This year Superbowl Sunday falls on one of our favorite holidays here at Animal Rentals…Groundhog Day. I’m so excited that we’ll get to find out whether a Seahawk can beat a Bronco on the same day that Punxsutawney Phil the groundhog tells us if Spring is coming soon or if we’ll have more wicked winter weather!
February 2nd is also a pretty important day for us at Animal Rentals because my dad and his friend Scooter the groundhog starred in the movie “Groundhog Day” with Bill Murray. Well, maybe my dad wasn’t the star, but he did get to be in the movie. You can see him holding up Scooter – who played the role of Punxsutawney Phil – to make his prediction in front of a big crowd of people in the town square.
Groundhog Day is a really funny and very popular movie. Dad says that most people don’t realize how much work goes into making a movie or a commercial or a television show. For instance, dad and Scooter had to do their same scene over and over again so that the director could get many different angles and the best take. Dad says that even though it was a lot of work, it was also a lot of fun.
I wasn’t in the Groundhog Day movie because it was filmed before I was even born. And, I guess, because I am a monkey and not a groundhog. But I am definitely still a star because have been in other commercial and print ads. Lots of my domestic and exotic animal friends are stars too, and dad has tons of experience providing animal actors for movies, television, commercials, print ads…even operas and magic shows and more! You can see pictures of me and some of my animal actor friends working in the film and advertising business by clicking here.
As far as the Superbowl…the discussion with all of my exotic animal friends here goes pretty much like this:
“A Seahawk has a great big beak and sharp strong claws so it can beat a horse, of course!”
“Yeah, but a Bronco is big and strong with a really powerful kick so it can definitely beat a bird!”
I guess we will find out who is right this Sunday. And by the way, did you know that Seahawk is another name for an Osprey and a Bronco is a horse?
