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Spinoff - Can we ever be rid of the laugh track with the "standard" sitcom?

Posted on 5/9/11 at 12:22 pm
Posted by etm512
Mandeville, LA
Member since Aug 2005
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Posted on 5/9/11 at 12:22 pm
Spinoff from the other thread, figured I would bring the discussion here. With all the hate that laugh tracks get (and most of the time, deservedly so) I wanted to get chatter started on this.

These sitcoms that are set up with the 4th wall (the camera isn't "in the room" like in The Office, Always Sunny. etc.) - would they really work without the laugh track now that we are so used to seeing it? Also since it is set up for the most part like a theater (same settings with the 4th wall) would it feel out of place not to have the vocal response of an audience? Thoughts?

Posted by iwyLSUiwy
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Posted on 5/9/11 at 12:38 pm to
I honestly don't really pay much attention to it. I couldn't tell you which ones have it and don't.

The Office, always sunny and maybe occasionally a few others are the only ones I watch and I don't think they have them.

I had it on the tv guide channel the other day and a charlie sheen sitcom was on and it had it. I will say the only thing I could think of was "ok that wasn't even funny why are they laughing so hard?"
Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 5/9/11 at 12:43 pm to
the standard sitcom itself may be an endangered species
Posted by DestrehanTiger
Houston, TX by way of Louisiana
Member since Nov 2005
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Posted on 5/9/11 at 1:30 pm to
quote:

the camera isn't "in the room" like in The Office, Always Sunny. etc


How is the camera in the room in Always Sunny?
This post was edited on 5/9/11 at 1:31 pm
Posted by etm512
Mandeville, LA
Member since Aug 2005
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Posted on 5/9/11 at 4:41 pm to
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