Annoying laughter on TV shows |
  |
 Dec 28 2007, 09:56 PM
Post
#1
|
|
 That's what she said.  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,559 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,200  |
I swear there was a topic on this...I'll ponder where it is as I make this one.
 But anyway, back to the topic. I hate the recorded laughter that TV shows put on their shows. It kinda destroys the joke. I know Disney channel does it alot. What about you guys? Or am I the only one who gets annoyed by this?
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 28 2007, 10:24 PM
Post
#2
|
|
 tell me more. Group: Official Member Posts: 2,798 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 35,640 |
i really hate when it is out of place...
have you seen just jordan? that show has the worst timing for laugh tracks. |
|
|
|
|
Dec 28 2007, 10:26 PM
Post
#3
|
|
|
That's what she said. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,559 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,200 |
Same for The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. eyeyeyebrow.
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 28 2007, 10:32 PM
Post
#4
|
|
|
tell me more. Group: Official Member Posts: 2,798 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 35,640 |
whats the eyebrow thing mean?
but on just jordan its not even on a set like suite life is its in actual buildings and stuff, so the random laughter covering over background music & ongoing coversation irritates me. i had a lot to say about that haha |
|
|
|
|
Dec 28 2007, 10:37 PM
Post
#5
|
|
 ALLISON Group: Official Designer Posts: 3,372 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 310,259 |
hahah I don't seem to notice it at all. I guess the laughter keeps the show "alive".
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 28 2007, 10:38 PM
Post
#6
|
|
|
That's what she said. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,559 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,200 |
QUOTE(Joss-eh-lime @ Dec 28 2007, 10:32 PM)  whats the eyebrow thing mean? ^ The eyeyeyebrow thing is from Hannah Montana. but on just jordan its not even on a set like suite life is its in actual buildings and stuff, so the random laughter covering over background music & ongoing coversation irritates me. i had a lot to say about that haha 
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 29 2007, 07:01 PM
Post
#7
|
|
 DDR \\ I'm Dee :) Group: Mentor Posts: 8,662 Joined: Mar 2006 Member No: 384,020 |
When I read this I thought of the guy from the Tila show. Haha.
Whenever I watch older shows, like Boy Meet World and Sabrina they have laugh tracks in them and it's really odd. |
|
|
|
|
Dec 29 2007, 07:10 PM
Post
#8
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Member Posts: 39 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 604,912 |
Oh my god, I hate those things. It ruins it when I don't need to laugh.
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 29 2007, 07:27 PM
Post
#9
|
|
 Senior Member Group: Head Staff Posts: 18,173 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 108,478 |
I don't notice or care about the timing of laugh tracks too much. I usually laugh or smile when they're played, anyway.
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 29 2007, 07:30 PM
Post
#10
|
|
 Addict Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,918 Joined: Jun 2007 Member No: 538,522 |
Oh, I love the recorded laughter. Sometimes it just makes shows. I watched Red Dwarf once without the audiences' laughter....totally ruined it for me.
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 29 2007, 07:57 PM
Post
#11
|
|
 Ohhh yes. Group: Official Member Posts: 1,148 Joined: Jul 2007 Member No: 552,569 |
I think it's ok when it's timed correctly, but annoying when it's unrealistic, like heavy laughter being suddenly cut off.
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 29 2007, 09:30 PM
Post
#12
|
|
|
ALLISON Group: Official Designer Posts: 3,372 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 310,259 |
QUOTE(Joss-eh-lime @ Dec 28 2007, 10:32 PM) whats the eyebrow thing mean? but on just jordan its not even on a set like suite life is its in actual buildings and stuff, so the random laughter covering over background music & ongoing coversation irritates me. i had a lot to say about that haha haha I JUST noticed that! I was watching Suite Life and I heard these random laughters and some people were faking the laugh. (It sounded like they were) 
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 30 2007, 12:42 AM
Post
#13
|
|
 vivacity Group: Official Member Posts: 3,183 Joined: Jan 2007 Member No: 495,247 |
i think most of those family sitcoms have programmed laughters.
when i opened this topic, it reminded me of a Mitsubishi commercial i heard on the radio today. the guy's voice had an odd pitch. |
|
|
|
|
Dec 30 2007, 12:46 AM
Post
#14
|
|
|
tell me more. Group: Official Member Posts: 2,798 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 35,640 |
If there is a live audience, and the actors are doing their thing and then they mess up, the audience has seen whats supposed to be funny, so doesn't that mean the audience has to fake it?
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 30 2007, 01:07 AM
Post
#15
|
|
 sugar and spice Group: Member Posts: 769 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 596,477 |
The only thing I hate about the laughing is when its not even necessary.
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 30 2007, 01:19 AM
Post
#16
|
|
 Senior Member Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 1,815 Joined: Jun 2006 Member No: 423,396 |
For some really strange reason, I usually like it better when there's laugh tracks in a comedy show. But I totally understand what you mean.
QUOTE(technics @ Dec 29 2007, 10:07 PM) The only thing I hate about the laughing is when its not even necessary. I'd like to second that. |
|
|
|
|
Dec 30 2007, 01:33 AM
Post
#17
|
|
 sang loves hayden. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,373 Joined: Feb 2004 Member No: 5,687 |
I don't really mind the recorded laughter. I'm use to hearing it, i either laugh or not. xD
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 30 2007, 12:20 PM
Post
#18
|
|
|
That's what she said. Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 3,559 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 130,200 |
QUOTE(technics @ Dec 30 2007, 01:07 AM) The only thing I hate about the laughing is when its not even necessary. Tell me about it, I was watching Suite Life and they even laughed when they broke London's thousand dollar vase.  It just kills the joke.
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 30 2007, 12:21 PM
Post
#19
|
|
 Tick tock, Bill Group: Administrator Posts: 8,764 Joined: Dec 2005 Member No: 333,948 |
Canned laughter is always annoying, but not as annoying as that one chick's laugh on Friends (Chandler's ex-girlfriend).
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 30 2007, 05:54 PM
Post
#20
|
|
 awestinnn Group: Member Posts: 624 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 460,069 |
i like phil of the future, and how they dont have laugh tracks, but those really awesome random noises =] its just funnier.
|
|
|
|
|
Dec 31 2007, 05:42 PM
Post
#21
|
|
|
Senior Member Group: Official Designer Posts: 323 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 601,314 |
Sometimes they are annoying, like in Disney channel shows.
But in The Office, sometimes it is just awkward because something is funny, but the tv is silent. |
|
|
|
|
Jan 1 2008, 12:11 PM
Post
#22
|
|
 Senior Member Group: Official Member Posts: 4,750 Joined: Apr 2004 Member No: 10,581 |
I'm used to hearing the laughter, from talk shows to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air!
|
|
|
|
|
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members: