I have bad news - that one isn't a laugh track, those are real people there specifically for the taping laughing at those terrible jokes. Two and a Half Men had the same "live studio audience" setup.

Not really an improvement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKS3MGriZcs

I don't like the jokes in any movie that needs a laugh track anyways, so I don't have this problem :) But it's a fun deep learning excercise.

developer/organizer here. hi! arranging a stupid hackathon is almost too easy, and loads of fun. attendees are usually very forgiving and happy, and if something fails it is stupid and therefor on brand. i make them annually in sweden, and this was year no3. fantastic experience.

In fairness, often “laugh tracks” are actually live studio audiences (eg Big Bang Theory) and much like how live concert recordings (where you can hear the crowd) are sometimes great when it’s a good concert, hearing the studio audience can improve you’re experience of a genuinely funny TV show. The problem is when it’s artificially added or you hear it on a show you don’t find funny; then it goes from being a subtle improvement to a massively jarring distraction.

However given how jarring it is when you don’t find something funny compared with how little it adds to the overall comedy, I can totally understand why people often hate hearing laughter in shows.

I remember the shock of first visiting the US and seeing MASH with a laugh track. Ironically it suck all the humour out of it.

I think everyone amused by this gets all that, then pushes past it into campy enjoyment

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