Comedy duo: The 6 films of Ramis and Bill Murray  In the years
after “Groundhog Day,” Harold Ramis and Bill Murray had a
falling out that was only partially repaired by the time of
Ramis’ death. But before that, the two Chicagoans and one-time
Second City castmates were one of the funniest duos in film
history.  “Bill was a strong man,” Ramis once told the A.V.
Club. “He was a rock for us. You’d do a movie with Bill, a big
comedy in those early days, just knowing he could save the day
no matter how bad the script was, that we’d find something
through improvisation. That was our alliance, kind of, our big
bond.”  A ranking of their six collaborations:  1. “Groundhog
Day” (1993)  Written by Danny Rubin, whose conception had a much
heavier philosophical foundation, the movie was rewritten by
Ramis, who also directed Murray as a cynical weatherman
grudgingly taking a brainless assignment covering the
groundhog’s appearance in Punxsutawney, Pa. Getting caught up in
living the same day again and again provided both