Prop Switch

What happens to a conversation when you change the prop?

Sometimes, the props used in a sketch can make a huge difference. Watch as Studio C changes a normal conversation into a funny one with a simple prop switch.

## Transcript

Matt (talking about a pastry): Honey, I don't want to keep bringing this up, but could you stop making these? I don't like them very much.
Mallory: Well, I hate to break it to you, but I've got another one in the oven.
Matt: I don't want to sound insensitive, but have you noticed how much weight you gain when you have these? And, let's be honest here, they never smell good.
Mallory: Look, let's not argue, okay? We could give it to the new neighbors, tell them it's a housewarming gift.
Matt: Are you kidding? We give them that, they're gonna think we're nuts or something.
Mallory: Nonsense, they'll love it. Do you think I should give it to them personally or just leave it on their doorstep?
Matt: Oh, just leave it on their doorstep. I don't want them to know we gave it to them, they might try to give it back. Great, now it's dripping all over me. Honestly, these things are such a mess. Hold this.
Mallory: Honey, you could have stained the carpet! I don't understand this aversion you have.
Matt: I just have no use for them, except maybe as a paperweight, but then it'd get it's nastiness everywhere.
Mallory: That is it! I am going to my mother's!
Matt: Fine, take this with you, your mom will probably love it, she hasn't had one in years.
Mallory: I'm leaving that with you until you learn to appreciate it.
Matt: This is why I wanted a dog.

Whitney: As many of you have realized, that wasn't very funny. You see, we here at Studio C spend many hours writing, revising, and sometimes completely rewriting our shows. Sometimes, however, our material doesn't need to be rewritten but merely looked at in another way. We will illustrate this principle by making a slight change, replacing this questionable pastry with a baby!

Matt (talking about a baby): Honey, I don't want to keep bringing this up, but could you stop making these? I don't like them very much.
Mallory: Well, I hate to break it to you, but I've got another one in the oven.
Matt: I don't want to sound insensitive, but have you noticed how much weight you gain when you have these? And, let's be honest here, they never smell good.
Mallory: Look, let's not argue, okay? We could give it to the new neighbors, tell them it's a housewarming gift.
Matt: Are you kidding? We give them that, they're gonna think we're nuts or something.
Mallory: Nonsense, they'll love it. Do you think I should give it to them personally or just leave it on their doorstep?
Matt: Oh, just leave it on their doorstep. I don't want them to know we gave it to them, they might try to give it back. Great, now it's dripping all over me. Honestly, these things are such a mess. Hold this.
Mallory: Honey, you could have stained the carpet! I don't understand this aversion you have.
Matt: I just have no use for them, except maybe as a paperweight, but then it'd get it's nastiness everywhere.
Mallory: That is it! I am going to my mother's!
Matt: Fine, take this with you, your mom will probably love it, she hasn't had one in years.
Mallory: I'm leaving that with you until you learn to appreciate it.
Matt: This is why I wanted a dog.

## Trivia

* This is the first sketch of Season 1 Episode 8.
* This sketch was uploaded on the same day as the episode aired on BYUtv.
* Prop Switch is an adaptation on a sketch made by BYU Divine Comedy in 2009.
	+ The role of Mallory Everton was played by Sarah Michael, instead.
* This is the third sketch in a row to be written by Matt Meese, after Awkward Avoidance Viking: Grandma's House and Dinner Party.
* This is the forty-fifth sketch of Studio C.
* This is the first sketch since Chatterbox where Jason Gray isn't a part of the sketch, and is also not credited in the description.
	+ He was credited in Foreign Exchange without appearing in it, and he had a voice-only role in While You Were Out.
* This sketch features the joint fewest Cast members of Season 1, only three people appear.
	+ This excludes Bashful E-mail where no one appears.
* This is the second time an entire part of the transcript is repeated later, although this is the first time it happens in the same sketch.
	+ The previous time this happened, was in The Doorstep Part 1 and The Doorstep Part 2.
* This is the first time since that the fourth wall is broken, aside from television shows in Channel Surfing and P90X.
	+ The fourth wall to the audience members has been broken before, for example in The Entertainment and Dana's Dead Tongue Twister.
* This sketch features Mattory.