{"id":45400,"date":"2016-02-02T06:02:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T11:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=45400"},"modified":"2025-02-01T01:28:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T06:28:25","slug":"happy-ned-ryerson-day-moviefanfare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=45400","title":{"rendered":"Happy Ned Ryerson Day from MovieFanFare!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/happy-ned-ryerson-day-moviefanfare\/groundhog-day-2\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45402\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-45402\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/GROUNDHOG-DAY-2.jpg\" alt=\"GROUNDHOG DAY 2\" width=\"410\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/GROUNDHOG-DAY-2.jpg 410w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/GROUNDHOG-DAY-2-300x165.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a>Now, don&#8217;t tell us\u00a0you don&#8217;t remember him. Ned&#8230;Ryerson. &#8220;Needlenose Ned?&#8221; &#8220;Ned the Head?&#8221; He did the &#8220;whistling belly button&#8221; trick\u00a0at the Case Western High talent show? Got the shingles real bad senior year, almost didn&#8217;t graduate?<\/p>\n<p>Sure, most people think of\u00a0February 2nd as Groundhog Day, but can\u00a0any true movie fan resist thinking of prolific character actor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/musite\/siteSearch.asp?search=Stephen%20Tobolowsky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Stephen Tobolowsky&#8217;s<\/a> performance as the small-town insurance salesman and former high school acquaintance of TV weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray), who just can&#8217;t help running into him on the streets of Punxsutawney time and again in the 1993 comedy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/groundhog-day\/043396226456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Groundhog Day<\/a>? Here&#8217;s to you, &#8220;Needlenose&#8221; Ned Ryerson.\u00a0Bing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sure, to most people Feb. 2nd is simply Groundhog Day, but can any movie fan resist thinking of Stephen Tobolowsky&#8217;s insurance salesman and former high school acquaintance of TV weatherman Phil Connors (Bill Murray) today? 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