[net.movies] Amusing reference in _Back to the Future_

john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) (07/14/85)

I was reading the novelization of _Back to the Future_ and noticed an
amusing reference.

When Marty arrives in 1955, he arrives on the Peabody farm.
The farmer, Mr. Peabody, has a son named....... Sherman.


This? In a story about time travel?
Can you say "Way-Back Machine"? I knew you could?


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leeper@mtgzz.UUCP (m.r.leeper) (07/18/85)

 >I was reading the novelization of _Back to the Future_ and
 >noticed an amusing reference.  When Marty arrives in 1955,
 >he arrives on the Peabody farm.  The farmer, Mr.  Peabody,
 >has a son named.......  Sherman.

This was in the film as well as the novel.  But it seems more like it
was a joke for the actors more than for the audience, since you don't
really see it in the film itself.  It was in the credits at the end.

				Mark Leeper
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