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Brennan Lee Mulligan Sounds Like A Real Lawyer ft. Brennan Lee Mulligan | LegalEagle | YouTubeToText
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This content is a discussion between a legal content creator and a Dungeon Master, Brennan Lee Mulligan, analyzing humorous legal scenarios from "The Dropout" universe, blending legal concepts with comedic interpretations and practical advice for legal communication.
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Is my client a perfect man? No.
>> Okay, gang. Get in the comments because
we have the world famous Brennan Lee
Mulligan. You are well, I'm going to say
it. Inarguably the greatest GM on the planet.
planet.
>> That's such a nice thing to say about
somebody. You're my favorite legal
content creator of all time on on
YouTube. I only know of a few GMs.
>> I only know of a few legal content
creators. Yes,
>> you're here today as a very thin read
for me to go through some legal clips in
the Dropout universe. I will say I'm
probably going to disappoint a whole
bunch of people who just would love
nothing more than for me to pick your
brain about Dungeons and Dragons
campaigns. Uh, that's not what we're
here for.
>> I can talk about why the Vulture though.
>> It's not legal. We're not We're not
talking about it. Although maybe the
jurisdiction of the vulture dimension
>> if you want to make a legal campaign
actually that that probably would be fun.
fun.
>> Kermit the Frog representing himself on
a murder charge.
>> Well, golly, I understand that the
prosecution has presented a really
compelling case.
>> Did anyone know that you do a Kermit the
Frog before this?
>> No. No, they did not.
>> That's a That's a great Kermit the Frog.
>> Thanks, man. I appreciate it.
You start with that M and the little H.
Obviously, Fuzzy Bear was a close friend.
friend.
>> But ask yourself this question. If I
were to be the one that killed Fuzzy
Bear, why would I have recorded going to
see him alone that night, wouldn't I
have wanted to cover that up? Doesn't
this speak that I've been framed? My
name written in the ledger of the motel
When did it cross your mind that you
were going to turn it into Miss
>> Biggie? Kermit representing himself on a
murder charge. Immediately I'm like, did
Kermit do it? No, Kermit didn't do it.
Kermit is Kermit. He He's He is the most
unalloyed pure good. He
>> And you could take that in the other
direction because it would be so funny
if Kermit was a hardened murderer.
>> If he's like, I'll do it again like in a
heartbeat. If he's on trial for murder,
it means that there's a
prepoundonderance of evidence that
exists to suggest that he did it.
Otherwise, it wouldn't have made it to
this point. You can't prove you didn't
do it, but the burden of proof is such
that you go, can I create enough doubt
that we get to the standard of arrest?
>> I mean, that is that that's exactly what
you would be thinking as a defense
lawyer. I think
>> if Kermit didn't do it, who did it?
Well, who's the most violent muppet?
It's Miss Piggy. Miss Piggy has a a
track record of physical violence that
is truly staggering.
>> There's so much truth in it that yes, he
is in a violent sexual relationship and
has been for the last 40 years.
>> It's a long time.
>> There you go. >> Yeah.
>> So, yeah, my heart goes out to Kermit.
Um, I hope he finds the courage he needs
to walk away. A defendant stupidly
interrupting his lawyer's closing remarks.
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, over
the past four days, you have seen states prosecutor
prosecutor
attempt to
effectively bamboozle you with a series
of hearsay arguments and loose
speculative evidence, placing my client
near the scene of the crime during the
time of the murder. This evidence does
nothing to indicate motive or means in
the horrific murder of Roger Bell.
Ultimately, it will be your decision to
say, does this man deserve a lifetime in
a federal penitentiary based on specious
inconclusive evidence? You are tasked to
consider the evidence and whether it
proves beyond a reasonable doubt whether
my client is guilty. Is my client a
perfect man? No.
>> I used to say this as an improv teacher.
Courtroom scenes are such fertile ground
for comedy. Comedians are looking for
the ability to disrupt expectations and
the formality of a courtroom provides
such rich and fertile soil for doing
something stupid. Would I be allowed to
say bamboozle?
