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Laughtracks

IcalasariIcalasari
edited 2012-06-30 12:32:09 in Media
No rainbow star
They feel so forced and awkward at times...

Comments

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    Yeah, they're a pretty good sign that you need to turn off whatever you're watching.

  • FirebertFirebert
    edited 2012-06-30 13:06:21

    False. Everybody Loves Raymond and How I Met Your Mother have laughtracks.

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    I said "pretty good," not "perfect."

  • FirebertFirebert

    Fair enough, you're right on that account.

  • dmboogiedmboogie
    probably human

    I like how MASH handled it, getting rid of the laugh track in any of the ER scenes. 


    The DvDs have an option to turn it off entirely, too, which is pretty sweet.

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.

    False. Everybody Loves Raymond and How I Met Your Mother have laughtracks.



    hardly the best examples of good comedies, really.

  • ForzareForzare
    edited 2012-06-30 13:35:38
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.

    hardly the best examples of good comedies, really.



    In that case, Seinfeld has a laugh track.

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.

    That's what I was thinking of. 


    Also, Blackadder and Fawlty Towers.

  • NyktosNyktos
    a little muffled

    There's a difference between a laugh track and actual laughter from a studio audience.


    Blackadder (past the first season at least) has the latter. Dunno about the others.

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    ^So does Big Bang Theory, so I'm not sure studio audience laughter is inherently better.

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.

    Oh.


    I'd argue having an studio audience still kinda makes it hard to watch, but it's admittedly not as fake as a laugh track.

  • DYREDYRE
    edited 2012-06-30 14:01:49

    I really don't think it matters much.  The reason laugh tracks are difficult to watch is because it's awkward and vaguely insulting and often screws up the pacing of the dialogue in a show.  This happens regardless of whether it's actually a laugh track or just a studio audience.

  • NyktosNyktos
    a little muffled

    I was more just pointing out the difference than actually trying to say it was inherently better.


    Honestly laugh tracks don't really bother me.

  • CountryPumpkinCountryPumpkin
    I clench my fists and yell "anime" towards an uncaring, absent God, and swear solemnly to press my thumbs into Chocolate America's eyeballs until he is blinded, to directly emasculate sporting figures, to beat the shit out of tumblr users with baseball bats, and to quietly appreciate what Waylon Smithers being gay means to me.

    It should be noted that M*A*S*H* only had a laugh track because the executives in charge of its production didn't think it would be funny without one. Surely enough, the episodes are a million times better with the laugh track... removed.

  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!

    I feel like there are a lot of shows where if I watched without the laugh track, I'd find myself going "why is everyone just standing there for thirty seconds doing nothing?"

  • FirebertFirebert

    Yeah, laugh tracks don't really bother me either, nor do I place shows without them above ones with them.

  • vandrovandro
    He who laments and can't let go of the past is forever doomed to solitude.

    I don't care about them, really.

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.

    If the writing is good, I don't really care, but when the writing is awful, it just creates a dissonance (the why is it so funny effect, I call it)

  • IronweaverIronweaver
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    I found that laugh tracks bother me only if they are louder than the dialogue. If they are more subtle, I may not notice that the laugh track even exists.

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    I think we all should laugh right now.


    laughtrack.wav

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