Someone explain to me exactly when laugh tracks in sitcoms became so hated

[Absolut]

 

[R=G]

The laugh tracks in Martin fit because every damn thing he did was fukking classic comedy that made you wonder how they weren't dying laughing all that time. When he called that one nygga "Looking like Jim Kelly in here." and that big lady had to contort her face to flip the laugh

 

[Heelish]

That annoying laugh from How I Met Your Mother: a montage - YouTube

Yeah, never watching that show ever again

 

[yseJ]

Tyler Perry shows I'm sure use a fake laugh track. Which to me is partly why they come off so bad.

Shows with REAL laugh tracks are GOAT. Because then the audience really reacts to some things that are kinda funny, vs somethings that are super funny. Like when you'd hear ppl in the crowd during Martin or FP or Married with Children, sometimes they'd be losing it for real.

To me, it enhances the show. You wouldnt go to a standup comedy show and want to watch it no one was laughing at anything.

For me the ONLY show I can watch with no laugh track is Curb Your Enthusiasm.

You ever watched the Chappelle Show raw footage with no laugh track? It's a little less funny.

Laughter is energy.

so you cant watch arrested development or parks and rec ?

I dont really understand how chappelle is less funny without a laugh track. you really need cues on what YOU think is funny ?

 

[rantanamo]

My theory is that people are in some competition to think they are smart these days. Can't just watch tv they like. They have to justify everything they do. This is one of those things. You don't watch comedies with laugh tracks because you are too smart for that. The thing is, the so-called "smart" comedy is not "smart" and that's usually code for dry ass white humor. Sorry, but I don't find Tobias Funke - Analrapist funny at all. I don't find the name Bob Loblaw funny, and its not funny that George Michael wanted to commit incest with his cousin. But somehow its funny because it doesn't have a laugh track. Typical "look at me, I'm smart" post 2000 BS. I think this started when white professors started analyzing rap lyrics. Scust.

 

[StatUS]

so you cant watch arrested development or parks and rec ?

I dont really understand how chappelle is less funny without a laugh track. you really need cues on what YOU think is funny ?

Chappelle Show laughs were mostly the studio audience anyway.

 

[yseJ]

My theory is that people are in some competition to think they are smart these days. Can't just watch tv they like. They have to justify everything they do. This is one of those things. You don't watch comedies with laugh tracks because you are too smart for that. The thing is, the so-called "smart" comedy is not "smart" and that's usually code for dry ass white humor. Sorry, but I don't find Tobias Funke - Analrapist funny at all. I don't find the name Bob Loblaw funny, and its not funny that George Michael wanted to commit incest with his cousin. But somehow its funny because it doesn't have a laugh track. Typical "look at me, I'm smart" post 2000 BS. I think this started when white professors started analyzing rap lyrics. Scust.

no one said AD is funny BECAUSE it doesnt have a laugh track. how did you even arrive at this perverted logic ?

having no laugh track is great because you dont have to laugh at moments that you dont find funny. so in this case, if you dont find something funny on AD, you dont have to listen to an engineer hitting the 'laugh' button and feel like youre missing out on something funny just because the track is there

having a laugh track on a show is akin to a person who laughs at something
only when others in the room laugh at something. its a cue for sheep. its a sign that says 'funny' 'sad' 'angry' and so on when whatever is happening on the screen cannot convince you otherwise.

theres a reason movies dont have laugh tracks. I would literally throw away my tropic thunder dvd if it were to have a laugh track inserted into it.

laugh track is a cheap ass trick that does nothing except manipulate the viewer. its a tell, not show approach that repulses me as someone who reads a lot of books and watches a good amount of movies

 

[darkstatic7]

Christ, there are people out there that don't find Arrested Development funny SMH

 

[yseJ]

also I dont understand whats wrong with professors analyzing rap lyrics. some hip hop is very close to poetry and analyzing poetry all day long is a pretty routine class at like every college.

 

[spliz]

Another case of people complaining about everything and thinkin they are better and/or smarter than the many generations before them...damn near EVERY classic sitcom had it...real ones anyway...

 

[daze23]

 

[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

i miss hearin "______ is filmed in front of a live studio audience"

 

[Mensch Fontana]

When Arrested Development came through and crushed the buildings

 

[spliz]

Er

so you cant watch arrested development or parks and rec ?

I dont really understand how chappelle is less funny without a laugh track. you really need cues on what YOU think is funny ?

It's more about the atmosphere and feel of the show and making it feel like a sitcom...I've literally seen muthafukkas complain about literally EVERYTHING this gen and what's funny is while everybody thinks theyre so good for shyt...this is the LEAST original gen as far as entertainment goes...all time classic and timeless shows was created in past gens. There's a few exceptions now but its few and far in between...and if the show ain't funny with one...it ain't funny without one either so what's the point of complaining about a damn laugh track of all things when it comes to a wack ass show...complain about the show being wack...cause greats shows with them enhanced the experience...

 

[CrimsonTider]

I made a post on this same exact thing on .com

It really has to do with people think its insulting and some follow the crowd type shyt.

They saw some on the net saying they didnt like it.