>> Yeah, you you could. Um I I think you
would probably not want to use the word
specious u because that's I'm sure
people would figure it out in context,
but you want to basically talk at
roughly like a fourth grade level and it
doesn't change the persuasiveness at
all. Um, but I I don't think that that's
sort of necessary. Um, and you know, you
don't need to tell the jury that it's
their decision. They know it's their
decision. It is probably a good idea to
frontr run some of the bad things about
your client, but you have to be kind of
careful about it. You know, you probably
don't want to emphasize the horrific uh
nature of the killing. You probably want
to emphasize that it's more of a tragedy
and it would also be a further tragedy
if an innocent man were in jail
>> because no one likes double tragedy.
>> People want to keep it at one if they can.
can.
>> Of course.
>> Um the the biggest nit I could have is
that you're sort of admitting that the
the state has proven that the client is
near the scene of the crime.
>> Yeah. when you probably don't want to
make that admission unless they had
stone cold evidence, but it sounds like
this lawyer is saying it's not proven.
And uh you know, motive, it's a it's a
nice to have, but it's not an element of
the crime.
>> Oh, interesting.
>> So, you know, motive and opportunity are
things that are persuasive, but they're
not necessary to prove murder.
>> Is it necessary to prove that it was
like premeditated or
>> It's it can be uh again, you know,
motive is sort of a piece of evidence
that would inform Gotcha. the men's
rehea and the mental state, you know,
whether it's murder one or murder two. >> Gotcha.
>> Gotcha.
>> But it is generally not required.
>> Did you like how I kept bringing up the
the reasonable doubt?
>> Excellent. Excellent point. I mean, I'm
I'm splitting hairs here. Excellent use
of legal vernacular. Uh so, I mean, I
was on the floor the first time I ever
saw that. Now, sorry to interrupt, and
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>> Good cop, comrade cop.
>> You could totally wait for your lawyer
or just, you know, we were just looking
out this window of 2 to 3:30 today. Uh
there was sort of an just a loud noise
near your apartment. You're probably
fine. You know,
>> I am working here to feed intel to the revolution.
revolution.
You should burn this place to the
ground. But again, keep your mouth shut.
Anything you say, this is gonna twist it
against you.
>> Do you feel like like law enforcement is
so aware of good cop bad cop now that
it's lost its efficacy through public
like public culture as a interrogation method?
method?
>> Oh, absolutely not. If you find yourself
in an interrogation room or in
handcuffs, it is a terrifying experience.
experience.
>> So, you're probably looking for any thin
read of humanity. You know, they might
have been in handcuffs for, you know,
hours. So, they might be dying for a cup
of water. The these are not great
situations and cops are allowed to use
all kinds of tools at their disposal to
get information out of you. I mean, they
can lie to you. They can
>> That's crazy. I mean, it's
>> that's just crazy that we're like, well,
it's not against the rules for the
police to lie. What are we supposed to
do if we can't lie?
>> That's bonkers.
>> The first video I think I ever saw you
in that is honest to God one of my
favorite skits of all time is the Tide
Pod CEO.
>> Hi, America. My name's David Taylor. I'm
the CEO of
>> Is that the real name of the CEO?
>> Yes, we changed that later.
>> Pods, which is what I want to talk to
you about today. You gotta stop eating
the Tide Pods. Okay, look, I get it. You
guys are young. You're hip. You don't
want an old guy telling you what to do,
but Tide Pods are soap and that's not
food. So, please stop eating the Tide
Pods. It's such a great simulacra of,
you know, an adult talking trying trying
their best to um to associate with the
younger people who are doing something stupid.
stupid.
>> There's no way to win as a uh camp
counselor by the you you're like you're
like, how do I get the kids excited
about caution? And you're like, you
can't. No, it's the message you're
trying to convey will fail. So, you're
like, hey guys, what's up fam? I know we
love to eat tide pods, but no cat.
>> No cat. Inauthentic from the word go. It
cannot be done. I love that fake
corporate authenticity.
