Angie & Jim

An Open Letter to the Cast of Studio Cby Jim

To the cast of Studio C,

I wanted to write to you and express my gratitude for your videos on BYUTV and YouTube. In an unexpected and poignant way, your show has become very significant to our family. My mother was recently diagnosed with a rapidly degenerative and terminal neurological condition called Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. She began by having balance problems followed by losing her short-term memory. Back before she started showing symptoms in September of last year, she was already very fond of your show. My mother has always been very selective about what was viewed in our home and strove to provide good, clean, and wholesome entertainment for our family.

The stages of this disease progress very quickly and in the last couple weeks, my mother has slowly lost the ability to communicate. She’s degenerated enough that she requires help with everything she does. Every day she gets a little worse. One thing that she has not lost is her sense of humor. She is still able to laugh and appreciates good clean fun. Her time with is us is very short; she will probably not live to see her birthday at the end of this month. We try and fill her days with joyous memories and anything that makes her laugh brings us tremendous satisfaction.

Lately, we’ve been watching familiar Studio C sketches daily because they still get a laugh out of her. Mom’s favorite sketch is Shooting Booth, which makes her chuckle every time. I think she likes that one best because it’s about a protective mother. I can’t tell you how much it means to us that you’ve provided us with something that brings happiness to our mother during this very difficult time in our family. Every laugh now is a precious gift to us. Thank you for contributing to the happiness of our mother in her final days.

Sincerely,
James & the rest of
The Hoffman Family