3 4 , ▁Metro - G old w yn - M ayer ▁released ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁ten ▁one - re el ▁the atr ical ▁short s ▁called ▁Go of y ▁Mov ies , ▁which ▁included ▁" W ot aph ony ▁News re el ," ▁a ▁news re el ▁par ody ▁that ▁pa ired ▁actual ▁foot age ▁with ▁a ▁mock ing , ▁dead pan ▁narr ation . ▁ ▁Also ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 4 , ▁half way ▁through ▁a ▁Kraft ▁Music ▁Hall ▁radio ▁show , ▁Dean ▁Taylor ▁(" O thers ▁collect ▁the ▁news , ▁Dean ▁makes ▁it ! ") ▁narr ated ▁a ▁fake ▁news re el ▁which ▁began ▁with ▁a ▁report ▁on ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Gi ants ▁and ▁Philadelphia ▁Phill ies ▁being ▁cancel led ▁due ▁to ▁bad ▁weather , ▁and ▁baseball ▁season ▁being ▁res ch eduled ▁to ▁when ▁far mers ▁need ▁rain . ▁ ▁On ▁television ▁ ▁News ▁sat ire ▁has ▁been ▁pre val ent ▁on ▁television ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁when ▁it ▁enjoyed ▁a ▁r ena issance ▁in ▁the ▁UK ▁with ▁the ▁" S at ire ▁Bo om ", ▁led ▁by ▁such ▁l umin aries ▁as ▁Peter ▁Cook , ▁Alan ▁Ben nett , ▁Jonathan ▁Miller , ▁David ▁F rost , ▁Ele an or ▁Bron , ▁and ▁D ud ley ▁Moore , ▁and ▁the ▁television ▁program ▁That ▁Was ▁The ▁Week ▁That ▁Was . ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁the ▁N BC ▁network ▁adapted ▁this ▁program ▁and ▁also ▁produced ▁its ▁own ▁content , ▁from ▁the ▁" news " ▁segment