web01.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:22:33 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Nostalgium Arcanum - Episodes Tagged with “Harold Ramis” https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/tags/harold%20ramis Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0800 Each episode we add a new entry to the Nostalgium Arcanum, a repository for the movies, tv, music, games, and other pop culture that still enchants us today. Find us on the socials by googling "Nostalgium". en-us episodic A Repository For The Pop Culture That Made Us Who We Are Doug Lief Each episode we add a new entry to the Nostalgium Arcanum, a repository for the movies, tv, music, games, and other pop culture that still enchants us today. Find us on the socials by googling "Nostalgium". yes nostalgia, 1980s, 80s, 1990s, 90s, movies, tv, television, music, toys, video games, games, nerd, geek Doug Lief djlief@gmail.com Groundhog Day https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/182 83bbe793-0704-4b92-985b-d58c88271655 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0800 Doug Lief full Doug Lief Well its Groundhog Day... again... Part comedy, part horror, part romcom, part existential crisis, and part philosophical religious experience, Harold Ramis and Bill Murray deliver a monumental filmmaking achievement in the form of weatherman Phil Connors' unexplained incarceration on February 2. This inventive and influential film casts a shadow worthy of its prognosticating namesake rodent. We're joined by our friend Matt Powers to gather at Gobbler's Knob and celebrate why Groundhog Day still has us, babe. Watch out for that first step. It's a doozy! 2:14:56 yes Well its Groundhog Day... again... Part comedy, part horror, part romcom, part existential crisis, and part philosophical religious experience, Harold Ramis and Bill Murray deliver a monumental filmmaking achievement in the form of weatherman Phil Connors' unexplained incarceration on February 2. This inventive and influential film casts a shadow worthy of its prognosticating namesake rodent. We're joined by our friend Matt Powers to gather at Gobbler's Knob and celebrate why Groundhog Day still has us, babe. Watch out for that first step. It's a doozy! Be sure to also check out our monthy musical podcast, "Playing By Ear" (https://playingbyear.fireside.fm) and our limited-run Jim Henson Series, "Still Muppeting" (patreon.com/stillloadingpod). Also, be sure to check out our recent guest appearance on the Pixel Project Radio podcast discussing "Hollow Knight". (https://linktr.ee/pixelprojectradio) If you have feedback, find us on the socials here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/265036650022926/ The symbol formerly known as Twitter: @nostalgiumpod BlueSky: @nostalgiumpod.bsky.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@nostalgiumarcanum_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nostalgiumarcanum_/ You can also use YouTube, if that's your thing: https://www.youtube.com/@NostalgiumArcanum/podcasts Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions. Musical Credits: Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie) I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher I'm Your Weatherman - Delbert McClinton Pennsylvania Polka - Frankie Yankovic and his Yanks You Don't Know Me - Ray Charles Almost Like Being In Love - Nat King Cole All Score From Groundhog Day by George Fenton bill murray, andie macdowall, chris elliott, harold ramis, comedy, buddhism, time loop, fantasy, 1990s, 90s, self-improvement, punxatawney Well its Groundhog Day... again... Part comedy, part horror, part romcom, part existential crisis, and part philosophical religious experience, Harold Ramis and Bill Murray deliver a monumental filmmaking achievement in the form of weatherman Phil Connors' unexplained incarceration on February 2. This inventive and influential film casts a shadow worthy of its prognosticating namesake rodent. We're joined by our friend Matt Powers to gather at Gobbler's Knob and celebrate why Groundhog Day still has us, babe. Watch out for that first step. It's a doozy!

Be sure to also check out our monthy musical podcast, "Playing By Ear" (https://playingbyear.fireside.fm) and our limited-run Jim Henson Series, "Still Muppeting" (patreon.com/stillloadingpod).

Also, be sure to check out our recent guest appearance on the Pixel Project Radio podcast discussing "Hollow Knight". (https://linktr.ee/pixelprojectradio)

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You can also use YouTube, if that's your thing: https://www.youtube.com/@NostalgiumArcanum/podcasts

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Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher
I'm Your Weatherman - Delbert McClinton
Pennsylvania Polka - Frankie Yankovic and his Yanks
You Don't Know Me - Ray Charles
Almost Like Being In Love - Nat King Cole
All Score From Groundhog Day by George Fenton

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Be sure to also check out our monthy musical podcast, "Playing By Ear" (https://playingbyear.fireside.fm) and our limited-run Jim Henson Series, "Still Muppeting" (patreon.com/stillloadingpod).

Also, be sure to check out our recent guest appearance on the Pixel Project Radio podcast discussing "Hollow Knight". (https://linktr.ee/pixelprojectradio)

If you have feedback, find us on the socials here:
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You can also use YouTube, if that's your thing: https://www.youtube.com/@NostalgiumArcanum/podcasts

Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions.

Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher
I'm Your Weatherman - Delbert McClinton
Pennsylvania Polka - Frankie Yankovic and his Yanks
You Don't Know Me - Ray Charles
Almost Like Being In Love - Nat King Cole
All Score From Groundhog Day by George Fenton

]]> Ghostbusters 2 https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/79 cee3f274-88a5-46e0-ab3e-e8152120d448 Mon, 25 Mar 2024 01:00:00 -0700 Doug Lief full Doug Lief Too hot to handle, too cold to hold. Ghostbusters 2 is a sequel that's anything but paint-by-numbers. We're gonna call superfans Dylan Gregory and Tania Newton to blow some positively-charged slime all over a film that keeps on lifting us higher and higher. 1:43:54 yes Too hot to handle, too cold to hold. Ghostbusters 2 is a sequel that's anything but paint-by-numbers. We're gonna call superfans Dylan Gregory and Tania Newton to blow some positively-charged slime all over a film that keeps on lifting us higher and higher. If you have feedback, find us on the socials here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/265036650022926/ The symbol formerly known as Twitter: @nostalgiumpod BlueSky: @nostalgiumpod.bsky.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@nostalgiumarcanum_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nostalgiumarcanum_/ Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions. Musical Credits Intro - Dark Flute - Jim Guthrie Ghostbusters - Ray Parker, Jr. On Our Own - Bobby Brown Your Love Keeps on Lifting Me (Higher and Higher) - Howard Huntsberry Your Love Keeps on Lifting Me (Higher and Higher) - Jackie Wilson All Other Score By Randy Edelman Ghostbusters, ghost, ghosts, 1980s, 80s, movies, comedy, movie, film, snl, saturday night live, Halloween, bill murray, dan ackroyd, harold ramis, ernie hudson, rick moranis, sigourney weaver Too hot to handle, too cold to hold. Ghostbusters 2 is a sequel that's anything but paint-by-numbers. We're gonna call superfans Dylan Gregory and Tania Newton to blow some positively-charged slime all over a film that keeps on lifting us higher and higher.

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Musical Credits

Intro - Dark Flute - Jim Guthrie
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker, Jr.
On Our Own - Bobby Brown
Your Love Keeps on Lifting Me (Higher and Higher) - Howard Huntsberry
Your Love Keeps on Lifting Me (Higher and Higher) - Jackie Wilson
All Other Score By Randy Edelman

]]> Too hot to handle, too cold to hold. Ghostbusters 2 is a sequel that's anything but paint-by-numbers. We're gonna call superfans Dylan Gregory and Tania Newton to blow some positively-charged slime all over a film that keeps on lifting us higher and higher.

If you have feedback, find us on the socials here:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/265036650022926/
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Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions.

Musical Credits

Intro - Dark Flute - Jim Guthrie
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker, Jr.
On Our Own - Bobby Brown
Your Love Keeps on Lifting Me (Higher and Higher) - Howard Huntsberry
Your Love Keeps on Lifting Me (Higher and Higher) - Jackie Wilson
All Other Score By Randy Edelman

]]> Ghostbusters https://nostalgiumarcanum.fireside.fm/67 10da306c-66fb-47b8-ba8b-9b78de11f3cc Mon, 01 Jan 2024 01:00:00 -0800 Doug Lief full Doug Lief Who ya gonna call? For 40 years the story of blue-collar scientists with unlicensed nuclear accelerators exterminating paranormal threats has offered thrills, chills, and spills (of self-cooking eggs and marshmallow goo). On this episodes guests Dylan Gregory and Dan Oster (MadTV) join us to revisit why this comedy classic still has us in a trap four decades on. Grab a big twinkie and join us! 2:12:46 yes Who ya gonna call? For 40 years the story of blue-collar scientists with unlicensed nuclear accelerators exterminating paranormal threats has offered thrills, chills, and spills (of self-cooking eggs and marshmallow goo). On this episodes guests Dylan Gregory and Dan Oster (MadTV) join us to revisit why this comedy classic still has us in a trap four decades on. Grab a big twinkie and join us! If you have feedback, find us on the socials here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/265036650022926/ The symbol formerly known as Twitter: @nostalgiumpod BlueSky: @nostalgiumpod.bsky.social Threads: https://www.threads.net/@nostalgiumarcanum_ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nostalgiumarcanum_/ Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions. Musical Credits: Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie) Ghostbusters - Ray Parker, Jr. Disco Inferno - The Trammps All score from Ghostbusters by Elmer Bernstein snl, bill murray, dan ackroyd, harold ramis, sigourney weaver, rick moranis, ivan reitman, ghostbusters, afterlife, frozen empire, slimer, ectoplasm, ghosts, spirits, haunting, comedy, 1980s Who ya gonna call? For 40 years the story of blue-collar scientists with unlicensed nuclear accelerators exterminating paranormal threats has offered thrills, chills, and spills (of self-cooking eggs and marshmallow goo). On this episodes guests Dylan Gregory and Dan Oster (MadTV) join us to revisit why this comedy classic still has us in a trap four decades on. Grab a big twinkie and join us!

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Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker, Jr.
Disco Inferno - The Trammps
All score from Ghostbusters by Elmer Bernstein

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If you have feedback, find us on the socials here:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/265036650022926/
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Be sure to follow us on Instagram in particular since that's where we post bonus content, and on TikTok (@nostalgiumarcanum) for Doug's impressions.

Musical Credits:

Intro - Dark Flute (Jim Guthrie)
Ghostbusters - Ray Parker, Jr.
Disco Inferno - The Trammps
All score from Ghostbusters by Elmer Bernstein

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