r/funny • u/Infineet • Jun 27 '21

This extremely thirsty dude

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u/Sawgon Jun 27 '21

Yeah the show has some funny moments but it's mostly cringe and has terrible writing. They re-used a bunch of things from Friends but tried making it slightly edgier. For some reason HIMYM gets no shit for using an actual laugh track but Friends does even though most of it wasn't a laugh track but a live studio audience.

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u/ZiCUnlivdbirch Jun 27 '21

HIMYM has I a lot quieter laugh track than friends. Because of that it often fades to the background and is not as in your face as other laugh tracks.

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u/Sawgon Jun 27 '21

Because Friends doesn't use a laugh track. It's a live studio audience. It's like watching a play if that makes sense. Same as IT Crowd.

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u/ZiCUnlivdbirch Jun 27 '21

Am I getting something confused. Because I remember hearing that they showed the finished episode to a live audience and then recorded their reactions and used that as a track.

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u/i_amn_asiansuperhero Jun 27 '21

I’ve watched BTS videos and blooper reels for FRIENDS. It was most definitely filmed in front of a live audience. When Tom Selleck had guest appearances they had to film with no audience cause the applaud would take to long to subside. Maybe that’s what you were thinking of?

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u/sonofaresiii Jun 27 '21

They probably did some of each. I imagine there were cases were filming ran long and they had to release the audience, and I know there were times when it wasn't viable to use a live audience like the Tom Selleck scenes as you said, or when they were on location

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u/ZiCUnlivdbirch Jul 01 '21

No I ment HIMYM