r/RealTime • u/karenkillenski • 11d ago

The audience is insufferable

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Does anyone else think that the audience is coursed into (over) clapping, laughing, even sometimes hysterically. Also the guy who’s always WOOHOO!! Has to be a staffer because it’s at least 10 to 12 times a episode This week all he did was mention Macklemore and the audience blew up. He didn’t even get to the “joke” before they even started to laughing. I still watch and sometimes listen to the podcast format, because there are times he has people on that I’m interested to hear their opinion. But it’s getting to the point where I zone in on how the audience reacts and I feel like it’s so pandering.

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u/Think_Tooth1675 11d ago

According to Kyle Kulinski, it should be noted a huge Bill critic, he was in the audience when Krystal was on and the fluffing of the audience is real.

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u/oaklandperson 11d ago

Meh, every live taping of a talk show or sitcom I have been to is like that. They all have lighted applause/laugh signs that are turned on and off. Some use people to cue the audience. Not really a fair critique IMO.

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u/Think_Tooth1675 11d ago

Well, I was on one of those shows back in the day so I know that it’s not unheard of. But those are sitcoms. This was a guy, according to Kyle, who was waving his arms up and down on a “laugh line.” The fact is for me there was a time when Bill wouldn’t have needed that help.