Horrible. WTH?

Kind of anti-semitic too.

This sucks! NYU blows this away.

It's not anti-semetic. It's a really well done parody. Congrats Columbia Law Revue.

As a UVa alum, I applaud our showing (as referenced above). But, out of respect to our fellow citizens of the Commonwealth down the road, I could do without the use of "killing", metaphoric or not, within the realm of higher education.

No one suggesting it is intentional, just insensitive.

Ey kids, I just wanna tell youse all whats what about dis here videographic masterpiece. My Jewish friend Shlomo tells me dis thing is freakin hilarious to him and the entire Chosen People. And fo' all youse lawyers out there, please be certain to check out the fine safety products available at affordamable prices from Pallone Industries, LTD (Poughkeepsie, NY).

I bet DiBlasi thinks it is funny

Not as good as box in a box. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xElIik0Ys0

While this is funny, the main drawback is I have now seen 10 internet parodies of the SNL video.

And no, it's not anti-semetic. (And I'm Jewish).

yeah, let's not put Virginia and killed in the same sentence unless you're a news reporter. ok?

Not anti-semetic, but as an orthodox jew I found it very distasteful and incredibly stupid

As an unorthodox jew I found it stupid.

Their whole show was amazing. Including this video. Much much better than years past.

I'm an orthodox jew and that's not anti-semitic. Sheesh! Can't anyone do anything today without getting accused of offending someone's sensitivities.

wow... that's pretty horrible. really, is that supposed to be funny? just... wow.

Lat,
How about a poll to find out how many orthodox jews read this site.

very, very stupid parody. not funny at all. i feel embarassed for anyone involved in the making of that video.

wait, wait, wait. columbia law revue "redeems" itself?! with THIS video?! pretty low standard you've set there. even without comparing it to nyu's videos, this is just very lame.

It's official. The lawyers who post on ATL have ZERO sense of humor.

especially the ones who think this video is funny.

It offended my sense of humor.

And I'm funny.

The guys in it are orthodox. The beards are fake. The joke is funny.

Not anti-Semitic. Not especially funny either

This is not funny and hysterically anti-semitic. Wait, that's not right, not right at all. It's not anti-semitic and it's hysterically funny. Yeah, that's it.

once they are outed, these guys will never get a shidduch. the girls will have it even worse, just imagine trying to explain this to the matchmaker

"yeah, she did eat his 'white cream' on camera for the world to see, but see it was a law school video..."

i m an avid reader of this website and i m an orthodox (btl and all)

i dont find this video anti semitic or in bad taste but i also dont find it funny

wow tf- you are yeshivish, can I rub your payes?

This video is fake, fake, fake. You can see the green screen at 2:26. Wait, is this youtube?

I vote for distasteful and anti-semitic. And count in another orthodox jew who reads this website.

Jeez, how many orthodox Jews can there be at NYU?

I'm not at NYU, and at least 3 Orthodox jews at my school (another top east coast school) read this blog all the time

Bronx Science - as per response to Lat's Regis Post....
A short list of alumni achievements include:

* 7 Nobel Prizes in Physics
* 5 Pulitzer Prizes (not counting team reporting)
* 5 National Medal of Science, National Medal of Technology
* Past Secretary of Defense, Air Force, Navy
* President of Amherst College (2003 to present)
* President of Columbia University (1980 to 1993)
* President of Teachers College (1994 to 2006)
* Chancellor of UCLA (1997 to 2006)
* Dozens who clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justices
* 1% of the membership (selected by peers) at:
o National Academy of Sciences,
o National Academy of Engineering
o Institute of Medicine
* Executive Editor of The New York Times (1994 to 2001, 2003)
* Editor-in-Chief of BusinessWeek (1984 to 2005)
* Other awards such as:
o Rhodes Scholars
o Guggenheim Fellows
o MacArthur "Genius" Fellows
* Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of S&P 500 companies.

That is one of the funniest and most clever things I've seen in a while. Congrats, CLS!

What genius calls himslef "Jewboy" and then has the gall to call other people anti-semitic? Was Dick-in-a-Box anti-Christian since it was a "Special Christmas Gift?" Get a life.

You are a retard, read my posts again idiot.

seriously... people think this is funny or clever?! wow, you guys need to get out more... a lot more. this may be one of the worst video parodies i've seen.

http://www.morrisoncohen.com/bios/saviano.htm

it's paul from the Wonder Years!!!!!!!!!!!

