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Laughing as part of audio on TV shows (laugh tracks, studio audiences)
Posted on 8/2/11 at 1:37 pm
Posted on 8/2/11 at 1:37 pm
What's the M/TV Board think about laugh tracks and laughter from studio audiences?
I was watching The Colbert Report, which has a live audience, last night, and there was one woman with a very distinct, and very annoying, laugh. It was distracting and really got under my skin for some reason.
The laugh track on Everybody Loves Raymond is also ridiculous. Someone pointed it out to me, and now I can't not notice it.
Shows like Always Sunny and The Office, which don't have the laugh tracks, are better, imho.
What laugh tracks or studio audiences always annoy you? Are some bad enough to where you can't watch the show? Do you mind laugh tracks or think it helps ease tension and boost comedic value of a show?
Why are laugh tracks common with TV shows but not used in movies?
I was watching The Colbert Report, which has a live audience, last night, and there was one woman with a very distinct, and very annoying, laugh. It was distracting and really got under my skin for some reason.
The laugh track on Everybody Loves Raymond is also ridiculous. Someone pointed it out to me, and now I can't not notice it.
Shows like Always Sunny and The Office, which don't have the laugh tracks, are better, imho.
What laugh tracks or studio audiences always annoy you? Are some bad enough to where you can't watch the show? Do you mind laugh tracks or think it helps ease tension and boost comedic value of a show?
Why are laugh tracks common with TV shows but not used in movies?
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Posted on 8/2/11 at 1:40 pm to npersa1
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Why are laugh tracks common with TV shows but not used in movies?
They're used in TV shows to provide the illusion of a phantom audience enjoying the wit of the program. They're not used in movies because every viewer is part of the audience.
Posted on 8/2/11 at 1:40 pm to npersa1
I started a thread like this a while ago without much response - LINK
This was my post:
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?
This was my post:
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 on 8/2/11 at 1:44 pm to npersa1
laugh tracks come from the "dumb people" thing in the other thread. right or not, executives think that the masses don't know when to laugh, or where the jokes are. this is usually true, because with laugh track shows the jokes are readily apparent, but not good.
sitcoms that use laugh tracks...well they're dinosaurs...which is why they're all on CBS which is watched by dinosaurs. you can't really fault "live shows" (Colbert/Stewart, the late night shows, talk shows, etc) for a random person in the audience with a bad laugh.
i can't even imagine laugh tracks in movies...remember, film makers believe themselves superior to television in every single way.
sitcoms that use laugh tracks...well they're dinosaurs...which is why they're all on CBS which is watched by dinosaurs. you can't really fault "live shows" (Colbert/Stewart, the late night shows, talk shows, etc) for a random person in the audience with a bad laugh.
i can't even imagine laugh tracks in movies...remember, film makers believe themselves superior to television in every single way.
Posted on 8/2/11 at 1:57 pm to npersa1
Supposedly when HBO began they strongly considered adding laugh tracks to movies, but eventually rejected the idea.
In 1968 Rowan and Martin, then riding high on TV with Laugh-In, made a theatrical short promoting Savings Bonds. This short, Rowan and Martin At The Movies, uses a laugh track -- the only theatrical film I know of to use one.
LINK
Watching it in the theatre must have been a curious experience.
In 1968 Rowan and Martin, then riding high on TV with Laugh-In, made a theatrical short promoting Savings Bonds. This short, Rowan and Martin At The Movies, uses a laugh track -- the only theatrical film I know of to use one.
LINK
Watching it in the theatre must have been a curious experience.
Posted on 8/2/11 at 2:02 pm to npersa1
FWIW, sitcoms w/ live audiences use laugh tracks to "enhance" the soundtrack. There's a scene in Annie Hall where Woody Allen watches his old friend, now the star of a Hollywood sitcom, add canned laughs to one of his shows.
Posted on 8/2/11 at 2:06 pm to npersa1
It has never bothered me. I don't even notice it, until people point it out, and even then, I quickly forget about it. If the show is good, then I will be involved in the show and not paying attention to the audience.
Posted on 8/2/11 at 2:10 pm to npersa1
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Why are laugh tracks common with TV shows
Some people need to be told when to laugh.
Posted on 8/2/11 at 2:13 pm to npersa1
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I was watching The Colbert Report, which has a live audience, last night, and there was one woman with a very distinct, and very annoying, laugh. It was distracting and really got under my skin for some reason
This can be annoying, but sometimes I get a good laugh out of listening to how ridiculous some people laughs are, or how late they laugh after the joke.
Colbert tells a joke
Crowd laughs
As laughter is dying down you hear a loud "Hyuck hyuck hyuck"
cracks me up everytime, I imagine a big guy in overalls and some straw in his teeth.
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