Laugh tracks were extensively used long before the Fran Drescher thing though?
Nearly every show I watched from the 60’s to the early 80’s used them. It was noticeable when there wasn’t a laugh track.
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disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 4 months ago
They started using laugh tracks back in the 50s, but they became the standard in the 80s due to the attack on Fran Drescher. At that time, sitcoms were still commonly recorded in front of a live studio audience.
In 1985, she and her husband were brutally attacked in their home by two men who had stalked her from a live taping. In response, the studio went to a closed set for security and added a laugh track. Other sitcoms followed suit when studios saw the ratings and cost benefits to a laugh track over taping in front of a live studio audience.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 4 months ago
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 4 months ago
It’s true. Laugh tracks were used since the 50s to sweeten the audience sound, but sets didn’t close and become exclusively hired laughers and laugh tracks until that incident.
HaleHirsute@infosec.pub 4 months ago
Huh, today I learned, and that’s crazy.
Thorry84@feddit.nl 4 months ago
The more you learn about Fran, the more you have to respect that woman.
fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
She’s anti vax, unfortunately.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
And sadly clearly does not think voice actors deserve the same protections as film actors.
Their union deals were a win for everyone but voice actors it seems.
forbes.com/…/video-game-voice-actors-criticize-sa…
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 4 months ago
She’s anti vax mandate, not anti Vax. She herself is vaccinated.