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treky · 03-31-2010, 04:34 AM

so, do you prefer the one camera, no laugh-track sitcoms, or the multi camera ones with a laugh-track? (which CBS is the only major network that's still making those)

TV_on_the_Porch · 03-31-2010, 05:25 AM

How times change. For generations, single-camera meant there was a laugh track (fake) while multi-camera meant there was a reaction track from a live audience. In most cases I prefer the latter.

The use of multi-camera technique does not, of course, necessarily mean that it is done in front of an audience...any more today than it did in the days of I Married Joan.

comedyfreak · 04-03-2010, 08:35 AM

I prefer the multi-camera with the laugh track. Todays ABC comedies feel like something is missing with them.

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03-31-2010, 05:25 AM	#2
TV_on_the_Porch anything good on? Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 18, 2005 Posts: 879	How times change. For generations, single-camera meant there was a laugh track (fake) while multi-camera meant there was a reaction track from a live audience. In most cases I prefer the latter. The use of multi-camera technique does not, of course, necessarily mean that it is done in front of an audience...any more today than it did in the days of I Married Joan.