The Perfect Groundhog Day

Summary

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Podcast Summary: You Betcha Radio – "The Perfect Groundhog Day"

Date: February 9, 2026
Hosts: Myles (You Betcha Guy), Ryan, Tyler, Jerrod, Brian

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Episode Overview

In this episode of "You Betcha Radio," the gang dives into a comedic, nostalgic conversation about the ideal day to relive on an endless loop – flying off the concept of the movie Groundhog Day. The hosts reminisce about workdays, college shenanigans, family events, and the most "Midwest" moments they could happily relive. The conversation—a blend of heartfelt, humorous, and occasionally roast-y banter—captures the essence of simple joys and inside jokes shared by longtime friends.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

Groundhog Day – If You Had to Relive One Day

• Premise Setup (00:00 - 01:10):
  Ryan proposes the central question: if you could be stuck in a time loop like Groundhog Day, which day would it be?

  • “What's the duration of this loop?” – Brian (00:13)
    They clarify it’s a single day on repeat, not a whole year.

• Initial Sentimental Picks (01:22 - 01:54):

  • Jerrod admits he'd pick a “most average Saturday at home with my family,” calling it “so lame, but it's just the most average Saturday at home with my family.” (01:24)
  • Tyler recalls “the day I took my son home from the hospital," recognizing the relief after NICU stress.
    “It was a breath of fresh air. That was nice. It's like taking your bra off after a long—That was nice.” – Tyler (01:38, 01:44)

Pushing for "Non-Sentimental" Days (02:01 - 03:24)

• Tyler shifts gears: “No more sentimental. We have to pick something funny. Nothing about our family, wife, or children.” (02:02)
• The group jokingly debates whether the “conception of a child” could be picked, to much laughter.

Comedic Roasting & Inside Jokes (02:22 - 04:07)

• Brian’s pick: missing out on a big golf trip—specifically the Wiffle Ball World Series—sparks friendly jabs from the others.
  “Ryan just wants to bend us over a barrel 365 times in a row.” – Jared (02:39)
  They all tease Ryan for not picking golf trips he attended with the group.
• Discussion about the group's historically poor performance at the Wiffle Ball World Series.
  Tyler sarcastically comments:
  “The one where we put up the worst performance in the history of the Wiffle Ball World Series at…” (03:13)

Work Memories & Old Office Days (04:21 - 05:56)

• Tyler cherishes:
  “Once we were full strength in the first office…the shop we had once all four of us were working there…” (04:21)

  • Vibes of uncertainty, fun, and starting fresh after COVID lockdowns.
  • Light-hearted banter about what they actually did during those days:
    “We're just editing stuff, putting chairs together for no reason.” – Tyler (04:56)

• Brian stirs the pot, referencing “NASCAR Twitch stream” days and late-night work, which everyone agrees would be “a really long day to relive over and over.” (05:27-05:41)

• Taco John's across from the old office features as a nostalgic high point—especially before it closed:
  “We hammered that Taco John's before they closed.” – Brian (05:52)

College Days and Adolescent Nostalgia (06:44 - 08:03)

• Tyler:
  “One day in college where me and my buddies would play Call of Duty all day and then go to the bar. That would be awesome.” (06:44)

• Jared and Tyler both vouch for the very specific “first warm spring Saturday in college” spent day-drinking, playing baseball, and going out—classic Midwest college experiences.

• Tyler adds a “Lake Weekend in 8th grade” for ultimate nostalgia:
  “Just have no problems whatsoever…just bum around with your friends doing dumb lake…” (07:10)

• The group riffs on classic adolescent concerns:
  “Wondering what jersey you're gonna wear the next day.” – Brian (07:38)
  “Let me end the day with a nice AOL sesh.” – Tyler (07:52)
  “Rip some Guitar Hero before bed.” – Jared (08:01)

Funny, Touching Finale (08:03 - 08:43)

• Ryan jokes his Groundhog Day would be the first day he met Ryan, which the group roasts as a “nice” answer.
• As closing banter, Brian tries to pass off used marketplace meetups as “sales meetings,” to comedic disbelief from the rest:
  “I had a sales meeting day I sold a cooler. Marketplace meetups are sales meetings.” – Brian (08:31)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• “[On taking his son home] It was a breath of fresh air. That was nice. It’s like taking your bra off after a long—That was nice.” – Tyler (01:44)
• “No more sentimental. We have to pick something funny. Nothing about our family, wife, or children.” – Tyler (02:02)
• “Ryan just wants to bend us over a barrel 365 times in a row.” – Jared (02:39)
• “The one where we put up the worst performance in the history of the Wiffle Ball World Series…” – Tyler (03:13)
• “We're just editing stuff, putting chairs together for no reason.” – Tyler (04:56)
• “We hammered that Taco John's before they closed.” – Brian (05:52)
• “Just have no problems whatsoever…just bum around with your friends doing dumb lake [stuff].” – Tyler (07:10)
• “Let me end the day with a nice AOL sesh.” – Tyler (07:52)
• “Rip some Guitar Hero before bed.” – Jared (08:01)

