With news today that Lindsay Lohan is suing E-Trade over the use of her name in a commercial, we thought we’d take a look back at some of the most ridiculous celebrity lawsuits of all-time.

A few years back Tara Reid had a rather unfortunate and famous wardrobe malfunction. That’s code for “her breast popped out”. Many found the incident amusing including one condo developer who used an ad that said “Dear Tara Reid, come let it all hang out”. Apparently, Reid wasn’t among those who were amused and responded by saying that the ad “ridiculed” her, implying she was “sexually lewd.” We’re left to question what’s more lewd: the ad itself or her botched plastic surgery.

The late Evel Knievel didn’t take too kindly when Kanye West impersonated him in the video “Touch the Sky”. West parodied Knievel’s famed attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon in 1974. Knievel also sued AOL for, get this, “use of the search term ‘Evel Knievel’ returning the infringed music video.” We’re thinking Knievel hit his head one too many times. As for West, he reportedly apologized at Knievel’s funeral by interrupting the eulogist.

The article was titled, “Should Kate Winslet Win an Oscar for the World’s Most Irritating Actress?” Harmless perhaps but Winslet felt it was out of bounds and nastily written. The article also accused of Winslet of lying about her exercise regimen. For all her troubles Winslet was awarded the huge sum of $40,000. She promptly used it on liposuction the next day.

In 2007, Fox’s Family Guy parodied Carol Burnett’s “Charwoman” character in one of their episodes. Burnett sued because they used her infamous ear tug without her permission. Apparently, she wasn’t upset that they portrayed her as a part-time janitor in a porn shop. No word on whether anybody has counter sued “Family Guy” for continually putting out unoriginal material.

Most of you may be too young to remember but there was a time when Vanna White had to — *gasp* — flip the letters on Wheel of Fortune. It was a tough job but somebody had to do it. The Samsung corporation tried to make light of that by having an ad with a robot turning the letters. White sued and won. At the trial, Pat Sajak testified on behalf of White and said “I’d turn the letters myself but I need a stool to reach the top row.”

Dustin Hoffman spent most of the 1982 movie “Tootsie” dressed in woman’s clothing. Fifteen years later, a LA based magazine computer generated Hoffman’s head from the movie on some dresses for a spread called “Grand Illusions”. Hoffman sued and won for $5 million dollars. On a completely unrelated note, Hoffman recently signed a contract to appear in the “To Wong Fu” sequel.

You may remember Tila Tequila as that gremlin-looking reality TV star no one cares about. Well, last year her and NFL star Shawne Merriman got into it over a sexual encounter gone bad. Tequila sued for physical and emotion distress, Merriman counter sued for defamation of character. Merriman later realized that it was more defaming for him to admit he had sex with a Gremlin. Still awaiting word on whether Tequila is allowed to drink water after midnight.

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The SB Dunks inspired by the deviant Family Guy character feature an upper constructed of blue nubuck and blue canvas to represent Quagmire’s jeans, and red nubuck with gold stars to represent Glen’s button up shirt. Furthermore there’s yellow stitching used on the mid-sole while white contrast stitching is used on the blue nubuck Nike Swoosh.

More pics and details here…

Probably one of my favorite clips from the Family Guy….

“I have these gifts for you, they’re up in my bum”…

Classic

The original can be seen here (last video).

H/T: Guyism

South Park
Episode: Douche or Turd
Lesson: Turd sandwiches make viable political candidates; Your vote doesn’t matter

In this pre-2004 Presidential Election episode, South Park Elementary’s mascot, the Cow, has been deemed inappropriate by PETA. So the school decides to elect a new mascot with candidates created by the students. This leads to a campaign being run by a Turd Sandwich and a Giant Douche.

And it featured a call to action from Diddy to Stan to get out and vote.

At the end of the episode, Stan decides to vote for Turd Sandwich. But then, the school opts to just use the Cow mascot again instead of the Giant Douche or Turd Sandwich, meaning Stan’s vote was completely meaningless. Kind of like being someone trying to vote for Al Gore in Florida in 2000.

While I would hate to dispute the credentials of Turd Sandwich, I’d have to question his existence in the first place. A Giant Douche has its uses…after all, women in the WNBA have to be cleaned somehow. But a Turd Sandwich? Why that doesn’t sound delicious at all, sir.

