And the hint of satisfaction/contempt when the witness says -- UNDER OATH -- that he may have been mistaken is nothing less than brilliant acting. Just brilliant.

Goodfellas/Casino Pesci came out there.

@@davidwalter2002 Don't forget, the DA was quite a slickster, so he had the grit guy all coached-up beforehand: two Northern kids think they'll come down here, murder our buddy and avoid the chair?

REVEAL YOUR MAGIC SIR!!!

This scene was the turning point of this case. The smug Mr. Tipton was the prosecution's #1 "witness", and Vinny DESTROYED his testimony! It soon got to an even playing field, up to the "...no, the defense is wrong!.. torpedo scene which ultimately SUNK the prosecution's case!

OMGAH I need a new DnD GRIT COOKING WIZARD CLASS!!! I CAST GRITS TIME MANIPULATION!

HAHAHAHA!

What now?

😂😂😂😂

And it was just a slight head shake😂

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

The hearing impaired thank you.

*shits pants on the witness stand*

Won't work without that accent

*Your high school must've loved it when you called The defendants "The two yoots."*

I defended myself in court against two lying cops. Idiots thought I was bluffing when I said I'd recorded the whole thing (I'd swapped out the memory card before they got a chance to take the camera ... they 'accidentally' erased completely unrelated material, while I still had the other card under my watch strap. One of them took no notes on the day and made his report over month later than his colleague. I pointed out that he had an entire paragraph _verbatim_ from the other guy, and also they both had my co-defendant's date of birth wrong , adding a year to his age (despite it being recorded clearly and correctly in the booking procedure). My last question was to ask him to explain the striking 'similarities' and the shared error to the judge. He sat there with his mouth open, and I said "I have no more use for this witness". The judge would have lost her temper if I referred to the cop as a 'guy', but I was definitely thinking of this scene when I said it.

jimbobeire How did the outcome go?

@@sisamusudroka3000 I'm not an idiot. Of course I did the accent!

Best line in the scene. 😅

You are so right about that! This is one of the most underrated movies of all times. Even REAL attorneys find it entertaining!

Even for my 10 year old boy it’s hilarious because he laugh and he even said “yea he is useless Now!”

@@texasrockshillcountry6574 I wish the term underrated would just disappear. Literally everything is now considered underrated.

​@@jamesbizs

Well he is a self-respecting southerner.

It's not perjury if Mr. Tipton truly believed it was 5 minutes.

@@caboose.20 ok Mr. Costanza

@@caboose.20 It was perjury to say he may have been mistaken when he knew it was 5 minutes, just so that the jury wouldn't think he was eating instant grits.

No. You missed the point of the scene. The point was he did not use instant grits, and it really took him 20 minutes to cook his breakfast, not 5 minutes. He was mistaken about the 5 minutes. That's not perjury.

The change in the tone of his voice is amazing.

Best part

😂😂

don’t shake your head at me lol

The hearing impaired thank you

Mr Tipton has no idea what El Dante means as he's not Italian and doesn't cook pasta. PEOPLE, THE ENTIRE MOVIE IS A COMEDY ! AMAZING HOW MANY ARE ANALYZING IT LIKE IT'S A REAL STORY. WOW !

"Regular, creamy, or al dente" also has a practical reason: if he cooked his grits "al dente," then his cooking time might have been less than 20 minutes, and if they were creamy, it might have been more. By locking in to saying he cooked his grits "regular," he can't say that he didn't take so long to cook them because he likes them a little crunchy or something like that.

@@StarUnreachable that is a good point for if it did end up into that line of questioning. Although it’s kinda implied also that the witness clearly doesn’t even know what the hell “al dente” even is. Also I just realized that this could’ve been a cheeky implied joke about the culture differences here 🤣 Vinny being of Italian roots and the witness being a pure Southerner.

What I got the biggest kick out of was that Vinny became a fan of grits! The perfect breakfast side!

Great scene, great movie ! But sometimes I use instant grits, Just lazy I guess .

There are no laws of physics or any laws of any kind for that matter in the backwoods deep South

Lol😂😂😂I take pride of my grits!!🤣😋

😂😂😂

Amazing scene!

Roberto Croizay Totalky agreed

That's all the parts that matter, really.

Me too.

Call it polenta and he would have felt right back at home

I wish he said the "Grit eating community"

Sometimes the actor will break character in the heat of the moment, but the director likes the end result better than the planned scene. Those are usually the best parts of a movie or tv show. Golden.

That’s hilarious I never noticed Vinny laughing until you pointed it out. 😂

What?? He laughed as part of the character. The crowd laughed because they are told to. That's all. What the F are you talking about??

@@longtallshorty5791 Figure it out.

Funny how?

It would be 'yute'...😜 I got no more yute for this guy...😂

Braden Great movie.

