Viral video: Tom Wilson gathering eyebals

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on October 3rd, 2006

It’s only 1:52, but comedian Tom Wilson’s snippet on YouTube.com has beckoned nearly 12,000 pairs of eyeballs in its short life on the video site. His “Biff’s Question Song” is shot at an unnamed comedy club. It seems to be a record of the big finish to his live act.

In it, he endeavors to answer the questions that he has encountered in the two decades since the release of “Back to the Future.” The comic/actor from Villanova, PA, played the evil Biff Tannen in the film trilogy (and, Wikipedia notes, he played Tannen in the ride!) and also voiced the character in the animated BTTF series. We suspect that a lot of the inane Biff questions have come from bank tellers and investment counselors! Wilson demonstrates at least one way of dealing with a role that dominates an actor’s body of work.

Wilson comes home in two weeks to play Helium in Philadelphia.