Groundhog Day

With the launch of the iPhone version of new search engine WolframAlpha, we've decided to pit it against Google in the ultimate test: Which is best for helping you cheat at quizzes?
You're familiar with the scene. You're at a pub or bar quiz and, faced with a thorny question, you can't resist just a quick Google under the table on your smartphone. It's cheating. It's naughty. And we've all done it. Google used to be the de facto cheat search engine...but can WolframAlpha's searching skills surprise us? After all, it has a vast array of stored factoids sampled from reality by Wolfram's mysterious ninja elfs, and it searches through them with a clever-sounding "computational engine." We tried ten random trivia quiz questions to find out.
Why is February second a notable day in the U.S.A.?
Google: Second hit, via wikipedia--Groundhog Day.
Wa: "No official holidays or observances.
Kit Eaton

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We got an hour with Harold Ramis for our roundtable interview-- an entire hour with the man who directed National Lampoon's Vacation, who was an original Ghostbuster, who helped write Groundhog Day, for god's sake. And though he was on hand to talk about Year One, his new comedy in which he turns Jack Black and Michael Cera into cavemen, Ramis was happy to talk about his entire career, from working with a camel on Vacation to the plans for a new, third Ghostbusters movie. He also gave an amazing, long-winded dissertation on the evolution of New Comedy, which included himself, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd and other SNL originals, and how it led to the current Judd Apatow crew. Seriously, it was a marvel. For the sake of clarity, I've divided the interview into sections, starting with the Ghostbusters stuff-- talk about the new video game and the upcoming movie--

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4/5 by Eric Sloss, writer.   Jack Black and Michael Cera are talented comedians who go about their craft in vastly different ways.  Black is a big presence whose actions on screen usually go over the top.  Cera is more of a subtle personality.  I liken him to a present day Bob Newhart.  He is a quiet unassuming type.  In “Year One”, they are paired together to form a very funny comedy team.   Harold Ramis (“Groundhog Day”, “Caddyshack”) helms this comedy ro...

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