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BBQ Joint Sues the United States ... of Tara

Posted Jan 30th 2009 4:00PM by TMZ Staff

Toni Collette'sToni Collette's performance in "The United States of Tara" didn't exactly bring the house down -- but it may have caused a roof to collapse.

The owner of a BBQ joint in the San Fernando Valley is suing the makers of the Showtime show, claiming a day's worth of filming in his restaurant left nearly $400K worth of damages.

According to the court docs, the owner of the joint, Un Suk Yun (common spelling), agreed to rent out his restaurant for one day last September. But, Yun claims, "due to many heavy movie machine's pressure, the roof and ceiling came down" -- causing serious damage and forcing him to shut down the eatery for two weeks.

A call to Showtime was not immediately returned.

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1. that suck'z'z yan suk...................

Posted at 6:55PM on Jan 30th 2009 by 99centz

2. BUCK RULZ!!

Posted at 6:56PM on Jan 30th 2009 by wakojako

3. You guys have GOT to be talking about the bear pit in Mission Hills!

Posted at 6:58PM on Jan 30th 2009 by Ashley Ingram

4. im first suckers!

Posted at 6:59PM on Jan 30th 2009 by tofastforyou!

5. man people will sue over anything nowadays!

Posted at 7:27PM on Jan 30th 2009 by bbq mutters

6. Buck can fix the joint,

Posted at 7:27PM on Jan 30th 2009 by daxon

7. Toni Collette is an overrated bore,
Her only shtick is being ugly, and it's a one joke.

Posted at 8:03PM on Jan 30th 2009 by tyler

8. Well, their claim certainly doesn't make any sense, Lights are not just held on ceilings they are propped up on stands they wouldn't rig anything from a real ceiling thats not enforced for that.

Posted at 8:13PM on Jan 30th 2009 by nikki l

9. Sounds like the show did the place a favor.. brought the faulty and dangerous structure issues to the owners attention before the roof and ceiling actually fell on any 'real' customers. That place should dedicate a plaque to the show.

Posted at 8:27PM on Jan 30th 2009 by who would have thought

10. Hey #4 - yea you. To fast for nothing. Your number 4, four. 99 centz said it all...get faster dial up. Not only that, all you who write first are idiots. Especially when your NOT!!!! Write something or stay off. Yahooo, look at me I'm number 9 or 10 or 11 beat you all to one of those numbers. Now...doesn't that sound just plain stupid.

Posted at 8:34PM on Jan 30th 2009 by saved1

11. AN ASIAN OWNS A BBQ PLACE??

Posted at 12:10AM on Jan 31st 2009 by suburbandrudgery

12. I worked on that set that day as an Extra. Yeah it was pretty bad.

Posted at 9:18PM on Jan 30th 2009 by Movie extra

13. Haha it's the Valley Ranch in Van Nuys. That place sucks and everyone who works there is a bunch of bitches. I used to work in that dump. Yuck...They must be hard up for money to renovate that old pos place.

Posted at 10:39PM on Jan 30th 2009 by LOL

14. This is one of the STUPIDEST shows I've ever attempted to watch. I had to change the channel after about 10 minutes. I'm sure Toni Collette is a nice person but the story line was awful and the acting was just as bad.

Posted at 11:26PM on Jan 30th 2009 by MizVooDoo

15. That show sucks.


Posted at 2:07AM on Jan 31st 2009 by Just Sayin

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