Flicks, also known as Loose Joints, is a 1982 anthology comedy film consisting of a series of comedic segments themed after Saturday afternoon matinées.
A parody of Newsreel filmstrips featuring stories such as the collapse of a spice factory from every employee sneezing at once, Siamese twins being compressed into one single individual, the cartoon duo of Cat and Mouse announcing their retirement, and the sensation of "whacking" (with paddleball toys) takes the world by storm.. A commander on board a space station deals with small-scale annoyances from mechanical breakdowns and striking staff.
A space-themed noir segment following an insectoid alien detective A married couple buys an old Victorian house only to discover it is haunted by a man who mails surgically removed parts of himself to his neighbors.
The idea for the film originated with Peter Winograd who took the concept to Saturday Night Live writers David Hurwitz and Larry Arnstein, and The Groove Tube Lane Sarasohn with whom Winograd routinely played basketball.
[5] The four and a half minute long short took six months to produce, and was made by San Francisco based animation studio Colossal Pictures.