Midnight Torts

With the help of electronic and social media, the old “ambulance chasers” are exploding all around us in an all-encompassing virtual universe.

During those long nights when it is difficult to reconcile sleep one sits in bed and stares, half alive, at those late night movies which loosely fall into the C+/- category. I do not really expect to see an Oscar winning performance (although sometimes there has been a surprise or two) relegated to that time of the morning.

Of course, as an alternate, there are the cheap ads and innumerable "infomercials" to be had. Worse than cheap sweet wine.

What used to be exclusive selling time for vacuum cleaners and kitchen knives has become time for learning about all the diseases you might have been exposed to from the day you were born, and how you can become rich by just calling (888-SUE-THEM) and talking with one of the available specialists on the subject. Apparently these phone people are extremely well versed in all possible diseases and the moneys they can bring you. Especially the latter.

There are many valid circumstances in which an individual may have been wronged and may deserve a fair amount of compensation for the wrongdoing. However, it is also true that these midnight cowboys (of the legal kind) have created an immense phishing industry which is dedicated to create fear amongst the viewers as well as the often false illusion that you can become rich for something which may -or not- have happened during the course of your life.

I could imagine a conversation between two late night owls or, at least one and her/his trying to sleep spouse…

-“OMG Harvey… did ya hear that lawyer guy on the TV?”

-“WHAT’cha talking ‘bout Mabel?” –“My God, look at the time woman… it’s 2 in the morning and I have to go to work tomorrow!” – “GO TO SLEEP ALREADY!!”

-“You could be rich, you fool!” –“This guy’s talking ‘bout problems with breathin’ caused by sumptin’ called usbestus and you snore like a train every night!!” – “That’s gotta be something you could sue som’body for!”

-“What’yu mean?” – “Go to sleep already, will ya!!!”...-“I snore because I fell down and broke my nose when I tripped on the shoes you left in the middle of the room…” ... - “Can I sue you???”

And so it goes. We live in a society which has been brought to the belief that suing somebody for something –anything- is a God given right and the American Way. And, of course, our friendly TV attorneys make sure that belief becomes a religion. After all, it’s their income we are talking about.

Midnight “entertainment”… swinging lawyers, right alongside of homemade “True Reality Shows” have become the staple of late night cheap TV nightmares.

Can we have back-to-back Johnny Carson re-runs???

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