Hilarious when I saw it at Law Revue, hilarious now... well done, guys!

I would like to suggest that the guys and girls appearing in the video learn 15 minutes of mesilas yesharim every day so that they may realize the great shame they have brought upon the Holy Nation and its Great Name with their regressivity.

It's hilarious that CLS students think that this was a funny clip. That school is DROPPING. Honestly, you all are not funny.

The takanot of Lakewood are correct! V'hamayvin yavin. Back to daf yomi.

Dude, NYU beat CLS fair and square. The reason UVA is kicking CLS's butt is because CLS is not cool. If NYU hadn't been disqualified for bogus reasons, UVA-NYU would actually be a contest. I would still like Lat to provide a little more detail on the cheating scandal. It was obvious that UMICH cheated as NYU went from leading to being down 75/25 in less than a day. How did NYU cheat?

I'm a cynical asshole that like to shit on everything, but I was very impressed by this, great lyrics and great video.

lots of people love bagels and lox

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG7pLLgptfY

Total rip off of a video Eric Siskind did over a month ago. CLS sucks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG7pLLgptfY

clear rip-off, and inferior at that.

Wow, my respect just fell a lot. Columbia redeemed themselves by plagarism? I thought this was something we were trying to discourage in higher education.

I didn't think it was that funny, although I was impressed that they filmed in so many different places around campus -- including walking down the college's main walk and in an academic office (Registration Services). And all with a giftwrapped box attached.

"Anom,"

It's not plagiarism. It's fair use. It's parody. You'd learn that in copyright class. It's also very funny. Good job, CLS law revue.

really? so you can use the same parody? amazing! thanks Copyright :)

Actually, it was an amazing example of independent creation. We had Bagels With Lox in the works months ago. We didn't even know about the other Bagels With Lox Video until long after we had edited ours.

I don't understand. Why are those men wearing gift-wrapped boxes?

so to recap, two groups came up with a stupid idea for a dumb and lame parody at the same time, and both executed it extremely poorly.

did i mention those videos were really, really bad?

i don't get the title... how has columbia redeemed itself with this video? if anything, i'd say columbia has dug itself a deeper hole with this sad, sad excuse for comedy.

all the bad posters are clearly disguntled NYU folks.

I can't believe you would label the NYU folks like that. That's incredible anti-semitic.

how is that antisemetic?

Plus the CLS guys are waaaaay cuter than those other guys. Beards or no beards. I think I found my chosen one!

For the record, "anti-semitism" is a loaded word and refers to grouping Jews together by genetic predisposition in a negative manner. This is different from "anti-Jewish" and, obviously, anti-Israel. Of course, you could argue that any sort of grouping by genetic traits is "negative" in the sense that stereotypes -- positive or negative -- hurt everyone, but that's besides the point. Depicting two characters who happen to be Jewish and like to eat / give bagels with lox does not fall into any sort of definition of anti-semitism... it's not even anti-Jewish. The silly movements, dances, and ideas in the video are clearly not a representation -- satirical or otherwise -- of Jews as a whole. They're simply two characters. If the two characters happened to be Christian, I doubt anyone would raise a stink. The fact is, the characters are Jewish and (believe it or not) are actually representations of RESPECTFUL Jews! Notice the hats! And the fact that the men never physically touch the woman. Very well done.

Any sort of argument that this representation is akin to "blackface" or 1950s depictions of Chinese-Americans is also way off-base, as those representatoins are inherently hurtful and loaded with prejudice.

If anything, I'm actually a bit surprised that no one has commented that the video might be taken to be a bit sexist. But since the characters are, after all, tru-to-life representations of Jews and Judaism is inherently anti-female, I suppose this, too, is expected.

Well done, boys!

seriously*. these commenters could use some helmets. paging joey pallone!

don't you hungry, bitter 1Ls all have exams to study for or something?

*although, how would this video be more sexist than the SNL original? anti-female, wtf?

LAAAAAAAAAAME. it's like "jerk store" from seinfeld; just didn't make sense

First thing up on YouTube from this year's Libel Show at UVa...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cStYu_-vu2g

Uhhh, I don't get it.

This was done by the kids at Einstein Medical School previously, and much better I might add.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG7pLLgptfY