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I watched part of an episode of HIMYM on the plane, because ST raves about it. There was a laugh track.

Posted by ty97 May 26 '10, 10:17

In a year that starts with 2, there was a laugh track. I didn't know those existed anymore. It kept disengaging me from the show.

This episode appeared to be from earlier in the series. Please tell me they dropped the laugh track since?

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having been to some tapings, they record extra laughter and augment some places but basically what you hear is real people laughing for that joke. -- nm - zork May 26, 10:25
They still use it. They had some crappy excuse why they couldn't use a live audience. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 10:25
Wikipedia says, " �Since the 2000s, shows with laugh track became a rarity in the dispute for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. In 2000, o - mara May 26, 10:24
Of note: I'm not anti-laugh track. Sure, it's weird when the show/joke isn't funny, but then the laugh track isn't the problem. The show/joke was. -- nm - TFox May 26, 10:23 4
- Tangent: Did you see my post to you a few boards back? -- nm - Nightcrawler May 26, 10:25 3
  - I did; we have a crew from work all planning to bring the kidlets. I need to check on the vip pricing. - TFox May 26, 10:26 2
    - Like 5x as much as a ticket. -- nm - Nightcrawler May 26, 10:38 1
      - eff that noise. -- nm - TFox May 26, 10:39
Was it a laugh track, or a live studio audience? (Or was it an on-location episode rather than a soundstage episode?) -- nm - mara May 26, 10:20 5
- It sounded canned, not like a live audience. -- nm - ty97 May 26, 10:20 4
  - even the live audience ones sound like that now. I'm convinced they're using augmented laughter, or some sort of autolaughtuner. -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 10:21 3
    - That's what I think. Or did think, back when I watched them. -- nm - mara May 26, 10:22 2
      - This link says laugh track -- (link) - ty97 May 26, 10:25 1
        
        Actually it says it's a studio audience watching it after it's been edited. -- nm - Ender May 26, 10:45
No, it was horribly noticeable in the super unfunny episode a week and a half ago. -- nm - Callisto May 26, 10:20
BBT has one. - Nightcrawler May 26, 10:18 10
- They don't. I posted about it a few days ago. - Krusty May 26, 10:24 8
  - There's little fundamental difference. I don't want other people to queue me when to laugh. I'll laugh when I'm good and ready. -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 10:25 7
    - So you want no laughter at all? It works for a show like AD but not usually for sitcoms. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 10:27 5
      - I don't mind audience laughter, even if somewhat enhanced; but modern blatant laugh tracks are distracting and icky to me - b. May 26, 10:39 1
        
        I honestly can't remember the last time I noticed a laugh track. -- nm - Ender May 26, 10:42
      - Cheers and Red Dwarf both have laughter (audience laughter), and they're excellent shows. - Beryllium May 26, 10:35
      - Modern Family. -- nm - Shaun May 26, 10:29 1
        
        True and laugh track wouldn't work for that show. Too many jokes are under their breath or come to quickly. -- nm - Krusty May 26, 10:30
    - ... cue ... heh. -- nm - Beryllium May 26, 10:25
- that's a studio audience -- nm - zork May 26, 10:23
[insert laugh here] -- nm - Don Homer May 26, 10:18

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I watched part of an episode of HIMYM on the plane, because ST raves about it. There was a laugh track.

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