Sit-Com Shows with Laugh Tracks
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They have to use this canned laughter because the programs are not funny and without these canned laughs no one would know when they were supposed to laugh.
In my opinion this was one of the worst things ever to come along in television. Even if the show was funny I felt insulted that the producers didn't think I was clever enough to get it.
I think the average intelligence of this forum is soooo much higher than the general TV audience we just don't understand that they NEED to be told when to laugh! It's insulting to us because we are so smart but it isn't insulting to them at all.....
feralmerril
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Someplace there must be some cue cards printed Boooo. Or should be.
Rintimtin
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The canned laugh is insulting when you really think about it so I try not to focus on it. Some shows I watch have it others don't. If Im watching a show more than a few times its because I like it for some reason. It may be funny, or entertaining to me. Not to get off track but alot of the shows I used to watch that that are not sitcoms, but rather reality TV but I didn't consider reality TV have turned into just that. They would start out educational and interesting and turn into a level just above trash in just a few seasons. So I watch alot of sitcoms at least I know its written and if its funny I still watch it if it not I have many other choices out there that I will try out.
I don't watch any of the sitcoms and can't stand the canned laughter. I think it is insulting to the viewers. I know when something is funny and don't have to be told.
I sat and watched the first "Home Alone" the other night and that show is funny.
I sat and watched the first "Home Alone" the other night and that show is funny.
Comrad
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The only way I would see a sit com is if it aired on the History or Discovery channel. I'm pretty sure the whole canned laugh stuff started to make believe they were performing in front of a live audience. Yeah, it stinks.
gdnagle
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And what's the difference of canned laugh, because I guess were to stupid to know what's funny, and the script righters can't make a show funny, or the dumb scripts of the reality shows which don't need canned laugh because they are funnier then the comedy shows with their fake drama. I don't watch any just give me history channel, military channel, Discovery channel and TCM.
Heck you didn't need canned laughter with Laurel & Hardy, Marx Bros, Three Stooges, Our Gang, etc. even before talkies with Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, etc.
Heck you didn't need canned laughter with Laurel & Hardy, Marx Bros, Three Stooges, Our Gang, etc. even before talkies with Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, etc.
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I get more laughs reading this forum then watching the sitcoms.
Me too. Ive had to replace my keyboard twice since May.
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I did too-for the first time. Loved the scene where he puts that Tarantula on the guys face.
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Where did the canned laughter come from?????? It came from the old "Filmed before a live audience" shows. When the comedy shows were actually funny.....Those tapes have since been edited, and the sound of them preserved. ala CANNED LAUGHTER.....
Same for applause.....On the live shows, there was a person who would hold up the sign APPLAUSE when they wanted the crowd to applaud.
Same thing....The sound of applause was kept.....
The new so called sit coms, for the most part are not filmed before a live audience, there fore the injections of laughter.....
Now, if you really, really, really want to watch the show, just turn off the sound, and turn on your CLOSED CAPTION...
SAY WHAT???????? I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!!!!!!
WuzzFuzz
Same for applause.....On the live shows, there was a person who would hold up the sign APPLAUSE when they wanted the crowd to applaud.
Same thing....The sound of applause was kept.....
The new so called sit coms, for the most part are not filmed before a live audience, there fore the injections of laughter.....
Now, if you really, really, really want to watch the show, just turn off the sound, and turn on your CLOSED CAPTION...
SAY WHAT???????? I CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!!!!!!
WuzzFuzz
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You just buy a TV last week or something? Laugh tracks on sitcoms started in the 1950's and have been routine since the late 60's.
Oh my!
Some that come to mind immediately from TV are "The Burns and Allen Show", "The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis", and in more modern times, "Dr. Who", "Magnum P.I." and "Boy Meets World"...and we're still in the 20th Century!
Oh my!
Some that come to mind immediately from TV are "The Burns and Allen Show", "The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis", and in more modern times, "Dr. Who", "Magnum P.I." and "Boy Meets World"...and we're still in the 20th Century!
Well, I really meant the mockumentary style, wherein the show is purportedly being filmed as a documentary - not just the breaking of the fourth wall.
"Pardon me while I have a strange interlude."
But I'm not a television historian, nor did I even stay at a Holiday Inn Express, so don't give my unfounded statements any weight.
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If most of the programs on tv are an indication of the intelligence of the American public, sitcoms, reality shows, etc., then we are in bad trouble. And the sad thing is, those programs get the highest ratings. A close female friend of mine watches Two Broke Girls(?) on Monday nights and sometimes I watch it with her. After the characters say their lines, there is lots of laughter. I just don't get what's so funny. Lot's of sexual innuendos and stupidity. All this stated in my opinion.
IMO the funniest show ever put on TV was the Carol Burnett Show. She has stated in several interviews that they never knew what Tim Conway was going to do when the camera started to roll.
I used to love watching him try to crack Harvey Korrman up
I used to love watching him try to crack Harvey Korrman up
That was a very funny variety show and might well have been the funniest one. I didn't care much for their music but Sonny and Chere had an excellent variety show with some great staff comedians and writers. The same with Donny and Marie and The Captain and Tenille. It must have been the era of the great variety shows. Even Flip Wilson and Bobby Darin had pretty good shows
zzzippper
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If you've been married any length of time you should be able to tune that out. I don't like it sound I adjust my inner dials and tune it out.
But this should perk up your spirits, I read that they're bringing back Gilligan's Island. Dang, I googled it to check my facts. It will be a big screen motion picture.
But this should perk up your spirits, I read that they're bringing back Gilligan's Island. Dang, I googled it to check my facts. It will be a big screen motion picture.