I love this

😂

@Dark Demonik yutes 🤪😂🤣

Should be "No self respecting southerner admits to using instant grits."

@blue222blue I mean, who uses instant grits?

@blue222blue Ahh. That is something a northerner would do.

@blue222blue Virginia isn't the deep south it's more of the Mid Atlantic area, still part of the south but realistically more in common with Yankees then say someone in Georgia or Mississippi.

@@joemckim1183 Than*

Was so expertly done! Tipton - who made the public defender look like a jackass - was toast at that point! Vinny handled it with a cool and suave manner, it made you forget he was wearing that maroon tuxedo from someone's prom. I thought it gave him kind of a cool old style looking southern swagger with it! Regardless, Vinny is the MAN!!

It's even better when you remember he had never had grits before until he came to this town

@@otakuguy275 LOL, I had NEVER had grits in my life either. Until Basic Training at Fort Benning. Grits were on the menu every morning.

Too late, they already started casting. Its Chris Evans as Vinney and Cobie Smulders as the judge.

@@josephconnelly5195 Well the remake is gonna be shit, that i can tell already.

@@kaleb.7930 Don't worry, I was just teasing. I was just trying to think of the worst cast to remake the movie with😀

@@josephconnelly5195 I know you were. i'd hate to see a remake of this awesome comedy.

@@kaleb.7930 I read there was talk about having a sequel to "My Cousin Vinny." In it, Vinny was now practicing law in England. Apparently, Joe Pesci was interested in doing it but Marisa Tomei was not.

Grit-eating-world is surely the greatest hyphonid of all time.

@@candybanks8717 "hyphenid" or "hyphonid" is the greatest word I may never actually use, but am glad to know...that I have learned this week. Lol.

Real life lawyers and judges have said Vincent Gambini is godawful at what is taught in law school-but masterful at what is not. In that one cross examination he destroyed the witnesses credibility.

@@dkupke Probably why it took him six tries to pass the bar even though he did so well when the trial actually started.

legal engle does this one, and talk about the real law.

To be more specific, boiled white cornmeal.

@@scooter5940 hence why restaurants premake or even presoak the grits for the next day of service

Yeah, Vinny did his research and asked the locals about this beforehand. Just one more reason why this movie is realistic. Vin knew something was wrong with the guy's testimony before he even got started on his questions. :)

I don't know 2 shytes about grits, but cornmeal & flour & beer & eggs makes a a batter for fried catfish that is worth trying. I don't get compliments much on cooking, mainly because I can't cook...but, it seems my deep-fried catfish is a hit to some.

​@@Nomadistar My step-dad was known for the fish fry around his neck of the woods, & I'm positive he used the same or darn near the same recipe for his batter.

Примерно раз в год, когда совсем плохое настроение, пересматриваю этот фильм. И он совершенно не стареет.

I agree with you. One of the best comedy movies made. The stuttering lawyer gets me everytime. In today's PC society this is probably not acceptable, but oh well.

Also home alone. Laughed until my belly hurt

​@@JayJay-me8zk a classic comedy that will always make me laugh by the way I served in the Air Force is that a little Air Force Insignia I'm looking at I'm not wearing my glasses right now I went back for another 8 years when the Saudis decided to fly into the World Trade Center that my brother and my brother-in-law were both working in at that point I was working in the financial district downtown Nassau Street if you're familiar my job was to defend the troops on the ground stayed in my kill box until I was called to do my job I did what I had to do I love my country and I defended my country I can't stand people that stay here and bad-mouth it on a daily basis when I hear people bad-mouthing America I tell them to leave

@@Mr.Robert1 Air Force didn't teach you any punctuation or Grammar did they?

Plot twist: the two yutes DID shoot the clerk, but Tipton didn't want to admit that he used instant grits.

@Shirl Zitting instant grits aren't really that instant lol

Double plot twist: Mr. Tipton doesn’t know how to actually cook grits. Being a self respecting southerner he’s always been ashamed of himself for this. Well on this morning he went to the SOS to buy some grits so he could try and make them for his breakfast once again for the billionth time. As always, he failed to cook his grits and subsequently ruined his breakfast. Mr. Tipton now enraged at a life of failures went back to the SOS where he shot the clerk in a fit of jealous frustration. You see the clerk was also a blue ribbon winner at the county fair 3 years running for his famous grits. Mr. Tipton then panicked realizing what he had done, he ran back to his house where he called the law and described witnessing a shooting just moments earlier where he described the two “youts”.

Lmao that is so true😂😂😂😂😂✝️👍

actually, he didn't cook any grits he was at the waffle house and bought breakfast to go. after He shot the clerk.

And you see Marisa Tomei smiling and nodding. She knows he's smart and can argue; he just needed to learn proper court procedure, and he did.

