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Janice Johnson · 04-03-2006, 12:11 PM

Hey, ever watched shows where you can tell that the laughte and responses are canned and it's not a real audience?

I think you can tell if.

The audience laughs at things that aren't even funny.
The audience is laughing at inapppropriate times(a little different from laughing at things that aren't funny, like a character is seriously sad and you hear the audience laughing when they should be should be sympathysing with the character.
The "Oh yeah" responses sound like the same person, as if it were recorded on tape.(Example, a character decides to stick up for themselves, and you hear an, "Oh yeah" repsonse, which sounds exactly like the one you heard last episode where the character walks out on a job that is treating her/him unfairly).
The clapping just doesn't seem real.
There is no mesage at the end of ths show, such as, "This is the SOS show, which was taped in front of a live studio audience in Greenlake Studios."

Tuesday Weld · 04-03-2006, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Janice Johnson

Hey, ever watched shows where you can tell that the laughte and responses are canned and it's not a real audience?

I think you can tell if.

The audience laughs at things that aren't even funny.
The audience is laughing at inapppropriate times(a little different from laughing at things that aren't funny, like a character is seriously sad and you hear the audience laughing when they should be should be sympathysing with the character.
The "Oh yeah" responses sound like the same person, as if it were recorded on tape.(Example, a character decides to stick up for themselves, and you hear an, "Oh yeah" repsonse, which sounds exactly like the one you heard last episode where the character walks out on a job that is treating her/him unfairly).
The clapping just doesn't seem real.
There is no mesage at the end of ths show, such as, "This is the SOS show, which was taped in front of a live studio audience in Greenlake Studios."

Also, if the laughing all stops at once, that would be a sign, to me.

Janice Johnson · 04-05-2006, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by musicrocksmyworld

Also, if the laughing all stops at once, that would be a sign, to me.

Yeah, that would be a sign to. A real audience's laughter probably won't stop at the same time.

Polniaczek033 · 04-05-2006, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by musicrocksmyworld

Also, if the laughing all stops at once, that would be a sign, to me.

haha yeah, but i love how at the end there's always some big fat guy or some big fat girl laughing alone really loud. hahaha.

swedeace · 04-05-2006, 07:00 PM

Another thing that I find consistent in various contiguous episodes on end: the same voices are heard. I've heard that before on shows like Roseanne and Full House. That one or two voices you can easily pick out from an audience.

Hollow · 04-05-2006, 07:56 PM

who the hells idea was it to invent laugh tracks? is there any real point to them whatsoever?

Courtnee · 04-05-2006, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by safety pin

who the hells idea was it to invent laugh tracks? is there any real point to them whatsoever?

to make sucky shows seem less sucky. other than that idk

TJL · 04-05-2006, 09:13 PM

If the show in question has the words "Courting" and "Alex" in the title...

Dr. John Becker · 04-05-2006, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by swedeace

Another thing that I find consistent in various contiguous episodes on end: the same voices are heard. I've heard that before on shows like Roseanne and Full House. That one or two voices you can easily pick out from an audience.

I used to hear that on Married...With Children. I think it's actually a producer doing the laughing in that case.

Tuesday Weld · 04-05-2006, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by safety pin

who the hells idea was it to invent laugh tracks? is there any real point to them whatsoever?

Not really.

JeffRuss1972 · 04-06-2006, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Dr. John Becker

I used to hear that on Married...With Children. I think it's actually a producer doing the laughing in that case.

I think that's the case on "Night Court" as well.

dawsongirl · 04-06-2006, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by safety pin

who the hells idea was it to invent laugh tracks? is there any real point to them whatsoever?

They're trying to control our minds and make us laugh at what they think is funny.

dawsongirl · 04-06-2006, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by TJL

If the show in question has the words "Courting" and "Alex" in the title...

Totally. Cuz who finds that show funny anyway?

Ant-Lox · 04-09-2006, 01:13 PM

Married with Children had the best audience, theirs no way that was faked..

Penny Lane · 04-10-2006, 10:41 AM

I prefer the laugh track over the hootin' and hollerin' of a live audience. That gets on my nerves.

04-03-2006, 12:11 PM	#1
Janice Johnson Commercial Lover Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 30, 2003 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 4,740	How to tell whether a show has canned laughter and responses.. Hey, ever watched shows where you can tell that the laughte and responses are canned and it's not a real audience? I think you can tell if. The audience laughs at things that aren't even funny. The audience is laughing at inapppropriate times(a little different from laughing at things that aren't funny, like a character is seriously sad and you hear the audience laughing when they should be should be sympathysing with the character. The "Oh yeah" responses sound like the same person, as if it were recorded on tape.(Example, a character decides to stick up for themselves, and you hear an, "Oh yeah" repsonse, which sounds exactly like the one you heard last episode where the character walks out on a job that is treating her/him unfairly). The clapping just doesn't seem real. There is no mesage at the end of ths show, such as, "This is the SOS show, which was taped in front of a live studio audience in Greenlake Studios."

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