Chris Cocker, 36, from Blackburn laughed so hard while watching BBC TV’s Have I Got News For You that he fell off the sofa. A neighbour in the flat below heard the thud and called police.
“I fell off the settee in hysterics and hit the floor and got myself up and started carrying on watching the telly and the next thing I know there was a knock on the door,” Mr Cocker said.
The knock was from police officers, but Mr Cocker was not happy to see them and refused to co-operate.
“The bit where I lost it the most was when I shut the door and the policeman had stuck his foot in the doorway and was refusing to let me shut my own front door,” he said.
Police then pepper-sprayed Mr Cocker, bundled him into a police van and took him to a police station where he said he was stripped naked and made to spend a night in a jail cell.
Lancashire Police said the officers used the pepper spray after fearing for their safety when Mr Cocker became aggressive.
Mr Cocker admitted in court that he had resisted a police officer. He was given a conditional discharge for assault.