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chatillion
Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Mar 2021
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Canned laughter...

Two generations of TV and I realized the shows I avoided all had fake laughter. It was real laughter... but prerecorded from some other (actually funny) source.
To hear 100 people roaring (for a split second) over something I didn't find funny 50 times a show turned me off.
TV shows like:
M.A.S.H. Gomer Pyle USMC, Hogans Heroes, The Beverly Hillbillies, were annoying to say the least. Let's put Seinfeld at the top of my avoidance list.
Cheers only had a few high moments.

If I had to vote, Taxi was pretty good at times.

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micleeonline now!
miclee●Perla, North of the Straits of, Florida USA
Mar 11, 2021●343 Blogs●10,588 Comments
#1
All true & this is a good (Bad?) example ...
https://youtu.be/LavY2K3-Vhs
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It's kinda silly, but I can't say I find it Overly annoying - I guess I've gotten so I ignore it.

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Lukeon
Lukeon●Port Elizabeth 6000, Eastern Cape South Africa
Mar 11, 2021●484 Blogs●7,155 Comments
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I dont like those shows where the laughter has been 'inserted' either.
Its as though the producers want to prescribe to the viewer whats funny and whats not.
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JimNastics
JimNastics●Kingston, New Jersey USA
Mar 11, 2021●1,965 Blogs●11,843 Comments
#3
I didn't like the canned laughter either.
But, if the jokes/situations were funny, they were still funny.
Thus, I just ignored the canned laughter.
I was definitely a fan of Seinfeld, Barney Miller, Frazier and Cheers.
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chatillionOP●Boca Raton, Florida USA
Mar 12, 2021●1,875 Blogs●5,017 Comments
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My uncle was a POW and I couldn't find humor in Hogans Heroes.
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miclee●Perla, North of the Straits of, Florida USA
Mar 12, 2021●343 Blogs●10,588 Comments
#5
# 99 - A Guy'd have to be pretty Dim-Sighted NOT to remember it ... love

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FargoFan●sydney, New South Wales Australia
Mar 21, 2021●3 Blogs●1,859 Comments
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@miclee you thought 'Get Smart' was memorable? Well, need we say more? There used to be a show 'Leave it to Beaver' and my mind is likewise blank in this regard, apart from the title. As a teenager I fancied Shari Lewis and recall Annette Funicello! But as for their show content - nada!
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ChesneyChrist
ChesneyChrist●Manchester, Greater Manchester, England UK
Mar 21, 2021●1,393 Comments
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It's just how laughter has evolved from a sense of relief, thank God we're not going to kill each other, into wishing that everybody around you was dead. Laughing yoga. Something that unnatural deserves to die.
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Sir_T
Sir_T●Limerick, Ireland
Mar 21, 2021●21 Blogs●207 Comments
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The woman who played 'Agent 99' in Get Smart, Barbara Fenton, is still alive and still looks pretty good. This is her in 2015.

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pat8lanips
pat8lanips●babinda, Queensland Australia
Mar 21, 2021●74 Blogs●2,239 Comments
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I hate canned laughter with a passion, it's condescending. Like we need to be told where the funny bit is... But in saying that, I do like Seinfeld, any one of that group could do quite well on their own.
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