Phony News Flashes (1955)

A collection of newsreel spoofs. Among them, a house with some special features for the mother-in-law, an egg-eating champion who speaks fluent chicken, a slow-motion view of a spitball pitcher, a toothpaste with unfortunate side effects, a look at a heavenly body from Mt. Wilson observatory, a speaker is unconcerned with alien invasions, a circus performer retires from diving into wet anvils, a dog that does income taxes, and an anti-noise campaign in a small town.

Released Aug. 16, 1955 6 min 11+

Genres: Animation, Comedy, Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.campaign, imdb.toothpaste, imdb.anvil, imdb.mother-in-law, imdb.newsreel, imdb.circus + 20 more, imdb.alien-invasion, imdb.outer-space, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.urban-legend, imdb.unidentified-flying-object, imdb.teeth, imdb.series, imdb.rumor, imdb.miraculous-cure, imdb.mars-the-planet, imdb.legend, imdb.hoax, imdb.gossip, imdb.false-teeth, imdb.dentures, imdb.denial, imdb.baseball, imdb.income-tax, imdb.noise, imdb.zoo