Song of the Day 2/2: Nat King Cole, “Almost Like Being in Love”
In Punxatawney, Pa., Phil the groundhog somehow saw his shadow through the snowflakes, meaning it’s six more weeks of winter. But the view from my window, snow blanketing anything, looked more like Feb. 3 in the Bill Murray film. That’s the point when this Lerner and Loewe tune from “Brigadoon” plays and the credits roll.
I was watching Groundhog Day earlier today and a couple things dawned on me. The term Ground Hog day has become a part of our lexicon the same way Scrooge has. And the movie is 28 years old!
It was frequently cited in that context — “It’s Groundhog Day all over again” — by my late, great colleague Allan Loudell.