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hashcancomics t1_j5pmefh wrote

It's a multi-camera "Filmed in front of a LIVE audience" vs single-camera sitcom issue.

Sitcoms shot in multi-camera format are often shot in front of a studio audience. And then the canned laughter is played over the real laughter. These are much cheaper to produce. Single-camera sitcoms that are shot like movies are much more expensive and don't have a laugh track.

Now some (mostly UK) single camera shows have canned laughter played over top. No excuses for that.

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TheNomadAuthor t1_j5puhwb wrote

So I know what to avoid, which UK single camera sitcoms have canned laughter over the top? The only one I can think of is Last of the Summer Wine, but that's, like, 50 years old, now.

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uncledrewkrew t1_j5pwam6 wrote

IT Crowd, one of the funniest shows of all time

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PloppyTheSpaceship t1_j5q3b5l wrote

No, IT Crowd was a studio audience.

(I always thought "canned" laughter was laughter from just a library of laughter, in that nobody has seen it and laughed, the editors just decided "let's add some laughter here")

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testingtor t1_j5q3ks9 wrote

OP does not see a difference between the two.

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TheNomadAuthor t1_j5pwum5 wrote

Oh wow! I loved IT Crowd. I obviously didn't even notice that it had a laughter track on it!

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PloppyTheSpaceship t1_j5q35pu wrote

I don't think Last Of The Summer Wine will have been "canned" laughter but I don't think it will have been studio either - mainly because nigh-on all of it is shot outside around Holmfirth (great little town, been there a few times). More likely an audience is shown the recording.

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