The Simpsons
Episode: Treehouse of Horror VII’s “Citizen Kang”
Lesson: Democracy just doesn’t work, particularly when aliens are involved

Loveable aliens (well, as loveable as someone trying to destroy our planet can be) Kang and Kodos decide that the best way to enslave all Earthlings is by taking over for Presidential candidates Bob Dole and Bill Clinton. Here’s how Kang, in the form of Bob Dole, won votes at a pre-election stump speech.

Unfortunately Kang’s promises of miniature flags never came to fruition as, instead, upon winning the election (yes, Bob Dole won the election…I know, that’s a bit far-fetched even for a cartoon), he opted to enslave all of the Earthlings to build a laser to attack another planet. Which sounds illogical until you realize that it undoubtedly saved us an attack from Neptunian terrorists and their weapons of mass destruction.

Capitol Critters
Episode: “Of Thee I Sting”
Lesson: Even rats find politicians dirty

You may or may not remember Capitol Critters, a cartoon which had a one season run on ABC. The premise was pretty simple: Rats live beneath the White House, hijinx ensue. In this episode, main character Max (an idealistic rat who just moved to Washington) finds himself in a senator’s suitcase. The senator, fresh off of a stirring speech that showed him as a hero to millions, meets with a couple lobbyists. Skip to 3:30 in on this clip to save yourself minutes of cartoon rats being completely f’ing retarded.

My favorite part of the clip? How they’re just emptying stacks of money into a bag casually like that was a totally cool thing to do and the senator is just like, “Sure, pile your UNMARKED money into my bag! No problem!” If you’re going to be a corrupt politician, at least watch a movie or two so you have a vague understanding of how to exchange illicit funds.

Looks like Max just learned an important lesson about how Washington really works. But he didn’t learn a lesson about where to get awesome rat-sized hats and print buttondowns. That lesson he learned a long time ago.

Tiny Toons
Episode: Citizen Max
Lesson: Never cross Buster Bunny

This one was a spoof of Citizen Kane (a never-before-done concept, I’m sure). In a flashback, Montana Max decides to run for student council President as part of his rise to power. But the basic foundation of his campaign was to rid the school of Buster Bunny. Skip to 6:45 in this clip…

It really makes you wish that John McCain and Barack Obama had their debates in a cartoon (I presume through some sort of chicanery like in that movie Stay Tuned…all we’d need is a remote control and a bit of whimsy). There weren’t nearly enough anvils being dropped on someone’s head during their encounters.

Anyway Max rigs the election against Buster Bunny (people didn’t quite gravitate to Max’s Bunny Genocide platform like he’d have hoped) and ends up alone and sad and totally gay for his old bike. Just like William Taft.

Futurama
Episode: A Head in the Polls
Lesson: Our first robot President will win by one vote; The United States is part of the world

For the people living in Futurama, the elections of the year 3000 were (will be?) pretty dull, being contested by two clones named John Jackson and Jack Johnson who offered no real differences in their platforms. However, Fry learns that voting in the future actually can make a difference. Note: Fry’s method of protesting the voting process in the clip below is highly recommended.

Unfortunately neither John Jackson’s policies on taxation were strong enough, leaving Richard Nixon’s head as a runaway winner thanks, primarily, to his appeal to robot voters.

See what happens if you don’t vote? Not only do you end up with Richard Nixon as President, you end up with Richard Nixon as President in an evil robot body. Which I guess is slightly cooler. Especially if you collect Presidential action figures.

Family Guy
Episode: It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One
Lesson: Voters are mostly idiots

Lois ends up running for mayor because of an oil refinery polluting Quahog. But her beliefs quickly become compromised, as illustrated through this Rudy Giuliani-esque performance during a debate against incumbent Mayor Adam West.

Lois ends up winning the mayoral election but finds herself corrupted by the position, misappropriating taxpayer money and accepting bribes. After accepting an expensive fur coat from the oil company she initially took the job to stop, Lois realizes the error of her ways and resigns. Leave it to Family Guy to show the biggest lesson of all when you go to the polls tomorrow: Never trust a woman running for office who’s been given fancy clothes.

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