A five-man crew from the YouTube channel “Beyond the Backlot” popped up in Woodstock on Wednesday for two days of filming at many of the locations used in 1993’s “Groundhog Day.” The completed 20- to 30-minute episode will debut after Jan. 1. The self-described “coolest bunch of movie nerds on the planet” kicked off filming […]
Richardson Adventure Farm at Spring Grove was the location of choice for the Jeep commercial’s bed-and-breakfast scenes, the fireworks scene, the snowshoeing scene, and the Whack A Mole scene. “The McHenry County Farm Bureau suggested us,” said George Richardson, part-owner of the farm. “And my son Ryan walked them through the location, and they liked […]
It is six more weeks of winter … according to Woodstock Willie. In front of a larger than ever crowd Sunday morning, a feistier-than-usual Willie was pulled out of his customary tree stump by handler Mark Szafran of Animal Rentals in Chicago to give his prediction to Woodstock Mayor Brian Sager. Though the crowd was […]
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