The Land of Ludicrous Lawsuits: This Is Our Country

TBS has spent the past few weeks ramming Bon Jovi's "I Love This Town" down viewers' throats to such an extent that it is nearly equivalent to "This Is Our Country" in terms of the revulsion it provokes. I am almost incomprehensibly sick of this song.

Now this: some yahoo in MLB's bastion of privilege, entitlement, and boorish behavior -- Ye Olde Boston Towne -- is suing Bon Jovi over the song.

For 400 billion dollars.

Believe it or not, it isn't even a class action suit over the hearing damage and emtional distress the song has caused in a nation of baseball viewers.

I can't help but be reminded of Chester J. Lampwick, the homeless "Simpsons" character voiced by Kirk Douglas.


Claiming to be "the father of cartoon violence," he sued Roger Meyers, Jr., for 800 million dollars, claiming he was the true creator of Itchy & Scratchy.

In the words of Ralph Kramden, "a mere bag o' shells."

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