Biff for George

Why the heck does Jerry call George `Biff`??

In article , [email] (Thomas Skogestad . Kjemiteknikk) writes...

Uh, I believe it's a _Death of a Salesman_ reference...y'know, Biff Loman who never really amounted to anything? I think that's it. Makes sense to me...

In article , [email] (Speed) writes...

It all started when George was going for a job, and Jerry told him not to whistle in the elevator. George ask something akin to "Why the hell not?", and Jerry says that's what Willie Loman tells Biff before he goes to his job interview in "Death of a Salesman". For whatever reason, he decided to keep the joke going through the whole season.

[email] (Thomas Skogestad . Kjemiteknikk) writes:

This comes from a reference to "Death of a Salesman". Though I have not read it yet, it seems as if Biff is the "World's Greatest Loser". Check out the episode where everybody is on the subway: Jerry and the naked guy, Elaine and the lesbian wedding, Kramer and the "mudder", a horse that loves to race in the mud, and George/Biff with the call girl/thief. Later.... BC

I think I have to reiterate my earlier comment about some folks perhaps needing to turn the TV off every once in a while. *Death of a Salesman* and *Tropic of Cancer* should be (I believe) in twenty-something and older American general cultural knowledge. I like Jerry and Beavis and Butthead as much as the rest of the world, but I'm trying not to let my brain die. Gerri

In article , [email] (Geraldine A. New) writes:

Hey, Seinfeld and Beavis and Butt-head are two of the most enlightening shows on TV!

It's in reference to Biff Loman from the play 'Death of a Salesman' by Arthur Miller. George is a lot like Biff in some ways.

(in 'The Boyfriend' the woman George dates say something like, "you're like Biff Loman")

TS>Why the heck does Jerry call George `Biff`??

It's a reference to the play, Death of a Salesman, one of the characters was named Biff.

The show that really plays Death of a Salesman for laughs is the one where George is going to apply for a job at a bra factory. That's a scene right out the play, with a hilarious twist.

Neil. --- . QMPro 1.01 41-2809 . Non-fiction often is more unrealistic than fiction.