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RantRank: 293 - I guess so (143 votes)
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Submitted by big man
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Maybe I'm just being a curmudgeon, but laugh tracks really get on my nerves. I don't care whether it's a true laugh track or it's filmed "in front of a live studio audience", it just sounds like a cop-out to me. I feel like they are using the laugh track to compensate for un-funny jokes most of the time. The worst part is when it turns into an "OOOOOHHHHH WOOOOOOOOO!" track, like when the shy awkward guy character gets a smack on the lips from the popular girl character, which seems to happen at least once per season in every sitcom I've watched. woooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH!!!!!!!! Who's with me on this?
Readers have left 2 comments.  1. big manGuess I'm the only one? 2. Bones Nah... it's annoying. I'm with ya bud. I think laugh tracks are really old fashioned now. When I watch a show with one I feel like I'm in the 80's all over again.
One show I really like now is Scrubs. They don't have a laugh track, but they play a silly noise whenever something funny happens. I just noticed this the other day. It's a "boing" kind of noise. I think they are using pavlovian conditioning to train us to laugh at "boing" noises.
Remember this when you start laughing uncontrollably at "boing" noises in real life for no reason. I could see it leading to some embarrassing situations. |
