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The audience clapping each time the actor/actress walked in

posted 9 years ago by blaque108
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After awhile it got a little annoying how the audience clapped for a minute when each actor or actress walked in.

[–] McGannahanSkjellyfetti 9 years ago

Not as annoying as when the characters do or say something funny and they're standing there waiting looking all awkward waiting for the audience to shut up so they can continue the scene...

[–] blaque108 9 years ago

LOl....that too.

[–] Stratego (31085) 3 months ago

Oh noes, sitcoms with audience laughter! The horror!!!😱

Just stay in your momma's basement and never go see a play...

[–] macasey66 9 years ago

Yeah, it seemed as if every sitcom in the 70's had that. How annoying.

Why do they call 'em soap operas anyway? Those things are FILTHY!----Fred Sanford

[–] goldenagefilmstv (178) 3 years ago

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[–] AdrianLePier 9 years ago

At least it was just a respectful clap. By the 1990s, audiences were screaming, cheering, hooting and hollering whenever someone would come on set.

[–] Burk48917 (11536) 3 years ago

Kramer got that a lot.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (21721) 3 years ago

I remember when Lamont would strut in all the women in the crowd could be heard.

[–] Burk48917 (11536) 3 years ago

I haven't watched this show in 35 years. I should give it a revisit.

[–] [email protected] (6247) 2 years ago

I read that after a while they would tell the audience in the warm-up to "please don't clap and cheer" for Kramer's entrance. It threw off their timing and it literally took up too much time. They need all that time for commercials ya know! haha

[–] Burk48917 (11536) 2 years ago

I can definitely see hiwvit affects the scene. He can't just stand there like a goof every time until the applause settle.

[–] Stratego (31085) 3 months ago

You exaggerate. That only happened on Married with Children.

[–] WarpedRecord 9 years ago

It was indeed very distracting, but that's all we knew at the time – unless you watched shows like "M*A*S*H," which I didn't.

[–] vestdennis 8 years ago

I think the crowd was responding to those stupid "laugh" or "clap" signs.

[–] samwa-27311 8 years ago

It was standard, brief, and perfectly acceptable.

[–] April-151-CT (10210) 2 years ago

At least it was better than a canned laugh track. Those were very annoying.