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June 8, 2009

That's Your Lawyer: Berger And Green

Your honor, as you can see from video Exhibit A, my client, a tax-paying father of two, was simply minding his own business when his car was cruelly THROWN 100 FEET IN THE AIR, AND ALSO ON FIRE. Now, you're going to hear the defense use a lot of fancy words today, like "professional stunt" and "insane explosion" and "dangerous recklessness" but I'm not here to take you to Dictionary School. Instead I want you to think about my client, a law-abiding, humble man who just happened to be wearing a flame retardant jump suit and a fiberglass racing helmet lined with fireproof Nomex® fabric. Your honor, do we really want to live in a country where a man traveling home to see his children after a long day at the office can't hit a ramp at 170 miles per hour in a customized sedan with rollbars installed and a break-out windshield? That's not what America means to me, and I hope for the future of our great nation that you feel the same. I rest my case. (Via HolyTaco.)

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Broken bones FOR THE REST OF YOUR PITIFUL LIFE.

Posted by: wubdub profile link at 06/08/09 2:51 PM  | Reply
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He really knows how to emphasize his words!

Posted by: Bobby Seger profile link at 06/08/09 2:54 PM  | Reply
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the only good to come out of those commercials can be found in this video at around 1:40
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAL913q3JVw&feature=channel_page

Posted by: connor at 06/08/09 2:55 PM  | Reply
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Gabe, you truly are a wise Latina.

Posted by: booferama profile link at 06/08/09 3:26 PM  | Reply
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that's not footage of a client. that's footage of what happens to a certain circuit court judge when one of berger & green's clients don't get what's theirs.

Posted by: Jeb profile link at 06/08/09 3:33 PM  | Reply
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This dude is just a poor man's Jim "The Hammer" Shapiro: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFZigCwRhI8

Posted by: matt. at 06/08/09 3:41 PM  | Reply
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Haha, this guy is a member of the association I work for. Trial lawyer commercials are ridiculous.

Posted by: Julia profile link at 06/08/09 3:41 PM  | Reply
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Though I should clarify I mean ridiculous in an entertaining way.

Posted by: Julia profile link  in reply to  Julia's comment at 06/08/09 4:09 PM  | Reply
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Obviously this takes place in the same universe as The Last Action Hero.

Posted by: Darren87 profile link at 06/08/09 4:02 PM  | Reply
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and now it's time for a brief comment from Steve Brule, J.D.

. . . FOR YOUR LAW

Posted by: Johnny profile link at 06/08/09 4:56 PM  | Reply
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now seriously, i don't know you but i fucking love you. because, yes.

Posted by: chickchick  in reply to  Johnny's comment at 06/09/09 1:43 AM  | Reply
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Finally someone brings this up, there's a similar commercial in St. Louis with different lawyers, and I just remember thinking how ridiculous it was and how they thought they were going to get any business with this.

Posted by: Faith at 06/08/09 4:56 PM  | Reply
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Is it just me, or does his drunken slur make it sound like he's saying he's "Larry Green of Burger King"? 'Cause I totally trust The King with all my flamebroiled (car) litigation needs.

Posted by: sophia profile link at 06/08/09 5:49 PM  | Reply
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daymaker

Posted by: Panda Snare profile link at 06/08/09 6:09 PM  | Reply
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i'm larry bereregegerrand green.

Posted by: randi Baron at 06/08/09 8:26 PM  | Reply
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HELLO AND WELCOME TO CAR TALK

Posted by: dafs profile link at 06/08/09 9:39 PM  | Reply
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Cool guys don't look at explosions.

Posted by: Detroit Dutchgirl profile link at 06/09/09 8:58 AM  | Reply
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