does canned laughter make a show funny/funnier?

personally ive never seen the point to it, sometimes im watching a show andthere might be a really funny moment and they add the canned laughter and it ruins it, or im watching a show that is bland and unfunny and corny and there is canned laughter after every sentence :? , i usually don't watch those type of shows but that one called drake and josh is a good example in my opinion of a show that has no humor but there is canned laughter throughout it lol.

Disney Channel is sooo annoying because they use it after every sentence, not that I admit to watching that channel. The show that used it the best was Scooby Doo.blackngold29

Disney Channel is sooo annoying because they use it after every sentence, not that I admit to watching that channel. The show that used it the best was Scooby Doo.blackngold29

Yeah, canned laughter on Disney Channel is terrible not only is it used after every two sentences but it is also annoying because the shows have no funny senteces at all.

By the way, I know that because my sister watches it. I am a big Disney fan but if they took Disney Channel and all its bad programs out of the air I would throw a party.

I think it helps ease the awkward silence between me and the tv when I don't laugh at a joke.

I'm pretty sure the only reason it's used is to avoid akward silences, and encourage the watcher to laugh. If a joke is lame I appreciate it because without it you have the chilling "I'm not amused response from everyone else." Though to be honest if something is funny enough it shouldn't have to rely on that technique.

I dont pay attention to it. If the show is funny...I laugh

Takes away the funny.

Canned laughter is the main reason I don't watch certain shows, it just bothers me thàt much. :S

LOL the Flintstones was the worst for that. I was thinking about canned laughter last week as I've recently started watching M*A*S*H on the History channel. I was going to make a thread about it to but thought it wouldn't fly. Dang you for stealing my Idea, and with a Poll too. *shakes fist*

It was funny on Scooby Doo because there wasn't anything funny :lol:

Funniest show I have ever seen was Arrested Development, and it didn't have laughtrack. It made for more plot development and humorous dialogue.

IMO it takes scenes that would be funny and makes them... "unfunny".

Funniest show I have ever seen was Arrested Development, and it didn't have laughtrack. It made for more plot development and humorous dialogue.

SpootyHead

If AD had a laugh track, it would be one big continuous one. There's something funny happening in every scene.

But it would also uproot all the subtlety.

canned laughter is just awful, it always sounds so forced, imo its unnecessary.

My favorite shows like Futurama/Aqua Teen don't have them, and I don't notice it on those that do except the Disney Channel.

If I were on the Disney Channel on one of their shows and said:

"My Uncle Wally is dying of cancer!" there would be a laugh track to it.

I rarely ever pay any attention to it. I've been watching Frasier since I was a kid, and that's got laugh tracks in it but I hardly ever notice. Most shows I watch don't even have it.

i don't watch shows with canned laughter, at all

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Funniest show I have ever seen was Arrested Development, and it didn't have laughtrack. It made for more plot development and humorous dialogue.

Sharpie125

If AD had a laugh track, it would be one big continuous one. There's something funny happening in every scene.

But it would also uproot all the subtlety.

I thought I was the only one that liked that show. There was too much funny stuff in that. "Strong as A Rock (IRAQ) lol

I think it helps ease the awkward silence between me and the tv when I don't laugh at a joke.

elblanquito_81

Canned laughter does ruin shows. It dropped out of style decades ago, they should stop using it.

No it makes it worse and it is pointless and annoying.

Its alright but it would be better if there not there!

personally ive never seen the point to it, sometimes im watching a show andthere might be a really funny moment and they add the canned laughter and it ruins it, or im watching a show that is bland and unfunny and corny and there is canned laughter after every sentence :? , i usually don't watch those type of shows but that one called drake and josh is a good example in my opinion of a show that has no humor but there is canned laughter throughout it lol.

hughami

Drake and Josh was great regardless of canned laughter after every sentence. I know what you mean, though. Eventually you just tune it out.

Canned laughter does ruin shows. It dropped out of style decades ago, they should stop using it.

topsemag55

Where's the "Has no effect" choice? I love Seinfeld, which has a laugh track, but I also love Arrested Development and other shows that don't. Both are funny for reasons other than the presence/lack of fake laughter.

I tend to tune it out.And at the risk of beating a dead horse,I'll go ahead and echo the statements about Disney Channel; there's a laugh track pretty much after every single sentence said,if not,after every single small action the characters might do.