From: drsteerforth@yahoo.com   
      
   On Mon, 25 Dec 2023 00:33:31 -0000 (UTC), "Adam H. Kerman"   
    wrote:   
      
   >Bill Anderson  wrote:   
   >>Mack A. Damia  wrote:   
   >>>Sun, 24 Dec 2023 05:42:47 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman :   
   >>>>Mack A. Damia  wrote:   
   >>>>>Sun, 24 Dec 2023 01:30:32 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman :   
   >>>>>>Mack A. Damia  wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>>>>. . .   
   >   
   >>>>>>>"12 Angry Men"   
   >   
   >>>>>>>The one guy I don't like in that movie is Lee J. Cobb.  Not certain   
   >>>>>>>why, maybe his acting is a little too phony, too much of an   
   >>>>>>>affectation.   
   >   
   >>>>>>He and Biff weren't on speaking terms.   
   >   
   >>>>>Is it common knowledge who "Biff" is?   
   >   
   >>>>Sigh   
   >   
   >>>Just answer the question, fool.   
   >   
   >>Lee J. Cobb is noted for playing Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a   
   >>Salesman. Willy's oldest son, with whom he did not see eye to eye, was   
   >>named Biff.   
   >   
   >>I actually remembered the name, but I would not consider it "common   
   >>knowledge."  Biff in Back to the Future might qualify, especially here in a   
   >>movie discussion group, but answering the question rather than showing off   
   >>would have been a more reasonable response I think. Merry Christmas.   
   >   
   >I certainly wasn't "showing off". And in this newsgroup, in which there   
   >are discussions of old movies, yes, I was expecting it to be common   
   >knowledge. As the joke fell flat, I wasn't in the mood to explain the   
   >reference, but I really expected I'd need to. Nor did I expect to be the   
   >target of Mack's foul mood.   
      
   If it was a "foul mood", it was in response to your foul reply to a   
   simple and reasonable question.   
      
   I highly doubt that it is "common knowledge".   
      
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