Nice.
Your opinion of Laugh tracks?
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Personally, I hate the stupid laugh tracks on todays television shows. It’s even worse on the Disney channel ( I have two teenagers).
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I think we need more laugh tracks.
Loud, derisive laughter.
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My favorite shows don’t have laugh tracks - Corner Gas, The Office, Malcolm in the Middle. Note that Cheers had a live audience as well - this kind of worked for them.
I hated the manipulative use of laugh tracks in Seinfeld, Friends and others where someone got applause for showing up in the picture. -
@cystic:
My favorite shows don’t have laugh tracks - Corner Gas, The Office, Malcolm in the Middle. Note that Cheers had a live audience as well - this kind of worked for them.
British or American Office? Or both?
I hated the manipulative use of laugh tracks in Seinfeld, Friends and others where someone got applause for showing up in the picture.
What do you mean? A cameo? Hey, it could be exciting, I guess. But we are talking about Friends fans here…
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Id like all shows to use the exact laugh track form “I love Lucy” so i can hear that same sounds over and over again from that one lady (If you watched this show as many times as me- you know the one). It would be an inside joke.
The Laugh track from the Brady Bunch and the Flintstones are also noteworthy.
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@cystic:
My favorite shows don’t have laugh tracks - Corner Gas, The Office, Malcolm in the Middle. Note that Cheers had a live audience as well - this kind of worked for them.
British or American Office? Or both?
American - haven’t got into the British yet.
I hated the manipulative use of laugh tracks in Seinfeld, Friends and others where someone got applause for showing up in the picture.
What do you mean? A cameo? Hey, it could be exciting, I guess. But we are talking about Friends fans here…
no no - not a cameo, just when one of the players walks into a scene (usually Kramer).
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@cystic:
American - haven’t got into the British yet.
IMO, American is ok, but it doesn’t compare to the British one. YMMV
no no - not a cameo, just when one of the players walks into a scene (usually Kramer).
Well, can’t blame the show for the audience. Them fans can get a bit crazy. :lol:
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I’ll tell you what’s lame: when a show has a scene that is intended to be funny, and thus includes a laugh track, but I’m watching it and sitting there saying “What the f*ck? Did I MISS something?”
Yeah, it seems in that case like the producers, or whatever powers that be, are trying to influence me to put more stock into their show, and I happen to like my free-will, thank you.