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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a clip from the hit TV series,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.41,0:00:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Parks and Recreation."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.76,0:00:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,...128 ounce option.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.39,0:00:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most people call \Nit a gallon, but they
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.90,0:00:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,call it the regular.\NNow let's see what
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.60,0:00:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that same clip would\Nbe like if we added
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.70,0:00:15.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a laugh track.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.68,0:00:19.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[rewind sound]\N...128 ounce option.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.68,0:00:22.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]\NMost people call it
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.40,0:00:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a gallon, [laughter]\Nbut they call it the regular. [laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.58,0:00:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems so wrong,\Nbut for most of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.64,0:00:32.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,television history, it was\Nso right. [background laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.50,0:00:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over the last half century\Nor so almost every
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.14,0:00:38.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,comedy on television had\Ncanned laughter, [laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.91,0:00:41.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from "I Love Lucy"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.87,0:00:43.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to "The Big Bang Theory."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.82,0:00:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For some, the laughter\Nis viewed as an
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.62,0:00:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imposition. For\Nothers, a secondary
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.39,0:00:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,character you almost forgot was there,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.02,0:00:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until it wasn't anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.93,0:00:54.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In recent years, the
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.13,0:00:55.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,laugh track has been\Nused less and
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.74,0:00:57.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,less as sitcoms in\Ngeneral have
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.17,0:01:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decreased in popularity.\NLet's break down
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.06,0:01:01.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the mysterious\Nlaugh box came from
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.97,0:01:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and where it went.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.97,0:01:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before television existed,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.40,0:01:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was the ballet, the opera,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.13,0:01:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,magic and comedy shows.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.32,0:01:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you went to one of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.42,0:01:13.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these events, you were
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.48,0:01:15.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experiencing the\Naudience reactions in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.25,0:01:17.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,real time.\NIf something was shocking,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.57,0:01:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you could hear and\Nfeel the gasps echo
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.80,0:01:22.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around you and\Nsimilarly with laughter.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.100,0:01:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then came the radio,\Nthe first ever
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.14,0:01:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,broadcast medium.\NThose communal
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.50,0:01:29.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reactions disappeared\Nas American
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.30,0:01:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,families gathered in their\Nliving rooms to be
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.01,0:01:33.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,entertained.\NRadio producers wanted
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.72,0:01:35.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to develop a way to\Ngive people the live
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.59,0:01:38.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experience at home.\NThe first-ever laugh
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.74,0:01:41.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,track began with\NBing Crosby's radio show.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.59,0:01:43.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Recording pioneer Jack Mullen
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.86,0:01:45.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recalls the creation to "Channels of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.58,0:01:48.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Communication," a trade journal in 1981.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.74,0:01:51.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The hillbilly comic Bob Burns was on the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.08,0:01:53.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,show one time and through a few of his
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.59,0:01:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then extremely racy and off-color folksy
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.96,0:01:58.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,farm stories into the show. We recorded
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.78,0:02:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it live and they all got enormous laughs,\N[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.86,0:02:04.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we couldn't use the jokes. So
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.36,0:02:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scriptwriter Bill Morrow\Nasked us to
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.38,0:02:09.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,save the laughs.\NA couple of weeks later, he
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.54,0:02:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had a show that wasn't\Nvery funny and he
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.76,0:02:14.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,insisted that we put\Nin the salvage laughs. [laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.29,0:02:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thus the laugh\Ntrack was born.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.88,0:02:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fast forward to the\Nera of early television.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.84,0:02:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Comedies were filmed\Nwith a single camera
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.75,0:02:22.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in front of a live audience.\NThat meant
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.99,0:02:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that each scene would be\Nfilmed multiple times, from
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.18,0:02:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,multiple angles, instead \Nof the multi cams today, which
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.28,0:02:30.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have multiple cameras\Ncapturing one take.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.68,0:02:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those separate angles\Nand takes would be
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.17,0:02:35.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cut together and when\Nthat happened, the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.21,0:02:37.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,laughter was inconsistent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.34,0:02:39.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Audiences would laugh at the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.15,0:02:40.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrong time, too loudly,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.90,0:02:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for too long and were simply unreliable.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.05,0:02:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the late 1940s, CBS sound engineer
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.90,0:02:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Charlie Douglas noticed those
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.56,0:02:52.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inconsistencies and\Ncouldn't take it anymore.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.67,0:02:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If a joke didn't get\Na desired laugh,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.63,0:02:56.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he would insert\None with the use
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.11,0:02:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a laugh track.\NThis technique became
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.25,0:03:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,known as "sweetening."\NDouglas went so far
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.12,0:03:03.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as to create a physical laugh box.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.47,0:03:05.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to Ron Simon, curator of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.85,0:03:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,television and radio at the Paley Center
