Malcom in the middle doesn’t have a laugh track and it is gold. You can have a good sitcom with and without a laugh track. And with a studio audience. But The Big Bang Theory without the track, oh god that was terrible.
Which one? You are completely nuts if you think the original Malcolm In The Middle was bad. Now, The Big Bang Theory, I totally agree was awful, to me.
Of course - a sitcom intended to have a laugh track, and edited that way, is always going to sound totally wrong when that element is taken out.
The presence of a laugh track in the original show doesn’t automatically make it bad though. Many genuinely great comedies have had a laugh track included.
Agreed - but with the caveat that examples where there was one, but it was later removed, don’t really count, because the way it’s done screws up the timing.
To judge them fairly you’d have to somehow see what the same show was like if intentionally made without laughter from the start. Some might pass, others wouldn’t.
I think you’re ignoring the core point of the above comment, which is that the long pauses in the show for the laughs are a planned part of the show. If you’ve never been to a recording, the audience noises aren’t spontaneous. There are signs telling the audience when to make noise.
Live audiences sound better than canned laughs, but in terms of pacing for a sitcom, it’s the same thing.
Watch an old sitcom without the laugh track. It’s all just cringe.
Malcom in the middle doesn’t have a laugh track and it is gold. You can have a good sitcom with and without a laugh track. And with a studio audience. But The Big Bang Theory without the track, oh god that was terrible.
With the laugh track it was still horrible
Which one? You are completely nuts if you think the original Malcolm In The Middle was bad. Now, The Big Bang Theory, I totally agree was awful, to me.
I meant big bang theory, as Malcolm in the middle does not have one
Yes, you are right, I misread. It is my alcohol time, lol.
Of course - a sitcom intended to have a laugh track, and edited that way, is always going to sound totally wrong when that element is taken out.
The presence of a laugh track in the original show doesn’t automatically make it bad though. Many genuinely great comedies have had a laugh track included.
The presence of a laugh track is irrelevant. The necessity of one for people to find the show funny is a different matter.
Agreed - but with the caveat that examples where there was one, but it was later removed, don’t really count, because the way it’s done screws up the timing.
To judge them fairly you’d have to somehow see what the same show was like if intentionally made without laughter from the start. Some might pass, others wouldn’t.
Some have actual studio audiences. Like IT crowd.
I think you’re ignoring the core point of the above comment, which is that the long pauses in the show for the laughs are a planned part of the show. If you’ve never been to a recording, the audience noises aren’t spontaneous. There are signs telling the audience when to make noise.
Live audiences sound better than canned laughs, but in terms of pacing for a sitcom, it’s the same thing.
They had to tell the audience in Seinfeld to stop cheering for Kramer. And Seinfeld is still gold, baby!!!
So did The Big Bang Theory
The audience laughing wasn’t the problem with that show
Yea, they still added laugh tracks digitally, and also cue cards to laugh, as well as have a certain reaction. Yikes…
Oh yeah, definitely.
The history of the laugh track is pretty interesting
Who Killed the Laugh Track?
That was interesting, thanks for the link 👍
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It is hard to not have a laugh track in front of a live studio audience.