LOL: The Recurring Prop Newspaper

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.

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And here is more:

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Power Rangers Zeo

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A Murder of Crows

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A texasi láncf?részes

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No Country For Old Men

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Angel 3x04

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Lucky Louie – 1x06

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Everybody hates Chris 2x05

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Desperate Housewives – 2x13

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Scrubs 6x16

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Modern Family 1x16

Travelers Insurance – Prized Possession (Dog Commercial)

more photos via: Katus