News on Parade Corporation News

News on Parade Corporation News

Movie Information Country of origin: USA First appearance: "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)"

News on Parade Corporation News was a news outlet produced by News on Parade Co. in the Springfield around 1950s. It was hosted in the Aztec Theater. Abraham Simpson and Jasper Beardly watched the program.

Content

The program, judging by the news anchor's words, was "bringing you the world of current events, new gadgets and Hollywood!". The program was full of references to those times, such as a family being scared because of seeing a train on the TV screen, and Freeman Gosden from Amos 'n' Andy. The anchor calls Springfield "the city on the grow". Springfield is revealed to be one of America's 400 fastest-growing cities. It is said that "half the country wears the Springfield galoshes", and we also see the states' first aqua-car factory and Professor Rubber-Mouth.

Behind the Laughter

News on Parade was a parody of News on the March from the 1941 movie Citizen Kane which itself was a parody of The March of Time newsreels.

Appearances

• Episode – "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)"