90'S GRAB BAG: My Cousin Vinny (1992)
“Everything that guy just said is bull****.”
CONTENT WARNING: Discussion of murder, arguments, Italian stereotypes, strong language.
This week we continue our 90’s grab bag with a movie that deals with two “yutes” in a southern town with a big respect for the law. In fact, both the judge and prosecutor in this small town have such respect for legal procedure that the entire comedy of this movie revolves around Vinny Gambini figuring out how to navigate that while still being the mouthy New York wiseguy he clearly is. This is one of those rare cases where a very small, simple comedy pays such attention to the details that you can’t help but be drawn in. It’s got all the intrigue of a courtroom drama with all the goofy shenanigans of a fish-out-of-water comedy. And don’t get us started on Marisa Tomei in this very worthy Oscar performance. Brush up on your court procedure and get ready for My Cousin Vinny this week on Macintosh & Maud Haven’t Seen What?!
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Intro music taken from the Second Movement of Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Hong Kong (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 HK) license. To hear the full performance or get more information, visit the song page at the Internet Archive..
Excerpt taken from “Way Down South,” written by Edgar Winter and performed by The Fabulous Thunderbirds. Copyright 1992 Epic Associated Records.
Excerpts taken from the film My Cousin Vinny are © 1992 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.
Excerpt taken from “Yo Cousin Vinny” performed by Joe Pesci from the album Vincent Laguardia Gambini Sings Just For You. Copyright 1998 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Excerpt taken from “The Munsters’ Theme,” written by Jack Marshall. Copyright 1964, 2006 NBC Universal.
Excerpt taken from “Main Title” from the motion picture soundtrack to the film The Pelican Brief, composed by Jack Horner. Copyright 1993 Warner Bros. Inc., Giant Records.
