The first time I ever went to a comedy club, I had a good time, but also an epiphany. The greatest laughter comes from people in groups who've had a few drinks. If a comic bombs in front of people who are already primed to overreact, they've really bombed. that would be the best place to record a laugh track. You may hate that TV shows use laugh tracks, but if they didn't, would you really know where the funny parts are? Watching a sitcom without the laughter is an eye-opener, when you realize it's not all that funny. Laugh tracks evolved from live shows, where an audience will react not only to what's happening on stage, but also to the laughter around them. Recreating that ambience was easy for TV, all you needed was an audience. But recorded laughter was even easier, so it got to the point where you didn't need feedback to tell you if a joke was funny. Who cares if it's funny or not? The laughter will be there when you push a button. And it works.
Saturday, October 07, 2023
Why Sitcoms Use Laugh Tracks
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The problem comes from them thinking something is funny when I don't, and vice versa.
There are also Youtube videos of The Big Bang Theory with the laugh track removed and they are also very earie. It really highlights how bad a lot of the jokes are, which may be laughing at only because of the laugh track.
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