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.77,0:03:10.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Media, the device was about three
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.24,0:03:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feet tall, the shape of a filing cabinet,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.54,0:03:15.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very heavy and had slots for 32 reels,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.31,0:03:18.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which could hold ten laughs each. It was
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.48,0:03:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,officially named the audience response
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.30,0:03:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,duplicator, but it became known as the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.53,0:03:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"laugh box." At its best,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.87,0:03:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the "laugh box" could hold 320
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.90,0:03:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,laughs. Press them one at a time
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.46,0:03:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you get a similar laugh.\N[single laughs] Press
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.80,0:03:36.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,multiple keys at once [laughter] \Nand a symphony of laughter would play.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.31,0:03:37.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each key represented a
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.43,0:03:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different age, sex,\Nand style of laugh,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.76,0:03:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a foot pedal\Nregulating the length. [laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.11,0:03:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The "laugh box" was mysterious though.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.42,0:03:47.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since Douglas owned the patent and
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.32,0:03:49.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,created all of them, nobody outside of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.41,0:03:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,him and his family\Nmembers had ever seen the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.45,0:03:53.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inside of the machine. And when
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.02,0:03:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Douglas wasn't around,\Nthe machine was
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.10,0:03:58.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kept tightly padlocked.\NIn an interview
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.19,0:04:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with "TV Guide" in 1966,\NDick Hobson said
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.65,0:04:03.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if the laugh box should start acting
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.100,0:04:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strangely, the laugh boys
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.30,0:04:06.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wheel it into the\Nmen's room,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.66,0:04:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,locking the door\Nbehind them so no
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.28,0:04:10.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one can peek.\NI mentioned the name
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.19,0:04:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Charlie Douglas and it's like Cosa
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.39,0:04:14.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nostra, everybody starts whispering.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.84,0:04:19.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the most taboo topic in TV.\NThe first sitcom to
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.24,0:04:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,use the "laugh box"\Nwas the short-lived
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.06,0:04:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,series, "The Hank McCune Show"\Nin 1950. [laughter on show]
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.84,0:04:26.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The idea of recorded laughter
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.29,0:04:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spread throughout Hollywood\Nand by the 1960s
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.94,0:04:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost every single camera sitcom
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.89,0:04:34.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was utilizing canned laughter. But it was
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.04,0:04:35.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only Douglas that engineered the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.60,0:04:37.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,laughing for everyone for almost a
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.42,0:04:41.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decade. For $100 Douglas would wheel the
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.07,0:04:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mysterious box to each studio on a dolly
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.32,0:04:44.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sit with the producers in a
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.90,0:04:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,screening room and\Ndecide what kind of laughter
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.10,0:04:49.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when. Eventually Douglas
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.38,0:04:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hired a second-in-command to keep up
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.11,0:04:52.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the 100 hours of television he
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.81,0:04:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,needed to sweeten.\NAnd the rest was
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.73,0:04:57.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,history. Multicam sitcoms were
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.75,0:04:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,popularized in shows like "Friends,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.74,0:05:01.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Frasier," "Seinfeld" and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.07,0:05:08.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more incorporated canned laughter.\N[Sound of "Friends" in the background]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.82,0:05:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The actors and actresses would know to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.10,0:05:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hold for laughter, knowing that each
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.12,0:05:16.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scene would be sweetened.\N[more sound from "Friends"] The Discovery
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.57,0:05:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Channel documentary,\Nthe one that goes
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.40,0:05:21.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,behind the scenes,\Nshows how it works.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.11,0:05:23.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Sometimes the audience responds too big.]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.80,0:05:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I went with the actual\Nlaugh, [laughter] that laugh
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.61,0:05:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is still going through her next line
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.46,0:05:34.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into his next reaction\Nand that's, it's
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.14,0:05:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,five, six seconds.\NAnd in TV land that's
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.00,0:05:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an eternity. [laughter]\N[Sometimes we have to put in
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.79,0:05:43.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a laughter that is shorter.]\N[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.11,0:05:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It felt like comedies\Nwould be like this
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.97,0:05:47.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,forever. And then "The\NBig Bang Theory"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.33,0:05:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,went off the air in 2019
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.04,0:05:50.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and took with it one of the last
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.72,0:05:52.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,multicam sitcoms with canned laughter.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.73,0:05:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we look at the television landscape
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.72,0:05:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,today almost, every single comedy is a
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.14,0:06:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,single-camera comedy and not a multicam
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.22,0:06:02.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sitcom with canned laughter. You can
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.86,0:06:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,count on two hands how many multicam
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.84,0:06:06.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sitcoms that use a\Nlaugh track are on TV
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.93,0:06:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right now, and not to
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.27,0:06:13.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mention those that went\Noff the air this year [2020].
