timmy c
03-31-2011, 11:54 AM
Interesting article on Jay Bilas (http://www.nj.com/college-basketball/index.ssf/2011/03/ncaa_tournament_broadcaster_jay_bilas_has_a_variet y_of_skills_that_makes_his_voice_one_of_a_kind.htm l
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The highlight of the article was this little story,
Bilas, who latched on with the Charlotte, N.C.-based firm Moore and Van Allen in the early ’90s, was the lead attorney for Morris Costumes, a costume rental giant that came under fire for copyright infringement.
The plaintiff? Barney the dinosaur.
“They wouldn’t settle, so we went to trial,” Bilas said. “So I went to trial against Barney the purple dinosaur in federal court. And I actually had to subpoena Barney to the trial.”
The plaintiffs did not want to grant his request because of the cost and the manpower behind wrangling the children’s television celebrity.
They argued that there was no way the costumed individual, who would measure 6-9 and weigh more than 250 pounds, could possibly sit inside U.S. District Judge Graham C. Mullen’s courtroom.
That explanation didn’t fly for Bilas — a star forward at Duke, who played professionally for the Dallas Mavericks and in Europe.
“Well your honor, I’m 6-8, 240,” Bilas said. “And I made it in here just fine.”
I guess Jay > Barney!
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The highlight of the article was this little story,
Bilas, who latched on with the Charlotte, N.C.-based firm Moore and Van Allen in the early ’90s, was the lead attorney for Morris Costumes, a costume rental giant that came under fire for copyright infringement.
The plaintiff? Barney the dinosaur.
“They wouldn’t settle, so we went to trial,” Bilas said. “So I went to trial against Barney the purple dinosaur in federal court. And I actually had to subpoena Barney to the trial.”
The plaintiffs did not want to grant his request because of the cost and the manpower behind wrangling the children’s television celebrity.
They argued that there was no way the costumed individual, who would measure 6-9 and weigh more than 250 pounds, could possibly sit inside U.S. District Judge Graham C. Mullen’s courtroom.
That explanation didn’t fly for Bilas — a star forward at Duke, who played professionally for the Dallas Mavericks and in Europe.
“Well your honor, I’m 6-8, 240,” Bilas said. “And I made it in here just fine.”
I guess Jay > Barney!