"Friends": Ross Geller without laugh track = psychopath

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[–][deleted] 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

It's not funny without the soundtrack letting you know it should be. Realizing that pretty much ruined comedies for me.

[–]jet199 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

It's not that it's necessarily not funny.

People simply laugh more when they are with other people as its a form of communication. This is especially true for men. So having an audience watch the episode and recording their reactions puts you more in the mindspace you would be in a crowded theater rather than alone in your room.

The recorded laughter isn't there to let you know which bits should be funny but to make you feel less alone.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Okay, that's a valid point, but quite a bit of shows aren't funny without the laugh tracks.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Exactly.

And you touching on Jerry Seinfeld’s relationship, and us discussing how they have to use psychological tricks to prompt us to laugh (a laughter track is the equivalent of a “laugh now” sign being held up) at things that really aren't funny while mixing in other behavioral and social programming, is only the tip of the iceberg.

A lot of these shows are made to seem like benign comedy’s to release stress, but they aren’t funny, and they contain “programming” in the program itself as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HQTNZRmJdg

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Great clip