows about nancy, knows a tray will fall, and knows that rita likes the thighs of perfectly roasted chicken* in #groundhogday minute 69.* that's a reference from the stage musical, not the movie. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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18:50

maybe he's not omnipotent

the groundhog day project ·

2025/11/25

phil knows stuff about strangers, i (apparently) can't even remember some friends' names, fred is freaking out, and rita still isn't buying the god thing in #groundhogday minute 68. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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17:35

because i want to to believe in me

the groundhog day project ·

2025/11/23

the god phil recounts the ways he has died, doris doesn't get to say her best line, and phil is still not on the path to self-improvement in #groundhogday minute 67. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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30:56

he was a really really great guy. i really really...

the groundhog day project ·

2025/11/21

i explain electrocution badly and discuss the unselfishness banner in the dining room as phil tries death by toaster, by truck, and by swan dive before rita identifies his corpse in #groundhogday minute 66. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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7:24

he might be okay

the groundhog day project ·

2025/11/19

phil and phil fly to their fiery deaths, there's no engine, there's clearly fake lighting, and rita's hair moves... and phil wakes up in need of some toast in #groundhogday minute 65. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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8:08

there's no way out 'cept the way we came in

the groundhog day project ·

2025/11/17

phil reaches a dead end at the quarry, local cop is prepared to shoot him, and larry is already shooting (with his camera) in #groundhogday minute 64. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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12:30

he must have just snapped

the groundhog day project ·

2025/11/15

phil lets phil drive, scooter bites bill, and i still don't know where they filmed some of this chase sequence in #groundhogday minute 63. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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15:49

why would anybody steal a groundhog?

the groundhog day project ·

2025/11/13

despite goober's questions, phil steals phil (and a truck) and takes off in #groundhogday minute 62, and of course, i get briefly sidetracked by my phil connors doll and an imdb goof about a railway overpass. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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22:11

there's no way out now

the groundhog day project ·

2025/11/11

phil's depression, the necessity of the adolescent phase in personal growth, a rant about the state of american politics, and phil still connects with rita in #groundhogday minute 61. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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9:00

it's gonna be cold, it's gonna be gray

the groundhog day project ·

2025/11/09

phil takes a turn into the darkness and smashes some radios... or rather smashes one radio multiple times in #groundhogday minute 60. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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11:01

freezing their butts off, waiting to worship a rat

the groundhog day project ·

2025/11/07

phil knows all the jeopardy answers but that doesn't mean that he's doing okay in #groundhogday minute 59. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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