Comment on Do you think that sitcoms on TV today are horribly unfunny? Compared to older ones?

• setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  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.

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  • Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    They had to tell the audience in Seinfeld to stop cheering for Kramer. And Seinfeld is still gold, baby!!!

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• aaaa@piefed.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  So did The Big Bang Theory

  The audience laughing wasn’t the problem with that show

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  • Anonymous_Leaker@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yea, they still added laugh tracks digitally, and also cue cards to laugh, as well as have a certain reaction. Yikes…

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• sanguinepar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Oh yeah, definitely.

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