JAKE WELCOME BACK, WE TAKE YOU BACK TO PUNXSUTAWNEY PENNSYLVANIA WHERE PHIL SHOULD BE MAKING HIS WEATHER PREDICTION ANY MINUTE NOW. >> Jim: THIS IS EXCITING, EVERYONE DRESSED IN FORMAL WEAR THERE. >> Janelle: LETTER. >> Jim: LIST NEVER HERE. THIS GENTLEMAN IS SPEAKING. >> IF THERE IS NO SHAD SO EARLY SPRING. >> Jim: SO HE'S THE ONE THAT SPEAKS GROUNDHOGE. S. >> PLEASE PLACE THE ROYAL RED CARPET. MR. VICE PRESIDENT, PLEASE PLACE THE SCROLLS UPON THE STUMP. >> Jim: EXCITING. >> GENTLEMEN, ARE YOU READY? ARE YOU READY? >> Jim: SO WHAT'S IT AGAIN? HE SEES HIS SHADOW? WHAT'S GOOD FOR US? >> Janelle: KATE, YOU LIST OWN. >> Kate: IF YOU WANT SPRING, YOU WANT NO SHADOW. >> Janelle: THERE YOU GO. >> Jim: OH, THIS, I HAVE TO KEEP THIS STRAIGHT. >> PHIL, PHIL, PHIL, PHIL! >> Jim: I FEEL LIKE I'M THERE! (CROWD SHOUTING PHIL, PHIL! (. >> Janelle: STAND BY EVERYBODY, THE MOMENT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR. IF THEY CAN GET IT OPEN, THAT IS. >> Kate: OH, I HOPE NOBODY GETS BIT. SOMETIMES PHIL GETS LITTLE AWNRY. >> Jim: I DON'T BLAME HIM. WAIT. >> Kate: WAKING FROM HIS SLUMBER. >> Jim: DON'T EMBARRASS ME ON TELEVISION. HERE WE GO. >> IT IS PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL FILL! >> Kate: THERE HE IS! POOR GUY. >> Jim: OH, POOR THING. HE'S LIKE NERVOUS. (CROWD SHOUTING PHIL, PHIL). >> Kate: HE DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE'S THAT IS GOOD MOOD. >> GENTLEMEN, GATHER AROUND. >> Janelle: ABOUT TO PUT HIM DOWN, WHETHER HE SEES HIS SHADOW OR NOT. >> Kate: WITH THE BRIGHT LIGHTS ON HIM? >> Jim: THAT'S GOING TO CAST A SHADOW. >> Kate: THAT WILL DEFINITELY CAST A SHADOW. >> Jim: WHO IS THE HOODIE KID, JUST POPPED OUT OF NO WHERE WITH THE GROUNDHOG. >> OKAY, WE HAVE A DECISION. >> Jim: SO NOW HE TAKES THE SCROLL, TWO SCROLLS PREPARED, AND THEY READ FROM THE SCROLL. >> PREDICTION HAS BEEN MADE, MR. PRESIDENT. >> Jim: WHERE IS THE SCROLL? OH, THERE HE IS, HERE GOES. HEAR YEE HEAR YY, ON THIS FEBRUARY 2ND, PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL, PROS COULD THE KATE OR OF WAS AWAKE ENDS FROM HIS WINTERY NAP AT DAWN ON GONE NERVE'S KNOB. PHIL LOOKED TO THE SKIES AND THEN SPEAKING IN GROUNDHOGEES DIRECTED THE PRESIDENT TO THE PROPER SCROLL WHICH READS: >> ANOTHER WINTER SLUMBER PAUSE, SO I COULD MEET THE CROWD. HARD TO SLEEP ANYWAY, WHEN THE PARTY'S THIS LOUD. I ENVY YOUR ENERGY, I ENVY THE FUN. I ENVY ALL OF YOU, AND EURO POST-ABLE THUMBS. BUT IT IS NOT WHAT I FEEL, IT IS WHAT I SEE AND WHAT YOU HEAR SO GATHER AROUND AND LET ME BE CLEAR. ATMOSPHERE IS A WONDERFUL THING. AND WE CAN CREATE OUR OWN AND THE WEATHER IT BRINGS. IT BRINGS HOPE FOR THE FUTURE AND SO MUCH MORE. MAYBE SOME PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL WRITE IN VOTES IN 2024. BUT WHAT THIS WEATHER DID NOT PROVIDE IS A SHADOW OR REASON TO HIDE. >> Janelle: KNOW SHADOW. >> GLAD TIDE ACTION ON THIS GROUNDHOG DAY, AN EARLY SPRING IS ON THE WAY! >> Janelle: WHAT? >> Jim: OH, THAT IS MIRACLE! >> Janelle: THANK YOU, PHIL, THE ONE TIME ILIAC SEPTEMBER YOUR PREDICTION. EARLY SPRING HERE WE GO. >> Jim: OH, I WOULD CELEBRATE WITH THE REST OF THE CROWD WITH A COCKTAIL BUT WE WERE TOLD NO ALCOHOL AT THIS EVENT. LOOK AT HIM. >> Janelle: AND THE CROWD GOES WILD. EVERYBODY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT NEWS, AND POOR PHIL, MY GOSH, CAN I GO BACK TO BED PLEASE? >> Jim: DID YOU SEE THE GOVERNOR IN THE BACKGROUND? >> Kate: SORRY FOR DOUBTING YOU. >> Janelle: FROM PUNS TOWN I, PENNSYLVANIA. >> Jim: THIS IS GOOD STUFF. >> Janelle: PHIL GETTING IT HIS MOMENT IN THE SPOTLIGHT, THE ONE TIME OF YEAR HE GETS
