Man nearly jailed over late DVD

An Oklahoma man was not laughing when the Mark Wahlberg comedy flick “Ted” almost landed him in jail.

Lonnie Perry was facing a $218 bill for a DVD that he rented in the Tulsa, Okla., area back in 2014. He paid as little as $5 for the rental, but later became homeless and forgot to return the movie.

“Just a regular weekday,” he told KTUL. “I went home from work, stopped by and rented a movie, then went home and watched it."

When he became homeless, he said he put everything in a box, including the movie. He did not think about the talking teddy bear again until he got a call from the Rogers County district attorney's office and then a letter, according to the station.

DVDs may have mostly gone out of style, but this one would now cost Perry $218.07.

“It wasn't worth the $5 I rented it for,” he told the station.