The show was at its funniest[opinion] when desecrating early melodramas with "hip" reinterpretations, such as presenting Rudolph Valentino as an insurance salesman or Lon Chaney Sr.'s The Hunchback of Notre Dame as "Dinky Dunstan, Boy Cheerleader."
Many segments were vicious satires of television commercials; a typical "word from our sponsor" would have the announcer extolling the virtues of the item being advertised, accompanied by darkly humorous clips.
A fly-by-night real estate development, for example, was illustrated with clips of buildings being destroyed by a cyclone (from Steamboat Bill, Jr. with Buster Keaton).
Most were popular TV or film personalities of the 1960s such as Fabian, Bob Denver, Deborah Walley, Rod Serling, and Rose Marie.
Many prominent figures of the 1960s were lampooned, including TV icons such as "Uncle Walt" Disney (after signing off, “Well that oughta hold the little stinkers for tonight”).
Co-producer Bill Scott (Bullwinkle's voice) appears briefly in two episodes, one as a delivery man and the other a clumsy stuntman who falls flat on his face.