Hot Coffee

[mrmeadows]

Just watched an HBO Documentary called "Hot Coffee"--which was partially about the woman who sued McDonald's for spilling hot coffee on her lap, and mostly about tort reform in general--and they used a clip from the animated video from "I'll Sue Ya". Of course, they used the line about the Frappaccino. (Side note: highly recommend the doc, aside from the Al clip.)

[minnick27]

Ive been hovering over that video on HBOGo for the last week. I was gonna watch it Tuesday, but I watched the Bobby Fischer doc instead. Now that seems like a poor choice

[mrmeadows]

the clip was brief, but I'm glad the filmmaker knew enough to use it since it fit the subject matter perfectly.

[insoft]

Also seen parts of that documentary. Noticed the Weird Al part. I just go with the milkshake.
@minnick27 the rest of the documentary wasn't mind blowing

[anthontherun]

Whoa, insoft sighting!

Is there any place to watch this doc online?

[minnick27]

If you have hbo you can watch it at hbogo.com.

[TMBJon]

I watched this doc yesterday. GREAT film, and I think everyone here should see it.

[Driew_La_27]

Wow I was browsing WOWAY while watching Hot Coffee just now and I saw this topic and was like "No way...." Great film.

[mrmeadows]

I watched this doc yesterday. GREAT film, and I think everyone here should see it.

Agreed. Mind-blowing? Not really....but very informative, and cuts through a lot of misconceptions about these kinds of lawsuits. And it has a clip of Al singing "I'll Sue Ya". I guess that kind of blew my mind.

[Kevbo1987]

We watched a couple clips of this in my Torts class last semester. I'd really like to see the whole thing because I thought the clips were very interesting. I was amazed by how little I actually knew about the McDonald's coffee case. Before watching these clips, I always just pictured Kramer spilling coffee on himself while trying to sneak it into the movies ("Who told you to put the balm on? Have you ever seen a balm?").