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• 00:00 – 01:10: Setting up the Groundhog Day loop premise
• 01:22 – 01:54: Sentimental family moments
• 02:01 – 03:24: Funny & non-sentimental picks, playful ribbing
• 04:21 – 05:56: Nostalgic workdays and Taco John's memories
• 06:44 – 08:03: College days, lake weekends, and classic Midwest adolescence
• 08:03 – End: Wholesome, comedic wrap-up and final roasts

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Summary

This episode is a classic example of “You Betcha Radio” at its best—where absurd Midwestern nostalgia, good-natured teasing, and heartfelt moments come together. From recalling chaotic Wiffle Ball tournaments to savoring Taco John's and retelling lazy college weekends, the gang gives listeners a welcome window into their favorite days (and what makes Midwest man culture so uniquely relatable and funny).

Transcript

[Ryan]

First name, last name. If you were stuck in a loop, like Bill Murray and Groundhog's Day, when and where would you want to be stuck?

[Brian]

What's the duration of this loop?

[Ryan]

I think a year.

[Brian]

Is that a year?

[Ryan]

I think it's a year. I think somebody did the math on Groundhog's Day.

[Tyler]

Was like, so, basically, what's the best year of your life?

[Ryan]

Yeah, let's do a year.

[Brian]

The last year, probably 2001 4.

[Tyler]

That was when you were heavy with your college boys or what?

[Brian]

When I was slicing and dicing on the mound.

[Ryan]

So it'd just be like one of the. Your best games. Groundhog Day.

[Brian]

Well, you said it was a year.

[Ryan]

Yeah, but it's. Have you seen Groundhog Day?

[Jared]

No. Okay, me either. I know it's a time loop, but.

[Ryan]

You replay the same day over and over again for, like, year or five years.

[Tyler]

Oh, I did think you meant. You did one whole year.

[Ryan]

No, it's the same day for.

[Tyler]

I was like, years, time.

[Jared]

That's not.

[Tyler]

That's not Groundhog Day. That's Groundhog's Year.

[Jared]

So we do get out of the loop eventually.

[Ryan]

Eventually.

[Jared]

Sick.

[Ryan]

I forget if it's a year or five years, the actual length of it.

[Tyler]

I mean, I've just had just a lot of good days.

[Jared]

Yeah.

[Tyler]

You know, it's a tough one.

[Jared]

This is so lame. But it's just the most average Saturday at home with my family.

[Tyler]

Yeah, I know.

[Jared]

I know.

[Tyler]

The day took my son home from the hospital.

[Jared]

No, that. That day was hectic as hell. You're all anxious in the car ride. You drive, like, 10.

[Tyler]

Not for me. He was in the NICU for two weeks. It was a breath of fresh air.

[Jared]

Yeah.

[Tyler]

So. That was nice. It's like taking your bra off after a long. That was nice.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Tyler]

It's a good one. Tyler.

[Jared]

No, I didn't know.

[Tyler]

You're gonna go sentimental with this. All right, no more sentimental. We have to pick something funny.

[Jared]

Okay.

[Tyler]

We have to pick something that's not about our family, our wife, or our children.

[Brian]

What if it was conception of your first child?

[Tyler]

Yeah, that's. Yeah, it's. If sex is involved, you can.

[Jared]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Tyler]

No, no, no, no.

[Brian]

Okay, we'll accent.

[Tyler]

No wives, no family, no children.

[Jared]

Okay.

[Brian]

I'd probably say. I'd probably say my golf trip this last summer that I missed out on was Wiffle ball World Series 4.

[Jared]

You'd really.

[Ryan]

That's so mean.

[Tyler]

That is just the deepest cut. And it hurts so bad.

[Jared]

Ryan just wants to bend us over a barrel. 365 times in a row.

[Tyler]

I've gone on at least two golfing trips with Ryan, and he still chose the one.

[Jared]

Yeah.

[Brian]

It's the freshest one. In my mind. It's the freshest one.

[Ryan]

Words.

[Tyler]

The most is being so close. Mean jar and having so much to say. If you guys want me watching you walk away. Yeah. You got to put a dollar in the mean jar. That was just straight up mean. Could have picked any other golf trip, whatever.

[Brian]

That one.

[Tyler]

The one, the one. The one where we, we, we, we. And we put up the worst performance in the history of the Wiffle Ball World Series at.

[Jared]

In its final year. So, like, there's never even enough for someone to do.

[Brian]

That's what bums me out the most, is that there's.

[Jared]

Don't.

[Tyler]

You're not bummed out at all.

[Brian]

No, I am.

[Tyler]

You just chose that as your favorite day in the whole wide world.

[Brian]

You're.

[Jared]

Yeah. Beside your family and your children and your wife. That's your favorite memory.

[Brian]

So it's the freshest in my mind. My second favorite golf trip. If it, if these. Okay, let me put it this way. If these golf trips just happen to occurred on the same day. The bachelor party. Bachelor party. Golf, golf day with bottle service that night, I'd pick that one.

[Jared]

That was fine.

[Tyler]

Good save.

[Jared]

Yeah. I was gonna say, I was thinking.

