• Denjin@feddit.uk
    64·
    12 hours ago

    Well BBT, and every other that has a laugh track, is scripted and edited around it. Removing that will make even the best comedy suck.

    The show sucks but removing the canned laughter doesn’t prove anything.

    • AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works
      13·
      11 hours ago

      The one exception to this is probably MASH. If I recall correctly they didn’t want the laugh track at all, and when it aired in Europe it didn’t have the laugh track and was better for it.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        2·
        8 hours ago

        Oh damn, maybe I need to seek out the European versions of MASH episodes then.

        I loved the movie, but then couldn’t get past the first couple episodes of the show because of the goddamn laugh track

        • hopesdead@startrek.website
          1·
          2 hours ago

          You don’t have to. As I’m aware (don’t own these) the DVD and/or the Blu-ray release have an optional laugh track for audio.

    • tyler@programming.dev
      7·
      11 hours ago

      Not really. When the laughs are removed you just realize it’s racism, sexism, and juvenile jokes all in one.