Did Anybody Like the Audience Participation on 'Married...With Children?' - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 05-30-2010, 04:59 PM

Or did you despise it with the power of 1,000 suns like I did? It grew so tiresome to hear the audience ooooh and ahhh and scream and holler like they did after somebody walked through the door or make a joke etc.

fonzbear2000 · 06-04-2010, 02:27 AM

I didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Your basic, typical sitcom type of participation. What more do you want?

drshoe1979 · 06-10-2010, 01:35 AM

I thought it was pretty cool. In the early seasons, they never cheered when Al walked in the door. But once the show hit big time, they started cheering. Sometimes it got annoying when the audience would cheer when a pretty girl entered the room.

principehomura · 06-23-2010, 11:46 AM

the audience was very loud in this show, but it didn't bother me... I liked the audience partecipation in the sitcoms!

opus · 10-22-2016, 04:24 PM

It's the reason we stopped watching.

TerriFan · 10-23-2016, 07:23 AM

It started with the fifth season. At first, I thought it was annoying, but when the timing of it got better, it went along great with the show and made it better.

TMC · 12-10-2016, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by TerriFan

It started with the fifth season. At first, I thought it was annoying, but when the timing of it got better, it went along great with the show and made it better.

Your millage may of course vary, but pre-Jefferson, the audience didn't act like drunk goons and start hooting and screaming. And get this, they only laughed at jokes that were actually funny!

Superswiper · 08-04-2018, 03:15 AM

Yeah, that's a big reason I prefer the earlier seasons. Even in the early years, the audience participation was annoying, but I could deal with it. In the later years, however, it became unbearable. Basically, the audience itself went through a Flanderization. It's a shame, because I like just about everything else about the show.

Remember the time when Steve made a return appearance, and the audience literally cheered for minutes straight?

The audience of this show was The Big Bang Theory's audience of its day.

RetroGuy2000 · 08-04-2018, 07:40 AM

The studio audience on this show was annoying, in later seasons. I don't mind the earlier episodes, but the later years had so much hooting and hollering that it interrupted the show. When any character walked in the door, the viewers had to wait about a minute for the studio audience to settle down. After a few years, I stopped watching.

Superswiper · 08-04-2018, 11:17 PM

Yeah, I used to watch this show all the time back in the 90's. I'm not sure how I tolerated the audience participation back then.

Dunkin Donuts · 08-05-2018, 10:51 PM

Never bothered me.

jimpickens · 08-22-2018, 05:15 AM

No worst than the Happy Days crowd.

FoxTailMusic · 08-26-2018, 06:49 PM

Seems like a silly thing to be annoyed over. It was an over the top, shocking sitcom with a mass following--of course the audience is going to go nuts. It became part of the show. A lot of the jokes and bits wouldn't have worked without the loud reactions. I see no problem with it.

FoxTailMusic · 08-26-2018, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

The studio audience on this show was annoying, in later seasons. I don't mind the earlier episodes, but the later years had so much hooting and hollering that it interrupted the show. When any character walked in the door, the viewers had to wait about a minute for the studio audience to settle down. After a few years, I stopped watching.

The problem in later seasons wasn't the audience, it was the writing. The show had run its course IMO by season 7. When they brought that annoying Seven kid into the fray that's when the show jumped the shark. I still watched and there were some funny moments, esp between Al and Marcy, but overall the show ran out of ideas by season 7. It happens to all sitcoms, though.

jimpickens · 08-26-2018, 08:45 PM

When a live action show that revolves around shock toilet humor and dirty jokes that runs more than six years it's going to get stale but as mentioned before when compared to the obnoxiousness of the Happy Days trying to get themselves over the MCW audience was at least considerate and the actors didn't have to yell their lines.

05-30-2010, 04:59 PM	#1
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RetroGuy2000 Julie,Julie Anne,&Felice 4Ever Forum Star Join Date: Dec 27, 2013 Posts: 16,914	The studio audience on this show was annoying, in later seasons. I don't mind the earlier episodes, but the later years had so much hooting and hollering that it interrupted the show. When any character walked in the door, the viewers had to wait about a minute for the studio audience to settle down. After a few years, I stopped watching.
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06-04-2010, 02:27 AM	#2
fonzbear2000 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 12, 2009 Posts: 6	I didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Your basic, typical sitcom type of participation. What more do you want?

06-10-2010, 01:35 AM	#3
drshoe1979 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 10, 2010 Posts: 9	I thought it was pretty cool. In the early seasons, they never cheered when Al walked in the door. But once the show hit big time, they started cheering. Sometimes it got annoying when the audience would cheer when a pretty girl entered the room.

06-23-2010, 11:46 AM	#4
principehomura Member Forum Regular Join Date: May 24, 2010 Location: SEA, Napa, Lanford, NY \| Rome (WI), Coeur d'Coeurs, Stars Hollow, Sunnydale \| Twin Peaks, BAL, Deadwood, WA \| Tardis, Galactica Posts: 757	the audience was very loud in this show, but it didn't bother me... I liked the audience partecipation in the sitcoms!

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opus VB Forum Superstar Join Date: May 16, 2015 Location: VB Galaxy Posts: 32,433	It's the reason we stopped watching.

08-04-2018, 03:15 AM	#8
Superswiper Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 14, 2016 Location: United States Posts: 192	Yeah, that's a big reason I prefer the earlier seasons. Even in the early years, the audience participation was annoying, but I could deal with it. In the later years, however, it became unbearable. Basically, the audience itself went through a Flanderization. It's a shame, because I like just about everything else about the show. Remember the time when Steve made a return appearance, and the audience literally cheered for minutes straight? The audience of this show was The Big Bang Theory's audience of its day.

08-04-2018, 11:17 PM	#10
Superswiper Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 14, 2016 Location: United States Posts: 192	Yeah, I used to watch this show all the time back in the 90's. I'm not sure how I tolerated the audience participation back then.

08-05-2018, 10:51 PM	#11
Dunkin Donuts Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 02, 2009 Location: Kansas City Posts: 41	Never bothered me.

08-22-2018, 05:15 AM	#12
jimpickens Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2007 Location: weston,wv Posts: 1,389	No worst than the Happy Days crowd.

08-26-2018, 08:45 PM	#15
jimpickens Member Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2007 Location: weston,wv Posts: 1,389	When a live action show that revolves around shock toilet humor and dirty jokes that runs more than six years it's going to get stale but as mentioned before when compared to the obnoxiousness of the Happy Days trying to get themselves over the MCW audience was at least considerate and the actors didn't have to yell their lines.