As the guy who literally wrote the book on dates and movies, I should note that today is Groundhog Day and there’s an obvious choice for what movie one should watch.

In the streaming era this should be easy, right? It’s a popular movie; just see what streaming service has it.

(Pause for clicking through options.)

Clever, clever, the folks at Netflix are, who dropped Groundhog Day from their roster on January 31, making us calendar-following chumps pony up a few bucks on Amazon to see it. It’s not as though they don’t understand what day people will want to watch this movie. They understand exactly when people will want to watch this movie, and double down on some dirty “surge pricing” to collect a few bucks.

Weak move, Netflix.