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Anybody else think canned laughter is really weird?
Posted on 3/29/14 at 3:08 pm
Posted on 3/29/14 at 3:08 pm
I don't often watch television when I'm drunk/high, but when I do canned laughter seems really weird and intrusive to me.
I was watching "Last Man Standing" last night, and the canned laughter failed to convince me any of the jokes were funny, but it inspired me to find out who invented it. It was Charles Douglass.
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It was first used on the Bing Crosby radio show and used in television in 1950.
Television executives loved canned laughter so much, they sometimes canceled shows that refused to use it.
I think it's an insult to people's intelligence. Like we don't know something is supposed to be funny.
I was watching "Last Man Standing" last night, and the canned laughter failed to convince me any of the jokes were funny, but it inspired me to find out who invented it. It was Charles Douglass.
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It was first used on the Bing Crosby radio show and used in television in 1950.
Television executives loved canned laughter so much, they sometimes canceled shows that refused to use it.
I think it's an insult to people's intelligence. Like we don't know something is supposed to be funny.
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Posted on 3/29/14 at 3:15 pm to samson'sseed
Ive been banging this drum for a while
Posted on 3/29/14 at 3:31 pm to wildtigercat93
Canned laughter (e.g. Mash) was reall weird. But on a show like Seinfeld, I really like the live audience laughter.
Posted on 3/29/14 at 3:36 pm to samson'sseed
Most of the time I don't even consciously notice it. When I do, it does just make me feel really wierd, and it actually takes away from the experience of the show. I don't know whether canned laughter makes a show feel a lot cheesier, or it's just that cheesy shows have a tendency to use it. I think that it might be some mixture of the two.
Posted on 3/29/14 at 3:54 pm to samson'sseed
All the worst current shows use it. Or "live studio audiences" that sound just like it.
Posted on 3/29/14 at 4:13 pm to Big Scrub TX
"Filmed in front of a live audience" is just as inorganic as canned laughter. Theres no difference between the two
And thats not taking away from shows like Seinfeld, just to me Seinfeld is funny in spite of the canned laughter, not because of it.
And thats not taking away from shows like Seinfeld, just to me Seinfeld is funny in spite of the canned laughter, not because of it.
Posted on 3/29/14 at 4:26 pm to samson'sseed
It makes it more relaxing. I don't even have to pay attention, or laugh myself, 'cause TV do it for me. Watching TBBT is like gazing on an ever changing sunset made up of nerds and a moderately attractive woman with linebacker shoulders.
Posted on 3/29/14 at 4:29 pm to Patrick O Rly
I find it weird that anyone would still used canned laughter.
And you need to get over your hatred of that show. Does Ms Patrick like it because you seemed to know a lot about it
And you need to get over your hatred of that show. Does Ms Patrick like it because you seemed to know a lot about it
Posted on 3/29/14 at 5:59 pm to samson'sseed
With multiple takes it is almost impossible to use the audience's laughter every time. Every show has a certain amount of added in laughing.
Posted on 3/29/14 at 6:04 pm to alajones
Now that most shows don't use it I really notice it when I hear it. When I see Seinfeld now it feels strange to realize it has canned/live laughter but at the time I didn't think about it.
Posted on 3/29/14 at 6:06 pm to samson'sseed
I just find it hard to go back to television that does this.
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When I see Seinfeld now it feels strange to realize it has canned/live laughter but at the time I didn't think about it.
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This post was edited on 3/29/14 at 6:07 pm
Posted on 3/29/14 at 6:09 pm to samson'sseed
If you to see something really weird, try watching a show with the laugh track taken out Big Bang Theory
Posted on 3/29/14 at 6:36 pm to samson'sseed
Well it used to not be noticeable, but after this thread
thanks a lot
thanks a lot
Posted on 3/29/14 at 10:08 pm to samson'sseed
I tried to watch Sports Night as recommended by the movie and TV board but the canned laughter completely turned me off.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 7:38 am to sicboy
No, she doesn't like it either.
I just heard really good things about it, and when I finally watched it, I felt I was watching HD reruns from some 90's sitcom.
I know why it's popular. That format appeals to a lot of people. I just don't find it funny.
I just heard really good things about it, and when I finally watched it, I felt I was watching HD reruns from some 90's sitcom.
I know why it's popular. That format appeals to a lot of people. I just don't find it funny.
Posted on 3/31/14 at 7:43 am to wildtigercat93
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"Filmed in front of a live audience" is just as inorganic as canned laughter. Theres no difference between the two
Agreed. The laughter is still fake as frick. The big bang theory uses it very annoyingly and makes that show unwatchable
Posted on 3/31/14 at 7:47 am to Capital Cajun
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I tried to watch Sports Night as recommended by the movie and TV board but the canned laughter completely turned me off.
It's absent in Season 2, FWIW.
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