Everything with a laugh track. If your production has to lean on some peer pressure cue to trick my brain into thinking it’s funny, it’s not funny.
Laugh tracks are to comedy, as jump scares are to horror. From a psychological standpoint, it kinda works to get the desired response, but it’s the lowest hanging fruit, and isn’t necessary if the material isn’t empty and half-assed in the first place.
Laugh tracks had their time and place. I love many 80s and 90s shows that had laugh tracks. But they should have been allowed to die out in the early 00s.
Big Bang Theory
Everything with a laugh track. If your production has to lean on some peer pressure cue to trick my brain into thinking it’s funny, it’s not funny.
Laugh tracks are to comedy, as jump scares are to horror. From a psychological standpoint, it kinda works to get the desired response, but it’s the lowest hanging fruit, and isn’t necessary if the material isn’t empty and half-assed in the first place.
Laugh tracks had their time and place. I love many 80s and 90s shows that had laugh tracks. But they should have been allowed to die out in the early 00s.
Still there are exceptions, Frasier for example.