>>> IT'S FEBRUARY 2nd.

GROUNDHOG DAY !

HERE IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS, WE HAVE OUR OWN WEATHER FORECAST .

THE MOVIE WAS FILMED IN WOODSTOCK.

AMANDA WOKE UP BRIGHT AND EARLY TO GET TO THAT CITY IN TIME.

THIS IS THE FOCUS OF THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THEORIES.

>> OKAY, RISE AND SHINE!

>> THE BAND MAYBE PLAYING THIS SONG, JUST LIKE IN THE MOVIE "GROUNDHOG DAY ."

WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THE EYES OF THE NATION?

>> BUT IT WAS NOT FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA, RATHER, IN ILLINOIS.

>> WE DO A DANCE SCENE, UP HERE.

>> THEY COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO CELEBRATE GROUNDHOG DAY.

>> ESTONIA?

>> CITY OFFICIALS MAKE AN EXCEPTION FOR THE OCCASION .

>> SHE IS IN HIBERNATION , RIGHT NOW.

>> THIS YEAR, WILLIE IS THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS.

>> I DEFINITELY SEE A SHADOW.

>> IN A MOVIE, THEY WERE SKEPTICAL OF THE WHOLE THING AND MAYBE HE WASN'T ALL WRONG, GIVEN THE 19 DEGREE CHILL.

>> YOU PEOPLE ARE NOT.

>> IT'S A CELEBRATION OF COMMUNITY AND OF CHICAGO.

THE SCREENWRITER SAID THAT WOODSTOCK WAS NECESSARY AND KEY IN THIS PROJECT.

>> IS ANOTHER STORY , ABOUT A COMMUNITY WHO WOULD CHOOSE TO COME OUT AT DAWN.

BUT THEY DO IT , TO BE GOOFY.

TO BE APPRECIATIVE .

>> OF COURSE, IT TAKES A LOT OF REPEATING THE SAME DAY .

YOU SHALL REMEMBER THE SCENE FROM BILL MURRAY'S CHARACTER.

>> WATCH OUT FOR THAT FIRST STEP!

>> BUT THE JOURNEY RAISES DEEP EXISTENTIAL QUESTIONS.

>> IF YOU WERE STUCK IN ONE PLACE AND EVERY DAY WAS EXACTLY THE SAME, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?

>> NO DEADLINE.

IF YOU HAD TO RELIVE IT .

>> A VACATION WITH MY WIFE.

>> I WOULD JUST BE WITH MY KIDS ALL DAY.

>> I WOULD WANT TO GET OUT THE WAY BILL MURRAY WANTED TO GET OUT OF THAT LOOP.

>> THIS IS A CELEBRATION UNIQUE TO OUR TOWN .

>> AND , JUST LIKE BILL MURRAY'S HAPPY ENDING -- >> I SAID, I WANT TO DANCE WITH YOU, AND IT GET TO SPEND EVERY DAY OF THE REST OF MY LIFE WITH MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE.

>> SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER!

>> THIS IS ONE TIME WHERE TELEVISION REALLY FAILED TO CAPTURE IT.

>> I, FOR ONE, AM GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.

"CHICAGO TONIGHT".

>>> GROUNDHOG DAY FESTIVITIES CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND .

THERE'S A PUB CRAWL AND BINGO AND THEN WOODSTOCK WILL HOST A