Entries from Bostonist tagged with 'groundhogday'
January 11, 2008
The Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film continues its annual Top 100 List tradition with a list of the one hundred funniest films of all time. All members were asked to contribute 20 ideas, which were then compiled into the final list of mostly modern American films. According to the press release: Many filmmakers from various eras appear more than once on the list, including Tim Burton, Charles Chaplin, Christopher Guest, Albert Brooks, John Waters, Buster......
Continue Reading "Reel Hub: "Reel" Laughs with the 100 Funniest Films"September 4, 2007
It's like Punxsutawney Phil at Groundhog Day. It's not really fall until a student plows his or her U-Haul into an overpass on Storrow Drive. This particular incident happened on Saturday afternoon, and the driver didn't stop until he or she took the roof clean off the U-Haul! The pictures on WBZ show the roof of the U-Haul dangling from the overpass, like a rumpled bedsheet. Of course, the incident clogged Labor Day weekend traffic.......
Continue Reading "Fall Is Here! The First U-Haul Gets Peeled on Storrow Drive!"February 13, 2007
The weatherpeople are making that face. That face of unrestrainable glee, trying to contort itself into a look of worried sincerity. The face that means a storm is on the way. Luckily, a small part of all of our hearts headed down I-95 yesterday, as the Red Sox equipment truck left Fenway for the warm environs of Fort Myers. "Truck Day" is becoming one of those quaint little Boston traditions. It's our Groundhog Day......
Continue Reading "Sports Redux: 18-Wheeler Fever Grips Hub"January 31, 2006
Todd Gross is a meteorologist, astronomer, astro-photographer, and TV personality currently without a station. He has been forecasting New England's weather for over 25 years, starting with the two blizzards of ‘78. Until recently he served as WHDH’s Chief Meterologist. Currently Todd is keeping his finger on the weather by drawing those arrows, forecasting, and podcasting at toddgross.com. He can only imagine forecasting the weather in an exciting, changeable environment - anywhere else would......
Continue Reading "Weather or Not: Salty Snow?"October 10, 2005
Bostonist has been enjoying Chris Elliott's humor ever since our parents let us stay up late one night back in the 80s and we saw him on Letterman. Elliott has continued to appear on Dave's show for years, and he went on to star in his own sitcom with his real father, Bob Elliott, on Fox back in 1990. Starring as a 30-year-old man who works as a paperboy living with his parents, Get A......
Continue Reading ""Cabin Boy" Writes a Book"