A pair of off-the-wall TV newsmen investigating the slaying of a teenager by a policeman are called "yellow journalists" by authorities and can't quite believe the outcome of the case.
Tom and Dick Smothers star as a crackerjack news gathering team who take to the streets of San Francisco in search of a story and resort to unorthodox means to get it.
When members of the cast and crew of a 1950 movie made on location are suddenly reported to be suffering from forms of cancer, the reporters learn that nuclear devices were being tested in the area at the time.
Bones goes undercover posing as a teacher at a tough inner city high school to learn the identity of the person or persons who beat up and seriously hurt a teacher at the school.