Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day in Michigan has been postponed. You didn't want to head out into all that snow to see if you could see your shadow, so why should the groundhog?

When it was released in 1993, 'Groundhog Day' was only a modest success at the box office. But thanks to a hilarious lead performance from Bill Murray, an original script cowritten and directed by Harold Ramis and a cast that includes familiar faces like Chris Elliott and Andie MacDowell, it has gone on to become a comedy classic.

The official first day of spring may have been earlier this week, but one prosecutor in Ohio thinks that winter has gone on far too long—and he blames a certain prognosticatory rodent.

Dawn Hibbard (Kettering University) talks about a tongue-in-cheek) experiment to see if Punxsutawney Phil can be replaced by a dog named "General Determination," Los Angeles voice artist and musician Donna Rawlins talks about her book "Skinny the Cat and the Magic of Kindness," and Nashville Musician Steve McComb talks about his new CD "Come On In" on The Tom Sumner P

Groundhog Day was first celebrated on February 2, 1886 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, but the legend of the groundhog’s prognosticating prowess was first established a year later. A group of devoted followers went to Gobbler’s Knob to spread word that the little rodent had special powers to determine the length of the winter. If the furry mascot emerges from its cave only to scamper back in withou

It’s Groundhog Day…again. According to legend, if it is cloudy when a groundhog emerges from its burrow, it will leave showing that winter will soon end. If it is sunny, the groundhog will see its shadow and go back into its burrow, and the winter weather will continue for six more weeks. The largest Groundhog Day celebration is held in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. The most famous weather man in Pu