Stupidest holiday ever = a really good movie

Friday night I get home at about midnight and Groundhog Day, the movie, is on TBS.
As I believe that Groundhog Day, the holiday, is perhaps the lamest of all holidays, this was the first time that I realized that it was, indeed, early on February second, and that a fat, pampered, probably sedated rodent would soon be prodded from it's shelter so we could know if there will be six more weeks of winter.
Hey, dumbasses, it's FEBRUARY SECOND. We'll be lucky if there's ONLY six more weeks of winter (see previous post).
Now, I don't live anywhere near Punxatawney, PA, but when I look out my window here in Idaho, there's a foot of snow on the ground, and that snow is on top of a sheet of ice that will likely still be in the shady spots come May Day, another useless holiday. Last week three days didn't get above eight degrees. I'm confident that whether or not Phil the groundhog sees it's shadow the weather here will not be affected.
So, it was midnight and a few minutes and I sit down to decompress and watch Groundhog Day, the movie. There's a few movies that whenever they're on cable, I will set the remote aside and just enjoy them even if I've seen them a thousand times already. Groundhog Day, Dodgeball, any Pink Panther movie with Peter Sellers, X-Men 2, Blade, the underated The Gift, among many others.
So there I sit, in my long underwear, a bowl of Lucky Charms resting on my ample belly, and I still laugh out loud (I nearly choked on my cereal) when Bill Murray "kills" himself with a bath and a toaster.
If you haven't seen Groundhog Day, the movie, it's about a self-obsessed weatherman who gets roped into going to Punxatawney to do a human interest piece on Punxatawney Phil, the goundhog, and the Groundhog Day festival. Murray's character is named Phil ("Like the groundhog!") Connors and he predicts that a winter storm in the area will miss Punxatawney.
Phil turns out to be wrong, and he and his crew (camerman Larry, played by Chris Elliott, and producer Rita, played by Andie MacDowell) get snowed in and have to stay the night in Punxatawney.
The next morning Phil wakes up and he thinks (as any sane human would) that it is February 3rd. However, the fates have a cruel sense of humor, and Groundhog Day, February 2nd is repeated, much to Phil's chagrin. Hilarity ensues, because we, the audience, are in on the joke, and Phil is not.
Day after day, Phil awakens to find himself still in Punxatawney on February 2nd. He at first attempts to find a way out but he cannot. Then despair sets in and he tries to escape via death. But no matter how he "kills" himself, he still awakens the next day, same time, same place.
Eventually Phil sees the error of his previous ways and he begins to grow and learn and become a better person. Eventually, the Groundhog Day fates release him after he finds true love. Awwww, that's so sweet.
This is one of my favorite comedies ever. Bill Murray shows a lot of range in this film, range that would later serve him in shows like Rushmore and Lost In Translation. I give it four-and-a-quarter stars.