@@ianharac5153 I was gonna say the same thing.... a master at argument, a dummy at court procedure. I represented myself in my 2 day custody trial vs. my ex's lawyer. this was my inspiration. I won sole custody. 1st time ever in this county a layman beat a lawyer in a custody trial. Thanks Vinny !

You're right though, its completely a trap. I love how they write this, he gets him to establish the cooking breakfast timeline, then narrows down any arguments he could use to escape after he brings down the hammer. If he just skipped right to the 20 minutes bit, then buddy could say "Oh I only cook mine for 5 minutes, I like them al dente" or "They were instant grits." just like he did to the stuttering boob "They're reading glasses." Vinnie cuts off every avenue of escape, then shoves it up this smug jerks ass.

'al dente' grints has me laughing my ass off

1:10 when Tipton started his grandstanding about being a "self-respecting southerner" and taking pride in his grits, that's the trap Gambini set up for him to torpedo his testimony!

Omg, before my professor showed us this clip in class, I had never seen the movie. Watched it today and only noticed then that he was wearing something ridiculous 😂

Andrew ! Totally. There’s a reason so many lawyers site this as their favorite legal movie, and is often shown in law school. Classic movie from top to bottom.

Casting doubt? No. Flinging it so fast that the laws of physics are violated.

It's not a cross examination, Vinny called this witness to the stand as he does the others at the end sequence of the movie.

@@ChrisStavros it is a cross examination. These witnesses are witnesses for the prosecution. Unless of course you think the defense lawyer called witnesses who believed they saw his defendants commit a murder.

Well, Denzel Washington played the titular character in Malcom X that year so… wait a minute Denzel didn’t win either! Instead it was Al Pacino getting his apology Oscar for not winning in The Godfather. What a racket!

The reason he didn't win an Oscar for this movie is because the previous year he already won for his other famous role in Goodfellas.

Well, it is after the "Two yoots" fiasco, lol

There is a proper response to that. "I use a pressure cooker" Although even then with boil time and pressure release you're still looking at 10 minutes.

@@ravenshrike No self-respecting Southerner would use a pressure cooker!

His cluelessness in the film was what made it. He totally accentuated Joe Pesci's performance. Pesci is overbearing, and Gwynne gets to play straight man.

Oh shit... He was on the musters yeah?

+Leper Messiah @@Unklechopchop Yep! Fred Gwynne played Herman.

@Michael Gamble +Michael Gamble Fred Gwynne? It's been a long time since I've seen that film...

@Michael Gamble +Michael Gamble I'll have to find the movie again.

Black, white doesn't matter. It's a matter of self respect for Southerners to not use instant grits. All the small touches that make this movie just so humane and wholesome

mama knows...

i love that knowing smile

She was smiling because if he didn’t say that she would have whooped his behind with a rolling pin !! Haha

no self respecting southerner should. I would say also your grits should come from your state. I live in NC so I use House Autry.

larky368 There is a KZfaq channel where a real life trial attorney critiques trial scenes in movies and he did this movie. He gave it high marks and said this movie was very realistic and Pesci’s tactic as a lawyer was brilliant. He specifically highlighted this scene as great.

@@afterburner2869 Legal Eagle?

Kool McKool Yes, that’s the guy!

@@afterburner2869 I just watched that video today. And that's how I got into watching this movie.

Kool McKool This movie is one of my all time favorite comedies. I can watch it over and over.

Don't forget that he showed his comedy skills in the Home Alone films, where he was literally doing slapstick clowning with Daniel Stern and young Macaulay Culkin. Just an excellent all-around actor. He flashed a bit of his intimidation skills as this cross examination proceeds. Just a true talent. Sorry that he seems to have retired, but he's earned it!

What can we say, he’s a funny guy

@@Ben-hn4nw Funny how? I mean, funny like he is a clown? He amuses you? He makes you laugh?”

That was an improv.

Very much a Judge Judy moment!😎

Vinny got heart

To get attention?...I don't think that's what they were going for. Think it was just a guy who was incorrectly certain. (It really WAS them who he saw walking in after all)

Vinnie dismissed multiple witnesses this way. It's just his blue collar ineloquent way of doing it, given his lack of court room procedure training. None of the witnesses were there maliciously, they genuinely thought those boys did it. If anything, what this movies shows is how inaccurate "eye witness" testimony really is.

@@KS-xk2so in reality what are the odds that two other people would wear not only the same clothing but look identical with what appears the same vehicle go to the same small town store within a short period of time?

@@toomanyaccounts The point is the possibility, given the circumstances, as well as the fact that the "eye-witness" testimony were those that weren't even *at the store*, but lived near the store, but still a considerable distance away as to not be able to make out facial features and generalized clothing. You could make out, a couple white dudes (*probably white dudes*, but I can't be certain), maybe brown hair, jeans, jacket color, and a car of a certain description. That's about it.

"It was either my other outfit, which I know you hate, or this ridiculous thing!"

