The show starts with Nathaniel Curdleface getting his newspaper, "The Morning Sentinel". The paper's main headline proclaims "War Crisis Grows, Stocks Fall, Unemployment on Increase Again". It's stated that Curdleface "has to put up with this sort of thing every morning." However, the paper is labeled as an "Extra". Extras were issued for late-breaking news. A morning paper would not put out an extra edition in the morning during its normal production run, especially if there singular news event to "read all about it."