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.20,0:06:15.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The use of the laugh track\Nhas almost disappeared
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.49,0:06:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,completely from the TV lineup.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.59,0:06:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what changed?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.90,0:06:22.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dead air in television\Nused to be frowned upon
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.53,0:06:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and shows would push\Nfor laugh tracks
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.26,0:06:26.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whenever possible.\N[distant laugh track]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.95,0:06:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bill Cosby claimed\Nhis first sitcom,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.78,0:06:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Bill Cosby Show,"\Nthat ran from 1961 to
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.79,0:06:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,1971, failed because\Nhe had insisted on
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.68,0:06:37.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not using a laugh track.\NNot to be
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.81,0:06:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,confused with the\Nvery successful "The
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.63,0:06:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cosby Show" that aired\Nin the 1980s and
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.92,0:06:45.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,did have a laugh track.\NAnd "MASH" fought
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.07,0:06:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to not have a laugh track\Nat all, but
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.15,0:06:49.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they came to a compromise\Nwith the studio
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.18,0:06:50.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would use the canned
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.39,0:06:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,laughter, [laughter]\Nbut just not during the very
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.15,0:06:57.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,serious OR scenes.\NWhile we associate
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.26,0:06:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the 80s and the 90s\Nwith the laugh track,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.21,0:07:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was actually the\Ntime when single
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.18,0:07:03.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,camera comedies\Nwithout canned laughter
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.02,0:07:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started to take over.\NA key player in this
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.26,0:07:09.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transition was HBO. Their shows
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.17,0:07:11.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Dream On" in 1990\Nand "The Larry Sanders Show"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.95,0:07:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in 1992 ran without laughs tracks
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.66,0:07:17.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even garnered praise for doing so.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.02,0:07:19.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The airing of these shows\Nproved that comedies
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.21,0:07:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could exist, and\Nexist successfully
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.65,0:07:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without laugh tracks.\NOther studios
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.38,0:07:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,took notice and
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.38,0:07:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,began to follow suit.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.40,0:07:29.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then came "Curb Your Enthusiasm,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.14,0:07:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Malcolm in the Middle,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.26,0:07:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Scrubs,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.07,0:07:32.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Arrested Development,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.23,0:07:33.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.57,0:07:34.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"30 Rock,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.30,0:07:35.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Office" and
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.46,0:07:37.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the list goes on and on.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.73,0:07:39.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Writers and producers\Nwere excited by
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.54,0:07:41.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the change, as it\Nallowed them to stray
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.63,0:07:43.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the constant\Nstream of punchlines
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.20,0:07:45.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to explore character-based\Nhumor. Another
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.65,0:07:47.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reason the laugh track fell\Nto the wayside?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.79,0:07:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to Mike Royce,\Nthe co-showrunner of
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.23,0:07:52.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Netflix's "One Day at a Time,"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.32,0:07:54.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I think one of the\Nreasons why people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.08,0:07:55.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't like laugh tracks\Nis they don't like
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.83,0:07:57.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be told how to react. It's
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.74,0:08:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an American thing:\NDon't tell me what the
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.22,0:08:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[bleep] to laugh at."\N"T"he Big Bang Theory was
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.21,0:08:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of the last\Nbig sitcoms that used
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.85,0:08:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,canned laughter\Nand even their creator
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.96,0:08:08.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chuck Lorre insisted\Nthat absolutely no
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.03,0:08:10.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sweetening took place on any of his
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.01,0:08:12.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,series, which also include\N"Two and a Half Men"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.89,0:08:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and "Mike and Molly,"\Nstating "I do not
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.30,0:08:18.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and have never,\Nsweetened my shows with
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.26,0:08:20.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fake laughs.\NI've always thought it was
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.41,0:08:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pretty hateful and\Na self-defeating practice."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.37,0:08:24.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For now, the laugh track lives
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.84,0:08:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a very strange state.\NIt's used in very
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.45,0:08:28.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,few shows,\Nbut lives on in the
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.89,0:08:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reruns of ever popular series like
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.92,0:08:34.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Friends," "How I Met\NYour Mother," and more.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.40,0:08:36.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps history might\Nrepeat itself and
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.21,0:08:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'll see a resurgence\Nin multicam sitcoms
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.21,0:08:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the laugh track.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:40.11,0:08:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Until then, we can thank streaming
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.74,0:08:43.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,services like Netflix and Hulu for
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.46,0:08:47.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,keeping Charlie Douglass's\Nlegacy in our living rooms.
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