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In fact, the quoted paragraphs come from an article in a prop newspaper by Earl Hays, whose company, [[https://www.theearlhayspress.com/ the Earl Hays Press]], has been providing Hollywood productions with many other printed props, like StageMoney and fake books, in addition to the fake newspapers, for roughly a century now.
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* ''Series/ThePretender'': In several episodes, like "Risque Business," Jarod reads newspaper articles about the person he's going to help in the episode. Often the newspapers appear only long enough for us to read the headlines, but sometimes we can also read the first two or three paragraphs, and catch a snippet of "common recognition" and others.
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* ''Series/ThePretender'': In several episodes, like "Risque Business," Jarod reads newspaper articles about the person he's going to help in the episode. Often the newspapers appear only long enough for us to read the headlines, but sometimes we can also read the first two or three paragraphs, and catch a snippet of the "common recognition" paragraph and others.others.
** In [[Recap/ThePretenderS4E07WildChild "Wild Child"]], Jarod helps a young girl thought to have been born in the wild. On a newspaper Jarod looks at, under the headline "Doctor arrested for abuse of missing girl," you can read the "Of no less importance" and "At this conference" paragraphs.
** In [[Recap/ThePretenderS4E07WildChild "Wild Child"]], Jarod helps a young girl thought to have been born in the wild. On a newspaper Jarod looks at, under the headline "Doctor arrested for abuse of missing girl," you can read the "Of no less importance" and "At this conference" paragraphs.
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** ''Hill Valley Telegraph'', March 16, 1973. The top front page headline reads in almost all-caps "George [=McFly=] Murdered" with a subhead "Local Author Shot Dead." After an on-topic paragraph about how the author's wallet was missing and his known activism against [=BiffCo=], there's a paragraph about a new court center that is not mentioned in the dialogue of any of the Back to the Future movies. That paragraph, however, appears in several other movie newspapers, and it is followed by various other classic filler paragraphs. Other stories on the same page have specific headlines that head up filler text only.
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** ''Hill Valley Telegraph'', March 16, 1973. The top front page headline reads in almost all-caps "George [=McFly=] Murdered" with a subhead "Local Author Shot Dead." Dead". After an on-topic paragraph about how the author's wallet was missing and his known activism against [=BiffCo=], there's a paragraph about a new court center that is not mentioned in the dialogue of any of the Back ''Back to the Future Future'' movies. That paragraph, however, appears in several other movie newspapers, and it is followed by various other classic filler paragraphs. Other stories on the same page have specific headlines that head up filler text only.
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Classic filler text reads like something you might find in a typical newspaper but is vague enough not to contradict anything the writers have written so far or might want to write for later installments.
They are classic paragraphs that have been used in multiple TV and movie productions. The newspaper has a headline, maybe a byline, a photo and usually a lead paragraph that is relevant to the story.
But after that, it's all some combination of filler paragraphs, like these two:
-> Of no less importance was the common recognition shown of the fact that any menace from without to the peace our continents concerns all of us and therefore properly is a subject of consultation and cooperation. This was reflected in the instruments adopted by the conference.
-> A suggestion that public hearings on applications be limited to one every six months was taken under advisement by the commission.
In fact, the quoted paragraphs come from an article in a prop newspaper by Earl Hays, whose company, the Earl Hays Press, has been providing Hollywood productions with many other printed props, like fake money and fake books, in addition to the fake newspapers, for roughly a century now.
Any filler text can be considered classic filler text if it has appeared in several different productions that are perhaps related only in using the same prop provider. See also PropRecycling. May overlap with FreezeFrameBonus.
This plays into TheLawOfConservationOfDetail, by not loading more story detail onto a newspaper than is necessary.
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!! Examples
[[AC:Films -- Live Action]]
* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'':
** ''Hill Valley Telegraph'', March 16, 1973. The top front page headline reads in almost all-caps "George [=McFly=] Murdered" with a subhead "Local Author Shot Dead." After an on-topic paragraph about how the author's wallet was missing and his known activism against [=BiffCo=], there's a paragraph about a new court center that is not mentioned in the dialogue of any of the Back to the Future movies. That paragraph, however, appears in several other movie newspapers, and it is followed by various other classic filler paragraphs. Other stories on the same page have specific headlines that head up filler text only.
** ''USA Today'' recreated a fictional 2015 front page. The recreation contains no classic filler text. Every story is fully written and specific to the world the movie's set in, such as "3 injured when mom re-hydrates pizza slices".
* ''Film/DeadAgain'': Several newspaper pages establish that Roman Strauss (Creator/KennethBranagh) is a celebrity. In each page, the first two or three paragraphs are on topic, but the rest are filler, making heavy use of the "common recognition" and "public hearing" paragraphs quoted above.
* ''Film/MenInBlack3'': A newspaper from June 16, 1969 has a front page story with a photo of Buzz Aldrin before he went on the Apollo 11 mission. The headline and subhead are on topic, but every paragraph of the article is filler, starting with the "future plans" paragraph, followed by "preliminary investigation," "unanimous agreement," etc.
* In ''Film/RaisingArizona'', a newspaper article about the "Arizona Quints" starts with a paragraph about the babies' release from the hospital. The rest of the article consists of paragraphs such as "Many persons feel at this stage that some legal action is forthcoming", the "common recognition" and "public hearing" paragraphs quoted above, etc.
* ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs'': A newspaper with the headline "New Horrors in "Cannibal Trial"" has two on-topic paragraphs, followed by the "unanimous agreement" and "common recognition" paragraphs.
[[AC:Live Action TV]]
* Quite consistently averted on ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. Finch frequently pulls up newspaper articles on his computer, and even though these flash by rather quickly, the producers still put in the effort to write articles that read as authentic. Since these are generally about the MysteryOfTheWeek, there isn't much worry that these articles could cause continuity problems later on.
* ''Series/ThePretender'': In several episodes, like "Risque Business," Jarod reads newspaper articles about the person he's going to help in the episode. Often the newspapers appear only long enough for us to read the headlines, but sometimes we can also read the first two or three paragraphs, and catch a snippet of "common recognition" and others.
* ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]'', [[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever "The City on the Edge of Forever"]]: Right after "Edith Keeler, social worker from 21st Street Mission was killed today," the "public hearings" paragraph.
* ''Series/WonderWoman1975'' [[Recap/WonderWomanS1E1TheNewOriginalWonderWoman "The New, Original Wonder Woman"]]: The headline "Major Steve Trevor Dies in Crash" heads up an article with one on-topic paragraph followed by the "legal action forthcoming" and "public hearings" paragraphs.
They are classic paragraphs that have been used in multiple TV and movie productions. The newspaper has a headline, maybe a byline, a photo and usually a lead paragraph that is relevant to the story.
But after that, it's all some combination of filler paragraphs, like these two:
-> Of no less importance was the common recognition shown of the fact that any menace from without to the peace our continents concerns all of us and therefore properly is a subject of consultation and cooperation. This was reflected in the instruments adopted by the conference.
-> A suggestion that public hearings on applications be limited to one every six months was taken under advisement by the commission.
In fact, the quoted paragraphs come from an article in a prop newspaper by Earl Hays, whose company, the Earl Hays Press, has been providing Hollywood productions with many other printed props, like fake money and fake books, in addition to the fake newspapers, for roughly a century now.
Any filler text can be considered classic filler text if it has appeared in several different productions that are perhaps related only in using the same prop provider. See also PropRecycling. May overlap with FreezeFrameBonus.
This plays into TheLawOfConservationOfDetail, by not loading more story detail onto a newspaper than is necessary.
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!! Examples
[[AC:Films -- Live Action]]
* ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'':
** ''Hill Valley Telegraph'', March 16, 1973. The top front page headline reads in almost all-caps "George [=McFly=] Murdered" with a subhead "Local Author Shot Dead." After an on-topic paragraph about how the author's wallet was missing and his known activism against [=BiffCo=], there's a paragraph about a new court center that is not mentioned in the dialogue of any of the Back to the Future movies. That paragraph, however, appears in several other movie newspapers, and it is followed by various other classic filler paragraphs. Other stories on the same page have specific headlines that head up filler text only.
** ''USA Today'' recreated a fictional 2015 front page. The recreation contains no classic filler text. Every story is fully written and specific to the world the movie's set in, such as "3 injured when mom re-hydrates pizza slices".
* ''Film/DeadAgain'': Several newspaper pages establish that Roman Strauss (Creator/KennethBranagh) is a celebrity. In each page, the first two or three paragraphs are on topic, but the rest are filler, making heavy use of the "common recognition" and "public hearing" paragraphs quoted above.
* ''Film/MenInBlack3'': A newspaper from June 16, 1969 has a front page story with a photo of Buzz Aldrin before he went on the Apollo 11 mission. The headline and subhead are on topic, but every paragraph of the article is filler, starting with the "future plans" paragraph, followed by "preliminary investigation," "unanimous agreement," etc.
* In ''Film/RaisingArizona'', a newspaper article about the "Arizona Quints" starts with a paragraph about the babies' release from the hospital. The rest of the article consists of paragraphs such as "Many persons feel at this stage that some legal action is forthcoming", the "common recognition" and "public hearing" paragraphs quoted above, etc.
* ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs'': A newspaper with the headline "New Horrors in "Cannibal Trial"" has two on-topic paragraphs, followed by the "unanimous agreement" and "common recognition" paragraphs.
[[AC:Live Action TV]]
* Quite consistently averted on ''Series/PersonOfInterest''. Finch frequently pulls up newspaper articles on his computer, and even though these flash by rather quickly, the producers still put in the effort to write articles that read as authentic. Since these are generally about the MysteryOfTheWeek, there isn't much worry that these articles could cause continuity problems later on.
* ''Series/ThePretender'': In several episodes, like "Risque Business," Jarod reads newspaper articles about the person he's going to help in the episode. Often the newspapers appear only long enough for us to read the headlines, but sometimes we can also read the first two or three paragraphs, and catch a snippet of "common recognition" and others.
* ''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Star Trek]]'', [[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever "The City on the Edge of Forever"]]: Right after "Edith Keeler, social worker from 21st Street Mission was killed today," the "public hearings" paragraph.
* ''Series/WonderWoman1975'' [[Recap/WonderWomanS1E1TheNewOriginalWonderWoman "The New, Original Wonder Woman"]]: The headline "Major Steve Trevor Dies in Crash" heads up an article with one on-topic paragraph followed by the "legal action forthcoming" and "public hearings" paragraphs.
