text:  That's a lie! It was the My Cousin Vinny defense. It was that moment in My Cousin Vinny where Joe Pesci shows up wearing the 19th century crazy-looking suit, and he says this. Everything that guy just said is bullshit. Thank you. That's pretty much the defense. He didn't have quite the panache of a Joe Pesci, and his wardrobe wasn't quite as ornate, but that was it.