The Daily Show: Ears Edition - TDS Time Machine | Groundhog Day

Episode Date: February 2, 2025

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You're listening to Comedy Central. It's Groundhog Day! Yeah! And also, what the hell is Groundhog Day? This is such a strange thing to explain to anyone who doesn't live here. People pull a rodent out of the ground and then ask the animal to predict the weather.

You know what, this is so unfair because if Africans were doing this, and you heard that we pulled animals out of the ground, how would you be judging us? I mean, you realize there are villages in Africa where people wear animal skin. And if I tried to explain that Americans use groundhogs to predict the weather, they'd probably be like,

but why not use satellite data, huh? Why not? And now for our continuing coverage of Groundhog Day 99. And now for our continuing coverage of Groundhog Day 99. MUSIC LAUGHTER Yee-haw! The road less taken. Today was Groundhog Day and weathermen across the country took a break from using state-of-the-art Doppler radar to get their forecasts wrong and instead turned to a rabid marmot that eats its own stool.

In Pennsylvania, thousands of spectators waited all night in the rain to see the world's most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil. Phil did not see his shadow this year, but as usual, did set eyes on a whole bunch of people dumb enough to stand in the rain all night to watch a soggy rodent get pulled out of the dirt. In Nebraska, Unidillo the groundhog did see his shadow this morning, forecasting six more weeks of brutal winter weather, which is bad news for Midwesterners who look forward to an early spring so they can get a jump on the hot muggy summers that bring tornadoes

and flooding. And because... Not yet. And because they can't go a single day without making children cry, Peter spokesman Dan Matthews objected to the treatment of the groundhogs, saying, quote, This poor creature is dragged into the daylight with people screaming at him. You only have to look into his eyes to see how bewildered he is. Matthews reportedly then added, screaming at him. You only have to look into his eyes to see how bewildered he is.

Matthews reportedly then added, much like I am, every time I'm told to stop alienating people at parties with my freakish obsession with animals. Matthews went on to say, quote, these animals haven't volunteered their services and should be left in peace. True.

But Dan was unable to then explain how an animal who genuinely wanted to would go about volunteering for a yearly experiment to predict the weather. And that was our continuing coverage of Groundhog Day 99. I'm gonna go to the bathroom. I'm gonna go to the bathroom. I'm gonna go to the bathroom. I'm gonna go to the bathroom. I'm gonna go to the bathroom. I'm gonna go to the bathroom. I'm gonna go to the bathroom. I'm gonna go to the bathroom. I'm gonna go to the bathroom.

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and if I tried to explain that Americans use groundhogs to predict the weather, they'd be like, but why not use satellite data, huh? February 2nd, 2011. On Comedy Central's World News headquarters in New York, this is The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. As you know, today is Groundhog's Day, which means we get to find out how much longer this brutal winter will last. We're going to quickly take a look at the photo

of Puxatani Phil to see if he saw his shadow, and oh, that's not good. I guess that means six more years of winter, and we're gonna need to do Groundhog. Saturday was Groundhog Day, which leads me to ask, what the hell is Groundhog Day? This is insane. People pull a rodent out of the ground and then they ask the animal to predict the weather.

This is so unfair because if Africans were doing shit like this and you heard that we pulled animals out of the ground, like there are villages in Africa where people wear animal skin, and if I try to explain that Americans use groundhogs to predict the weather, they'd be like, ah, but why not use the satellite data? Ah, what's going on in America?

["The Daily Show with Jon Snow"] February 3rd, 2015. ["The Daily Show with Jon Snow"] From Comedy Central's World News headquarters in New York, this is The Daily Show with Jon Snow. applause What am I? Oh, it's another kind of cold and I'm going to say

s*** day here in the Northeast. That's kind of a lot of them. How much longer are we going to have to put up with this? The rough winter weather is not over. That prediction not from the National Weather Service, but from a rodent in Pennsylvania. We'll tell you something about Shepard Smith. The guy knows how to deliver a line.

I forgot. We're actually still using groundhog-based technology to predict our weather. And, uh, obviously obviously groundhog zero is Puxa Tony Pennsylvania where the Doppler 3000 of rodents was greeted by cheering throngs and Gobbler knobs best Zach Brown cover band you know I kind of feel like that guy in the audience hey I'm freezing my balls off just get to the groundhog when Phil finally looked down yes a shadow I see. Oh, did the groundhog see his shadow? Could mean there's going to be six more weeks of winter,

or that you pretty much always see your shadow when you have the place lit up like the set of Transformers. ["The Shadows of Winter"] The Klingites. Anybody would see their shadow in Klingites. You know what? That's fine. It's a cherished tradition. There's more winter. The groundhog saw his shadow. What are you going to do?

Yet several others reportedly saw no shadow. Well, I guess we'll have to teach the controversy. Or some groundhogs are lying. Why would groundhogs lie? What do they have against us? Staten Island Zoo's new resident groundhog never left his enclosure during his Groundhog Day debut. Mayor de Blasio dropped the groundhog last year. Which may or may not have contributed to its death a week later. Did you hear that? They said him dropping the groundhog

may or may not have contributed to the groundhog's death a week later. Oh! May or may have not. He dropped a groundhog off Mount de Blasio. It's right there on the video. Can we get it, grand jury? F***ing Staten Island. God!

The point is, after years... After years of this treatment, some sort of uprising is just a matter of when. Well, a groundhog delivered more than just a prediction at an event in Wisconsin. He suggests... he says... that he... When asked if it saw a shadow, Jimmy the Groundhog chomped down on the mayor's ear. He suggests, he says that he... When asked if it saw a shadow, Jimmy the Groundhog chomped down on the mayor's ear.

Oh. Oh. You know that, that's what you get for keeping grub worms in your ear. The Grub Worms Yesterday was Groundhog Day, which leads me to ask, what the hell is Groundhog Day? People pull a rodent out of the ground

and then ask the animal to predict the weather? I'm sorry, this is so unfair because if Africans were doing shit like this and you heard that we pulled animals out of the ground, like there are villages in Africa where people wear animal skin. And if I tried to explain to them that Americans use groundhogs to predict the weather, they'd be like, ah, but why not use the satellite data, huh?

-♪ The Daily Show theme music plays. For more on this story, we go to our own senior meteorologist Jordan Klepper. He's been monitoring the forecast with Westchester Walleye. Jordan, thanks for joining us. Thanks, Sean. Thank you. Sean, it has been a whale of a day here.

And I'm happy to report that Westchester Wally did not see his shadow, so spring is on the way. Are you okay? It looks like, was Wally mad at being dragged out of his hole this morning? Because it, you look... A little scrappy, it was a little... Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr You'll see your shadow in hell, boy! Ha-ha-ha! Ah! You're in a lot of trouble, Jordan. We'll be right back. I think you should have done it. -♪ Yeah! -♪

-♪ Yeah! -♪ -♪ Yeah! -♪ Today is Groundhog Day, which leads me to ask, what the hell is Groundhog Day? People pull a rodent out of the ground and then ask the animal to predict the weather? Really?

This is so unfair. Because if Africans were doing shit like this and you heard that we pulled animals out of the ground, like there are villages in Africa where people wear animal skin. And if I try to explain to them that Americans use groundhogs to predict the weather, they'd be like, but why not use satellite data?

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