October 11, 09:16 PM

Laugh Track

I read some reviews of the show, which have alluded to our "canned" laughter, but there is no canned laughter. Canned laughter to me means a mysterious guy with some kind of box and laughter comes out, but we do everything in front of a live audience.

Sometimes we shoot things ahead of when a live audience is there, like when we go outside to shoot in our central park exterior. But when we do that, we take that tape and roll it back for a live audience and we capture all their laughter live.

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love the show hate the insertion of laughter

laugh track - or whatever you want to call it - was awful - don't you think we can figure out for ourselves when to laugh?? we definately will not watch what could possibly be a great program with great actors if you continue this cheesy gimick!! a good contrast is 30 Rock - now that's funny!!

I don’t believe that. The laughter was fake and forced. Whether the laughter was in fact canned and edited (easily with avid) in later or there was a “laugh” sign, it obviously didn’t work. The audience was laughing at everything. Even, as other pointed out, when nothing funny was said. And even at times it was out of sync with the jokes. This is such a good show, the laugh track takes away from it. Either leave the audiences natural laughter or don’t have it recorded at all. It’s really obvious that it was edited in all over the place. To a tv/film person like myself, this is obvious, and to someone that’s not, it isn’t but it’ll still seem forced and tacky to them. Laugh may work for some sitcoms, but not one like this. Imagine 30 Rock or even Arrested Development with laughing. It would be horrible. Keep that in mind. I know this is multi-cam, but it doesn’t mean you need forced laughter all the damn time. It may have worked for Threes Company, but it doesn’t for this.

When John's daughter observes that he has treated hundreds of patients, the audience laughs for no reason. Meanwhile, I'm thinking he is 60 and must have treated thousands. When he points this out, the audience is heard to laugh again. The are no jokes to laugh at in this exchange. If your studio audience is so pliant as to laugh at everything everyone says, do yourself a favor and pot down the laugh track.

After a few minutes the overt laughing just faided into the story and wasn't a problem.

The ONLY thing I did not like about the show was what I assumed to be the 'laugh track.' It did not sound real at all. Lose the laugh track -- whether real or fake. Otherwise, it was a good show with some really funny moments! John, Jeffrey, and Judith were fabulous!

everyone knows the laughter is seperated from the dialog in editing. it was completely out of sync. when is the last time you were in a raquet ball court and heard a studio laugh

I don't care if you capture their laughter live, it sounds horrible and fake. Lose the laughing.

Hard to believe this wasn't a laugh track. The "laughter" was out of sync with the "jokes" and I didn't laugh at even one of the over acted so called punch lines.

Perhaps your employees in front of the audience revealed the LAUGH signs earlier than intended.

Well I hate to say this, but if you cant do something about “canned”, “laugh track” or “live captured laughter” whatever it is, it’s going to ruin your show….. I for one will not watch simply for that awful forced laughter… It sounds soooo fake

I enjoy the laugh track. It reminds me of Seinfeld and Friends. It just gives that easy going feeling, not one like at the cinema. TV is more casual and simple. Too many shows today try to go for a theatrical approach.

The funniest show in forever.I kid you not freaken excellant.I now know where my laugh for the week shall derive

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