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[-] plm00@lemmy.ml 25 points 3 weeks ago

If a show requires a laugh track to tell its viewers when to laugh, then it lacks substance enough to cause it without.

[-] NKBTN@feddit.uk 5 points 3 weeks ago

I don't agree in general - I like the trad sitcom "sort of live" approach, as in Cheers and early Red Dwarf, but it is definitely used as you say far too often. The fecking Flintstones used a laugh track - an animated show.

But search YouTube for "Big Bang Theory without Laugh Track" and you'll see a dew examples of how shit most of the humour actually is

[-] SomeDudeFromSpace@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

I absolutely agree. You can find some parts of the show with the laugh track removed on YouTube, and it's amazing to realise how unfunny the jokes really are.

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