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Why are fake laughs added to sitcoms?
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this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2024
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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 hired Central Casting “laughers,” that were eventually replaced by 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.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/how-fran-dreschers-stalker-ordeal-changed-sitcoms-forever/VUD7L6NOIKJIMB5S6GG3KWVXUA/
Huh, today I learned, and that’s crazy.
The more you learn about Fran, the more you have to respect that woman.
She's anti vax, unfortunately.
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.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2024/01/10/video-game-voice-actors-criticize-sag-aftra-over-agreement-with-ai-company/
She's anti vax mandate, not anti vax. She herself is vaccinated.
What's the point when herd immunity is necessary?
Are you arguing the point with me? This isn't my personal position. I was just stating she isn't antivax. She just doesn't believe the government should have the power to dictate what you must put in your body.
But the government doesn't. Society does. My government doesn't make my kid need a vaccine. The schools do. Because the rest of the community demands it. Many communities do. It's not only a government kind of deal.
The schools do because of the laws that say if you attend school you are required to have these vaccinations.
Right and other people don't get to decide to put a virus in my body, so vaccinate or mask up!
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.
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.