And you know, it is kind of perfect that, you know, Groundhog Day is the thing that he's coming to cover and is like the foil for his contempt.

Because, you know, we obviously have our own version of this in Canada.

It's Wyerton Willie. Look it up.

Very similar ritual.

I believe it dates from about the 1950s.

Whereas, as I understand it, I looked it up in researching for this episode.

What are the origins of

Groundhog Day? And apparently the origins come from Pennsylvania Dutch immigrants. They had

something called a Badger Day. There was a badger that had emerged from its den on a sunny day

and thus cast a shadow. There would be four more weeks of winter. So I like this. It's like he's

come from Pittsburgh, which is, you know, that's like the secular, enlightened metropole. And then he's like, comes out into the hinterland. And it's like these pagans with their primitive folk rituals. And he fucking hates it. You know, I wish there was more to say about Groundhog Day itself. But I feel, are we just older or has Groundhog Day diminished?

Has it fallen off?

Yeah.

Folks, uh, call in.

Has Groundhog Day fallen off?

Because what I would love, what I would love is for Groundhog Day, the day, to make a big

revival.

Because in, in our hypermediated, our hyper social media 24hour news cycle, iPhones and fucking Apple watches and

shit in this modern age, our secular age, for there suddenly to be a huge resurgence of

interest in. What if the Groundhog is right? That's right. We need tradition. Yeah. Wouldn't that be

nice? Importantly, I would like this to be a left progressive

thing that's right we're going to do left progressive re-enchantment through through ground through

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