I’m rewatching some older sitcoms and the laugh track is so odd to me. I remember thinking nothing of it growing up, but now that I’ve been watching sitcoms without it, it feels completely pointless. Who thought it was a good idea and why?
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I have been to a couple live tapings. One of Everyone Loves Raymond. They told us they tried really hard to get things on the first take because the initial laugh of the audience is usually the best. I also went to a comedians talk show (since canceled) a few years back. One skit was painfully painfully unfunny. It was about 3-4 mins long and they made the audience rewatch the skit at the end to laugh harder. It was so painful. It was hard to fake laugh at that retched skit.
My thought is issues like these just made laugh tracks easier to use.
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