What an awful vibe. That is so so funny.
>> I don't know what you kids are up to,
but I do know one thing. Laws are
threats made by the dominant
socioeconomic ethnic group in a given nation.
nation.
>> Give me the setup here. What is this
character and what has happened in this
campaign so far? This character is a
halfling, which is like a hobbit who
works as a a letter carrier for the post
office. Uh, and they almost crash into
his car. Uh, and while he and his
family, his wife and his who's a diner
waitress and his three young children
were going to Bisar's soda fountain to
get ice cream. So, little family ice
cream trip and they we had a scene where
they almost hit this car. In the next
episode, they start in the ice cream
shop having ice cream. after they've
been talking for like 10 minutes, the
family's also at the table with them.
So, there's a thing where they're like,
"What are we gonna do with the if the
cops get us?" And I just had the
halfling dad be like, "You know, kiddos,
if you need to beg a cop, you're not
going to want to put the body anywhere
this." And they go, "Oh, shit." And
they're like, "Whoa, this little sweet
Midwestern halfling dad is a hardened
anarchist revolutionary. It's just And
that's where Bud Cubby was born, who is
the guy who's talking now."
>> All right.
>> It's just a promise of violence that's
enacted. and police are basically an
occupying army. You know what I mean?
You guys want to make some bacon? He
pulls a mask over his face, pulls a lit
Molotov cocktail out of his mailbag, and
>> I was not expecting some Fuko in the
middle of a DD campaign because I
figured you had to pull this from
somewhere. And I know it's somewhere in
uh Crime and Punishment or wherever. If
you look up the the phrase law is
threats. Yeah,
>> it's only you on Google.
>> I'm so sorry.
>> One page of Google is only it is only
you doing this bit.
>> But it's funny because that's actually
such a clinical it's such a dry analysis
of in a lot of cases like criminal
statutes which are literally if you do
this and we catch you and prove it then
we're going to do this. I people don't
understand that even if you're talking
about misdemeanors or let's say um
parking tickets which can escalate if
you don't pay them all of that is in
some way backed by force from the
government. The point Bud Cubby is
making in this clip is that like you're
saying all this stuff takes root in the
state. I mean even the term enforce the
word force is right there right what do
we mean when we say you're not allowed
to do that or you can't do that? Uh, and
the answer is usually we're gonna send
some guys.
>> Well, thank you for being the first
guest on my political theory podcast. Am
I correct that you used to work for Law
and Order?
>> I did. Did do you think you picked up
aspects of that?
>> Yes, there was a ton of stuff we did on
Law and Order that was uh uh extremely
preient in terms of like picking up
legal ease there. I've worked for many
years as a camera on criminal intent,
which is not the law and order that
people tend to talk glowingly about.
People reserve that for either SVU or
original recipe law and order. I
>> I think all lawyers or wannabe lawyers
uh do learn the law and order theme song
at one. I I learned the league electric
guitar part. Uh it's not it's not that hard,
hard,
>> dude. The the one that's like that chord
that comes in is so it's tasty. You
should go listen to the theme song. It's
not too late for me to make a real
career. And if this is like a good
starting point, maybe law school could
be in the cards.
>> You know, if uh D&D and improv uh don't
work out, then yeah, let's uh let's get
you as an associate for Eagle Team.
>> Let's go, baby. Your honor, my client is
guilty of being rad. And that would be
how I would open. And then that would be
>> There you go.
>> Thank you so much for coming. Um, I
mean, I think if anyone is watching
this, they will know where to find you,
but where where can they find you?
>> Find me at Brennan Lee Mulligan on Blue
Sky on Instagram. And you can find my
work at dropout.tv where I'm the creator
of Dimension 20. Uh, you can also find
me on Game Changer and make some noise.
Uh, you can find me on the hit podcast
Worlds Beyond Number. Uh, wherever find
positive casting, check out our Patreon
for that. And you can find me uh on
Thursday nights gming campaign 4 of
Critical Role. So, uh, plenty O places
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