Growing up in the late 90s to early 2000s, I didn't really mind them at all.
But in my early 20s, I discovered shows like Arrested Development, 30 Rock, Curb & Community.
Comedies that were genuinely funny that didn't rely on canned laughter
Afterwards shows with laugh tracks & live audiences just started to annoy me. It's like a switch went on/off in my brain & I started noticing the awkward pauses between jokes & the really really annoying "fake laughter"
You know, when a character says something, anything, and the "audience" loses their freaking minds..
I think it's most noticeable in Friends & also The Big Bang Theory..
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[email protected] (6237)
3 days ago
I don’t mind laugh tracks for sitcoms that are filmed without an audience, that is, if they don’t overdo it. But sometimes they put laughter in places that just are not funny. Most people don’t need to be coached when to laugh.
The Job starring Denis Leary was filmed, so there was no audience. I did not realize that there was no laugh track until I watched the series for about the fourth time. It is hilarious and you don’t need fake laughs to prove it.
When I was about four years old I remember saying to my mom that I could hear the
laughter of other people at home watching the show! That’s what I thought it was. Dumb kid😆
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M1sterDoct0r (4530)
3 days ago
I think How I met Your Mother used it well. It's kinda like "background noise". It's not as distracting.
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