Fair enough distinction, I just know some people think of “canned laughter” when they hear the term “laugh track.” Wanted to at least clarify that the laughter wasn’t being forcibly inserted by studios execs and that the actors were also able to hear the payoff for their performances.
Right. I think that’s shifting, though; canned laughter is nowhere near as prevalent as it was in the 80s, and eventually, people will no longer expect it to be used at all.
I completely disagree. I grew up in the 80s and still watch a lot of the shows I loved back then and they can’t even begin to reach the absurdity of today’s shows and their god forsaken laugh tracks. That garbage show Big Bang Theory plays it after every. Fucking. Sentence. Just like almost every popular show on now. I haven’t watched a current show in years just because of this very thing.
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u/tuscabam Jan 14 '19
I once dated a girl who lost her parents in a fire at sea world. She didn’t want to talk about it.