Fuck Laugh Tracks.

[Rabbid4240]

Seriously, I get this shit everywhere. Especially on Nickelodeon. "I have to pee." BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!! Someone gets hit in the head, BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!!! Fucking hilarious. You see, they're using these laugh tracks to make you think the show is funny when it's obviously not. I haven't seen one good sitcom on Nickelodeon since iCarly, and that was made in 2007 when laugh tracks weren't that often. Now these things happen every. 2. fucking. seconds. What's really creepy, is that during laugh tracks, absolutely nothing happens. The actors just stand there until it ends. It's just so annoying, let me watch my goddamn show. I'll laugh whenever I want.

 

[Plstic]

Yeah it's gotten really out of hand. I realized today that The Big Bang Theory has been on TV for more than 10 years, jesus christ.

 

[SG854]

Laugh tracks are essential. I wouldn't know when to laugh without them.

 

[VinsCool]

Laugh tracks are essential. I wouldn't know when to laugh without them.

Without them, shows become awkward and cringeworthy.

Typical example.

 

[Chary]

It's padding, as well. The pauses the actors need to make for a laugh track fills airtime. Plus it's an insult to the viewer's intelligence in every level.

 

[VinsCool]

It's padding, as well. The pauses the actors need to make for a laugh track fills airtime. Plus it's an insult to the viewer's intelligence in every level.

Exactly.
Legitimately funny stuff won't need a laugh track at all.
You only really hear them when jokes are forced.
Knowing that laughter is contagious, it tricks us into believing the "joke" was funny, when in reality, it isn't any more than some dumb statement your dad could have made on something trending.

 

[SG854]

I Love Lucy was funny and it had laugh tracks.

 

[Chary]

I Love Lucy was funny and it had laugh tracks.

I was thinking about that when my mind came to shows with laugh tracks. Honestly that show is timeless.

 

[Hoppy]

Without them, shows become awkward and cringeworthy.

Typical example.

Geez, that was...painful. I usually stop hearing the laugh track almost entirely after I start watching a show with it for a few minutes, it's kinda grown on me I guess

 

[SG854]

I was thinking about that when my mind came to shows with laugh tracks. Honestly that show is timeless.

This scene is hilarious. They had to translate from French, to German, to Spanish, then to English.

I think a lot of show took the laugh tracks from I Love Lucy, tbh.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

I thought most shows was filmed in front of a live studio audience.

 

[Chary]

This scene is hilarious. They had to translate from French, to German, to Spanish, then to English.

I think a lot of show took the laugh tracks from I Love Lucy, tbh.

That, or Honeymooners. Not sure which aired first but iirc that show used the laugh tracks as well.

 

[The Catboy]

Without them, shows become awkward and cringeworthy.

Typical example.

So basically without them you realize that the show is just bad on it's own. Best example give, Big Bang Theory, which is just not a funny show.

 

[the_randomizer]

Now, shows like The Office, Parks and Rec, etc, don't need canned laughter. Why? IMO, those shows are freaking hilarious on their own.

 

[BORTZ]

Without them, shows become awkward and cringeworthy.

Typical example.

If I could buy all the seasons of Big Bang Theory on Blu-Ray and turn off the laugh tracks, I would watch every single episode with a sick fascination as I endure the cringe and how truly bad it is.

I have always kinda wanted to do that.

 

[Pleng]

Well they can be handy for a reference point... At least you know when the writers believe something is funny. I struggled through the last season of South Park. Barr a couple of episodes I was was spending more time trying to work out just what exactly the writers thought was funny than I did actually following the stories. At least with a laughter track I'd have been able to go "oh. Well that wasn't funny" and move on

 

[Rabbid4240]

Without them, shows become awkward and cringeworthy.

Typical example.

I'm not saying laugh tracks shouldn't exist. I'm saying that they shouldn't be often

 

[Song of storms]

Laugh tracks are an ancient form of reaction videos.

 

[Viri]

They ruined a lot of old cartoons like Scooby Doo, and the Flintstones. Also ruined TV shows like the Fresh Prince and Seinfeld imo. I fucking can't stand laugh tracks. I don't watch TV anymore really, as I lack cable, and don't give a shit about TV.

 

[Song of storms]

They ruined a lot of old cartoons like Scooby Doo, and the Flintstones. Also ruined TV shows like the Fresh Prince and Seinfeld imo. I fucking can't stand laugh tracks. I don't watch TV anymore really, as I lack cable, and don't give a shit about TV.

Original dub Flinstones had a laugh track? Really??