[Brian]

If I would have put those on the same day, but because one was three almost four years ago, and one was eight months ago.

[Tyler]

Decency bias.

[Jared]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Golf you can't pick up.

[Tyler]

Yeah, no.

[Brian]

Golf.

[Tyler]

Son of a. I, I, I'll maybe do a Mount Rushmore. How's that work? All right, Mount Rushmore is once we were full strength in the first office, the, the shop we had once all four of us were working there because. Did you work there, Jared? Oh, yeah.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Tyler]

One of those days.

[Jared]

Okay.

[Tyler]

Just a random one of those days where we're back in there. We don't really know what the we're doing. You guys are like, why did this guy hire us? He hasn't told us what to do at all.

[Jared]

We're just, we're just editing stuff to.

[Tyler]

Edit it, putting chairs together for no reason.

[Jared]

You know, like right after we came back from working from home during COVID like, right then we. We hit the ground running after Covid.

[Brian]

I mean, the ground had been hit running by me because I wasn't working.

[Tyler]

Oh, God, here we go.

[Ryan]

Brian, maybe.

[Tyler]

It's so mean. Yeah.

[Jared]

What happened?

[Tyler]

So me.

[Brian]

I'm not.

[Tyler]

I just said I'd want to Relive that day with you guys.

[Brian]

No, I know.

[Tyler]

Entire year.

[Brian]

No, I was just making a comment about something Tyler said. Would it be a potential NASCAR twitch stream day?

[Tyler]

It could be. Sounds great.

[Brian]

Those are.

[Tyler]

Even though it caused me a lot of pain, those streams.

[Jared]

It would be a really long day to relive over and over.

[Tyler]

So hot.

[Jared]

Those twitch stream days.

[Brian]

11:30Pm yeah, midnight.

[Jared]

Sometimes, like, we don't even get to go home at the end of our. At the end of our Groundhog Day.

[Brian]

And then what made matters worse is the Taco John's right. Just right across the parking lot. Shut down, closed.

[Tyler]

We'd pick pre clothes for sure.

[Brian]

Yeah, we hammered that Taco John's before they closed.

[Jared]

We were their number one customers.

[Ryan]

Yeah, but like the thing with Groundhog Day, you can, like, do whatever you want. That so.

[Jared]

Yeah, there's no repercussions. You just repeat Miles your caviars here.

[Tyler]

Oh, really?

[Jared]

Yeah.

[Tyler]

Hi.

[Brian]

We're working.

[Tyler]

Did she text me? She said, what about yours? Jared said, I'm coming to the office. Can you open the door in 10 minutes? Ish.

[Jared]

And that was 35 minutes ago.

[Tyler]

That was 25 minutes ago.

[Jared]

So just text her back now. Say no.

[Tyler]

Just tell her we're almost done.

[Ryan]

Yeah, she left.

[Tyler]

Come on, Jared.

[Brian]

Yeah, she knows her way around.

[Tyler]

I think another day would just be one day in college where me and my buddies would play like, Call of Duty all day and then go to the bar. Yeah, that would be awesome.

[Jared]

Yeah. First warm spring Saturday in college where you day drink. Maybe go to, like, baseball, do something outside.

[Tyler]

Yep.

[Jared]

Can then get hammered and go to the bars.

[Tyler]

Some beard arts.

[Jared]

Yep. You walk everywhere.

[Tyler]

And then I would actually like to live like I used to. Like maybe like 8th grade. Like a weekend at the lake. One of those days where you just have no problems whatsoever. You could just bum around with your friends doing dumb lake.

[Brian]

Yeah.

[Tyler]

Sounds pretty sick.

[Brian]

Yeah. Talking about, like, chicks and stuff. Yeah.

[Jared]

Yeah.

[Ryan]

Yeah. Hell yeah.

[Tyler]

Yeah.

[Brian]

Wondering what jersey you're gonna wear the next day.

[Jared]

I swear to God, you're not screen peeking when you play Call of Duty.

[Tyler]

Yeah, just the boys wondering if you've.

[Brian]

Ever talked with that. That girl in 8th grade face to face. Or if you just have a sender.

[Ryan]

Yeah.

[Tyler]

Let me end the day with a nice AOL sesh. Yeah.

[Brian]

Mom and dad were gone. Didn't need to get off the Internet.

[Jared]

Rip some Guitar Hero before bed.

[Ryan]

Yeah, mine would probably be the first day I met Ryan. That was a good, nice.

[Tyler]

Dude, that is so nice.

[Jared]

That could be the same. That could be the day you pick for the bunker. Jared's first day. When he meets Ryan, he comes in, double up. Yeah.

[Tyler]

Yeah, we could doc a Groundhog Day. Double up.

[Brian]

I think I was probably out on, like, sales meetings or something.

[Tyler]

Sales meeting? You've never been, ever.

[Jared]

What do you mean?

[Brian]

I had a sales meeting day I sold a cooler. Marketplace meetups are sales meetings.

[Jared]

Yeah, technically.

[Tyler]

It's actually a great way to phrase that.

[Brian]

I got sales meeting at 12:30. It won't last long.