Canned Laughter

@zebra2222 (5268)
United States
March 30, 2016 11:50pm CST
One of the things that I do not like about sitcoms is shows that have canned laughter. It takes away from the program. If a show is funny, I don't need canned laughter to encourage me to laugh or giggle. Some of my favorite sitcoms were Seinfeld, Cheers, Taxi, Lucy, the Honeymooners, and Fraser. Are you bothered by canned laughter?
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
31 Mar 16
Canned laughter ? May i know please why it is called that . I love sitcoms . And i love watching reruns of them on my old iPad before going to sleep. At least i am happy before i go to sleep.
Steve West
@zebra2222 (5268)
• United States
1 Apr 16
Canned laughter is another way of saying a laughter track. It's prerecorded laughter. It's unnecessary.
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rebel_woman06
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
1 Apr 16
@zebra2222 Oh so it's that . Yes, they do play that in sitcoms . Well, i think that prerecorded laughter is a gauge for the audience that the scene is funny .
John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
31 Mar 16
It's so fake and dumb because it's saying to you, that's funny you are supposed to be laughing.
Steve West
@zebra2222 (5268)
• United States
1 Apr 16
I agree that it can ruin a very funny show.
scheng1
@scheng1 (24649)
• Singapore
1 Apr 16
True, there is no need for such artificial laughter if it is really funny.
pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
31 Mar 16
Some episodes of MASH were completely ruined when the laughter track was added... Cannot stand it when this is done.
Steve West
@zebra2222 (5268)
• United States
1 Apr 16
Mash did not need to have a laugh track. It was a great sitcom on its own merit.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238268)
• Walnut Creek, California
31 Mar 16
I habituated to it as a young kid. Later, some shows were filmed live, and the laughter was real (I think it was, anyway). After that, I always wondered of the laughter was real or fake.
Audrey
@lilnana1111 (2305)
• United States
3 Apr 16
I don't know what canned laughter is? But I do like funny shows, The Big Bang Theory, is one of my favorites.
Jaymie Suh
@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
31 Mar 16
I don't like that as well. It's like they are just inducing you to laugh even if it's not funny at all.