{"id":59410,"date":"2026-02-02T08:11:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T13:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=59410"},"modified":"2026-01-31T00:13:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T05:13:46","slug":"happy-ned-ryerson-day-from-moviefanfare-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=59410","title":{"rendered":"Happy Ned Ryerson Day from MovieFanFare!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57379\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MFF-GROUNDHOG-DAY.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MFF-GROUNDHOG-DAY.jpg 470w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/MFF-GROUNDHOG-DAY-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now,\u00a0<strong>don\u2019t<\/strong>\u00a0tell us\u00a0you don\u2019t remember him. Ned\u2026Ryerson. \u201cNeedlenose Ned?\u201d \u201cNed the Head?\u201d He did the \u201cwhistling belly button\u201d trick\u00a0at the Case Western High talent show? Got the shingles real bad senior year, almost didn\u2019t graduate?<\/p>\n<p>Sure, most people think of today, February 2nd, as Groundhog Day. But can any true movie fan resist thinking of prolific character actor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Stephen%20Tobolowsky%7C401890&amp;mod=AP&amp;_gl=1*322egw*_up*MQ..&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwrMKmBhCJARIsAHuEAPSuSiMeVGR3GjhyTUkl1IBr1lZn78DqL7AjR08r3rqvZ8UjLD8uUXsaAvLHEALw_wcB#!?pagenum=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stephen Tobolowsky\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0performance as the small-town insurance salesman and high school acquaintance of TV weatherman Phil Connors (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?cr=Bill%20Murray%7C135059&amp;mod=AP&amp;_gl=1*322egw*_up*MQ..&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwrMKmBhCJARIsAHuEAPSuSiMeVGR3GjhyTUkl1IBr1lZn78DqL7AjR08r3rqvZ8UjLD8uUXsaAvLHEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bill Murray<\/a>), who just can\u2019t help running into him on the streets of Punxsutawney time and again, in the 1993 comedy\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/groundhog-day-groundhog-day\/043396226456?_gl=1%2A1rh6ari%2A_up%2AMQ..&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwrMKmBhCJARIsAHuEAPSuSiMeVGR3GjhyTUkl1IBr1lZn78DqL7AjR08r3rqvZ8UjLD8uUXsaAvLHEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>Groundhog Day<\/em><\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s to you, \u201cNeedlenose\u201d Ned Ryerson. Bing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now,\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0tell us\u00a0you don\u2019t remember him. Ned\u2026Ryerson. \u201cNeedlenose Ned?\u201d \u201cNed the Head?\u201d He did the \u201cwhistling belly button\u201d trick\u00a0at the Case Western High talent show? Got the shingles real bad senior year, almost didn\u2019t graduate? 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