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Overload 01-07-2010 08:32 PM

US sitcom series - so fucking DUMB!
 
serious ... i DO enjoy sitcom, but whats wrong with US series? i mean, i KNOW when to laugh, so WHY is there ALWAYS laughter from the off when smth funny happens/is said? really ... are US folks too dumb to know when its "time to laugh"? or is it annoying to you too? or, is it just like that: you need to be told :error

MrBottomTooth 01-07-2010 08:34 PM

Lots of shows use laugh tracks (even from different countries). Yes, they are horrible.

Back in the day, they use to actually film some of the shows in front of a live studio audience, so the laughter was real. I guess when they stopped doing that, they felt they needed to keep the laughter in there because people were so used to it, so they added it in themselves. Horrible, horrible idea.

VikingMan 01-07-2010 08:38 PM

yes yes and yes

Overload 01-07-2010 08:41 PM

well, the only series i dont mind the laugh tracks is AL BUNDY ... i cant help it, but THAT series is so fucking funny (still) it always makes me go ape lol ... good to know i am not alone with my laugh track allergy :thumbsup

andrej_NDC 01-08-2010 04:45 AM

I don't even hear the laughs anymore...seriously, when I see a good new sitcom, I have to think afterwards, if it was there or not. It only bothers me when its too loud, but that was only in the 90s.

seeandsee 01-08-2010 05:26 AM

rhat is so shitty

pornguy 01-08-2010 06:33 AM

A lot of those shows are filmed in front of an audience..

Slick 01-08-2010 07:02 AM

Actually to me, if I just watch the show and don't pay attention to it, I'm ok, but if I take the time to notice it, it drives me nuts. It's like there's laughs after EVERYTHING they say, even if it's not remotely funny.

tranza 01-08-2010 09:10 AM

I hate that too..

Fletch XXX 01-08-2010 09:11 AM

100% of shows on TV feature laugh tracks now, its been used since Johnny Carson, he was against it, but was forced to start using it too.

Laugh tracks cause people to laugh, its a sheep thing.

And it works.

andrej_NDC 01-08-2010 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pornguy (Post 16727082)
A lot of those shows are filmed in front of an audience..

Thats the funny thing...the real laugh is then removed and a fake one is added. I think I saw one show with "real" laughs, don't remember the name, but it was surely fresh.

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dyna mo 01-08-2010 10:21 AM

a useless factoid:

hogan's heroes was the 1st show to get the green light due to a laff track. tests audiences who viewed the show without the laff track didn't get it.


CarlosTheGaucho 01-08-2010 10:26 AM

Although I believe sit com and the fake laugh is originally a US genre, there hasn't been anything worse then local Euro (trash) "sit coms".

I guess you can't expect too much, but those are so bad they couldn't work even if tested in mental asylum, the least demanding monkeys in the zoo would shake heads in embarrassment.

I remember I used to be quite a fan of The Cosby show, I also remember Anthrax playing in "Al Bunda", some were not bad, and laugh won't harm if there's actually something funny.

Lately I kind of enjoyed "The Family" and that sitcom about the IT nerds, both British.

Riffhard 01-08-2010 10:40 AM

Another reason to become a Scrubs fanboi. :)

american pervert 01-08-2010 12:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fletch XXX (Post 16727528)
100% of shows on TV feature laugh tracks now, its been used since Johnny Carson, he was against it, but was forced to start using it too.

Laugh tracks cause people to laugh, its a sheep thing.

And it works.


the office and 30 rock dont and those shows are so fucking funny. i could prolly list more if i took an extra 5 mins.

Tom_PM 01-08-2010 12:22 PM

Laugh tracks suck. They cue people on when to laugh.. just like a punch in the nose is a cue to bleed. Makes sense.


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