LOL: The Recurring Prop Newspaper

By Peter Sciretta/June 4, 2010 9:00 am EST

If you watch enough television shows and movies, then you might even start to notice that a bunch of the same props are used over and over again. I first noticed this with a magazine prop in various television shows including Married With Children, which featured a gum advertisement on the back cover. Someone on Reddit recently put together a compilation of photos from various television shows, commercials and movies, showing how one newspaper prop gets around and is reused, and reused again.

I don’t know the story behind this prop newspaper, but I assume it was created as a royalty free prop for television shows. Somewhere along the line, the prop became a recurring gag between propmasters. Something like how sound designers reuse the Wilhem Scream in every movie. Check out some examples after the jump.

And here is more:

Power Rangers Zeo

A Murder of Crows

A texasi láncf?részes

No Country For Old Men

Angel 3x04

Lucky Louie – 1x06

Everybody hates Chris 2x05

Desperate Housewives – 2x13

Scrubs 6x16

Modern Family 1x16 Travelers Insurance – Prized Possession (Dog Commercial) more photos via: Katus

LOL: The Recurring Prop Newspaper

By Peter Sciretta/June 4, 2010 9:00 am EST

If you watch enough television shows and movies, then you might even start to notice that a bunch of the same props are used over and over again. I first noticed this with a magazine prop in various television shows including Married With Children, which featured a gum advertisement on the back cover. Someone on Reddit recently put together a compilation of photos from various television shows, commercials and movies, showing how one newspaper prop gets around and is reused, and reused again.

I don’t know the story behind this prop newspaper, but I assume it was created as a royalty free prop for television shows. Somewhere along the line, the prop became a recurring gag between propmasters. Something like how sound designers reuse the Wilhem Scream in every movie. Check out some examples after the jump.

And here is more:

Power Rangers Zeo

A Murder of Crows

A texasi láncf?részes

No Country For Old Men

Angel 3x04

Lucky Louie – 1x06

Everybody hates Chris 2x05

Desperate Housewives – 2x13

Scrubs 6x16

Modern Family 1x16 Travelers Insurance – Prized Possession (Dog Commercial) more photos via: Katus

I don’t know the story behind this prop newspaper, but I assume it was created as a royalty free prop for television shows. Somewhere along the line, the prop became a recurring gag between propmasters. Something like how sound designers reuse the Wilhem Scream in every movie. Check out some examples after the jump.

And here is more:

Power Rangers Zeo

A Murder of Crows

A texasi láncf?részes

No Country For Old Men

Angel 3x04

Lucky Louie – 1x06

Everybody hates Chris 2x05

Desperate Housewives – 2x13

Scrubs 6x16

Modern Family 1x16

Travelers Insurance – Prized Possession (Dog Commercial)

more photos via: Katus