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The writer criticizes the show's use of a laugh track, which she claims is inappropriate because most of the show's humor isn't one-dimensional.
Larry Gelbart, a producer of the TV version of "M*A*S*H," still complains that the network-enforced use of a laugh track on that show was a trivializing blemish.
Sorkin fought with the ABC network during the first season over the use of a laugh track and a live studio audience.
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— David S., Chicago MR. LLOYD: There was really never a consideration of using a laugh track because it would have been very jarring.
The use of irony, the implication of a laugh, are many times visible only through the squinting of the eyes, the shaking of the hand, which a cultural outsider might miss.
Due to the logistics of filming the show, especially its many sets and effects, Mirkin convinced Fox to not film it in front of a studio audience and use a laugh track instead.
What would be weird when used practically becomes a bit of a laugh when worn self-consciously.
Ms. Fiano, who smokes Winston Lights and has a friendly cackle of a laugh, used to work in a factory making reflective tape for joggers and people who work at night.
I mean I like Tim, and we used to have a bit of a laugh.
The conventional vernacular use of a declarative form like "You laughed" is to assert and thereby inform you that you just now did just that laugh.
A lot of people have been asking about your decision not to use a laugh track.
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