Chris Elliott shares a fond memory of Harold Ramis filming Groundhog Day

The film groundhog day it’s a classic. It follows a reporter named Phil (Bill Murray), who is a disgruntled narcissist. He goes to cover the Groundhog Day festivities in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, where he begins to live every day in a loop, waking up every day on Groundhog Day, to the same people saying the same things, and only he knows.

The movie is a blast and still holds up, despite the major problems Murray caused on set. The film had a great cast, including Andie MacDowell, Brian Doyle-Murray, Stephen Tobolowsky, Willy GarsonAND Chris Elliott.

Elliott has had a solid career in the years since its creation groundhog dayand went on to make some great TV shows including Everyone loves Raymond, Heart of an eagle, how I Met Your MotherAND Schitt’s Creek, as well as several films. But he still looks back on the filming with fondness.

In a recent interview with EW, which you can check out below, Elliott recalled working with the late, great director Harold Ramis ON groundhog day. Elliott was working as a writer Late Night with David Letterman at the time, and had aspirations of working Saturday night live. He remembered:

“One time we went out to dinner and he said to me… I told him ‘Saturday Night Live’ to me was like THE good show. And you know, when I first started working for Dave, I thought, ‘This is going to be my stepping stone to Saturday Night Live,’ but he said, you know, the feeling up there, and certainly with him, was that Dave was the good show. , and I thought it was sweet for him to stay that way for me. He was such a nice and kind George Harrison personality. You know, just a really peaceful guy. It’s a great movie. It still holds.

Elliott actually went on to join the cast of Saturday night live the following year, and stayed for one season before reverting to David Letterman for several more years. It’s great that he has those memories of Ramis and has fulfilled a dream by joining SNL. He is a great comedian and to me he will always be fondly known as Roland Schitt.