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Posted on 5/31/25 at 9:06 am to weagle1999
I prefer Garfield minus Garfield.
Posted on 5/31/25 at 9:24 am to weagle1999
Yes, no different than going to a comedy show. You will laugh more within a group than you will alone, just human nature.
Posted on 5/31/25 at 11:28 am to weagle1999
People can shite on that show all they want. I have always enjoyed it.
Posted on 5/31/25 at 12:08 pm to weagle1999
Literally every sitcom
Posted on 5/31/25 at 12:19 pm to weagle1999
Friends was never funny WITH the laugh track. Why would it be funny without it?
Posted on 5/31/25 at 12:38 pm to dirtsandwich
this is darkness i can appreciate
Posted on 5/31/25 at 12:50 pm to weagle1999
Mute the sound and watch how fast everyone talks. Nothing like real life.
Posted on 5/31/25 at 1:28 pm to minimal
quote:One more:
darkness I can appreciate
Posted on 5/31/25 at 1:35 pm to LanierSpots
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People can shite on that show all they want. I have always enjoyed it.
Seconded.
And it still holds up
This post was edited on 5/31/25 at 1:35 pm
Posted on 5/31/25 at 1:57 pm to weagle1999
quote:These “gotcha” videos are crap. “Audience” sitcoms are directed and cut to allow for the laughter. Of course it will seem painfully mistimed, awkward, and unfunny if you insert dead air in place of the laughter.
Do laugh tracks / audience laughter condition us to think that things are funny?
Friends isn’t in my top 50 sitcoms of all time, but even I think this is an unfair comparison.
Posted on 5/31/25 at 2:02 pm to jojothetireguy
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Yes, no different than going to a comedy show. You will laugh more within a group than you will alone, just human nature.
Comics can get hecklers and boos because of booze but its the booze in the collective audience that gets the comic on stage,and the laughs. People desperately want to laugh at comedy shows and the booze helps.
Has anyone really had comedy show laughing while watching Friends? Or does the laugh track do the work for you like a crutch or blankie?
Isn't scientific but people are generally lazy and lazier when watching TV; ergo Pavlov dog laugh track shows like Two Broke Girls become hits and awful comfort food....with Probably the most egregious and non-discriminating use of that incessant laugh track after every piece of dialogue uttered.
This post was edited on 5/31/25 at 2:05 pm
Posted on 5/31/25 at 2:03 pm to weagle1999
The long pauses where the laugh track would be inserted makes the scenes seem more awkward than they really are. It fricks up the comedic typing and makes it seem less funny.
This post was edited on 5/31/25 at 2:04 pm
Posted on 5/31/25 at 2:29 pm to LanierSpots
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People can shite on that show all they want. I have always enjoyed it
If you don’t like Friends you have no sense of humor. It’s hilarious.
Posted on 5/31/25 at 5:33 pm to weagle1999
Can you do Halloween without the music now?
Let me know how that works out for that movie.
Let me know how that works out for that movie.
Posted on 5/31/25 at 5:41 pm to TeddyPadillac
Was never a super fan but Friends definitely had something. It was rinse and repeat but damn good at it.
Posted on 5/31/25 at 7:11 pm to dallastiger55
Friends and Seinfeld are both top 5 sitcoms of all time. However, I hate laugh tracks and will take shows like modern family and the office all day over those with tracks.
Posted on 5/31/25 at 7:17 pm to dallastiger55
Watched the first clip and chuckled quite a bit.
Friends was filmed before a live audience. There wasn’t a laugh track.
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Friends was filmed before a live audience. There wasn’t a laugh track.
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Posted on 5/31/25 at 8:06 pm to bluestem75
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Friends was filmed before a live audience. There wasn’t a laugh track.
Yeah, the long pauses people in this thread are commenting on were often the actors waiting for the live audience to stop laughing. Yes, some of it was prompted, but having seen one filmed live it was fairly genuine. Now BBT on the other hand...
This post was edited on 5/31/25 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 5/31/25 at 8:24 pm to Lexis Dad
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And it still holds up
I disagree with that. I do still enjoy it from time to time. But it definitely feels dated and I don’t laugh near as much as I used to. But it is still a good show, especially to just have on in the background and not have to pay attention to. What’s crazy to me is how beloved it is with kids in their late teens and early 20s. That show really hit a new stride once it got popular again on NF.
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