I don't know who came up with the idea for that suit but it was a MASTERFUL idea! Pesci KNEW he was going to get reamed by the judge but he took it like a man! A classic scene!!!

So I wore this..ridiculous thing...for you

@@CGJUGO80 "Are you on drugs?" -Yes, your honor, I am - all of them.

I laughed so hard I shit myself

Well, he couldn't say "two youts". 😁

Yōjinbō 用心棒 I think it was “regular creamy” or “al dente.” 2 choices.

*R.H. Kingpin* That's the joke. Vinny never saw a grit until a few days before. So he inserts his own experience and applies it to grits. He knows pasta, so he uses pasta terminology which most likely doesn't apply to grits. This just makes him more of an outsider. Love the line. Don't think it was a trick question though.

Yeah...the thought that Southerners in rural Alabama at that time (26 years ago) would use an Italian term to describe the level of doneness in regards to their precious grits doesn't strike me as probable. Maybe now, with the internet and hipsters and foodies using and eating grits in fancy dishes, but I doubt anyone used that term back then in that town, imaginary or not.

*KaptKan1* Yeah...I was thinking just that!

*R. H. Kingpin* Still desperate to be right that you have to take down others to puff yourself up, eh? Yeah...I wrote that and then realized my mistake and corrected it. It would not have been cool if I did that after you responded to it, but that's not what happened. I caught the mistake almost right away and corrected it. Since you like repeating things, how about I repeat this: R. H. Kingpin3 days ago Al dente is a common term used to describe something cooked in a manner to keep it firm or firmer. *It is used* for pasta, *grits* and lentils *frequently.* Just wanna dredge up the fact that you never address this lie of yours and now you just want to deflect from it by bringing up part of a post that I deleted that no one has responded to yet. Keep it up, buttercup. It's funny how your bruised ego shines through in your posts. Just admit you fucked up already. Such a petty thing to maintain, this bruised ego of yours.

That's the reason she won an Oscar for this movie.

Am I funny to u. Do I amuse u

I think people do

Gwynne Stefani? She wasn't in this.

@@sgt.thundercok4704 LILLIAN!!!!!!

@@billyboblillybob344 You're always on the run now!

@@sgt.thundercok4704 No, Fred Gwynne, the actor playing straight man to Joe Pesci's antics as the judge, and I think the original comment is right; he doesn't get enough credit.

@TheSmithersy Ever had polenta, the differences are slight. Traditionally grits uses hominy (corn treated with lime) and polenta doesn't. But nontraditionally they are the same, boiled course cornmeal.

@@moleratical1232 Canada eats polenta.

Grits are similar cormeal porridge.

Some ppl like oatmeal🤷🏽‍♂️

@TheSmithersy It's very similar in texture to Cream of Wheat...

Beats the Chewbacca Defense coming and going.

effin' A

I sure do like pumpkins...

Court TV 8: The Ocho

LOL!!! Bold move, Cotton!! 🤣

My favorite part!

Also the look at 1:16 when he admits to cooking real grits, pesci is like "I got you now mother fucker"

me too!!! My sister and I still quote this one and I think we last saw this movie in the 90's! Heck, I searched for this clip for that line!

LOL mine as well

I own it and I should probably buy a few more copies, in case a DVD can wear out.

Completely agree. Its half 1 in the morning here, I am yawning non stop and falling asleep but I have a huge urge to just get my DVD out and watch it.

Ditto. Cant help but love this movie when you see Pesci going on full rant for the law

I got it in $5 bin at wal mart, they cut out a lot of scenes on tv...a lot more GOODfellas type language is cut, dont miss that tho.

They cut scenes out. Found in $5 bin at Wally world...like watching Goodfellas with the language.

Joe Pesci was awesome in Goodfellas.

I just get into the whole Hollywood star making idea in terms of how there's so many double standards. Soap operas often are accused of using "pretty people" with minimal talent, but then you see the one kind of homely person and you wonder how they "made it" in Hollywood. Here, a short, New York Italian with a VERY pronounced Brooklyn accent can be a star. Most of the time, people with heavy accents are trained to suppress their accents, although some actors I've heard still pronounce certain words a certain way, despite losing the accent. Not only that, but he gets roles beyond the stereotypical Italian mob guy and casting directors take advantage of his being short to put him in broad comedies where his "tough guy" image is used for comedic effect.

"Dis guy"

Basically the same character, without the psycho.

Have you seen him in "The Irishman" yet? If not, I strongly suggest you do so.

I was thinking about that the whole time

@@oscar007999 imagine those two tackling each other fighting and in the background you hear Jack yelling "You fucked with the Marines and saw Joe Pesci punch him XD

YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE FIVE MINUTES!

@@Maniac742 You want the grits? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE GRITS!

Those two should do a courtroom drama together