TheNomadAuthor t1_j5puhwb wrote on January 24, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Reply to comment by hashcancomics in Why do shows still choose to use a laugh track in this day and age? Does ANYONE favour it? by [deleted]

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.

uncledrewkrew t1_j5pwam6 wrote on January 24, 2023 at 7:11 PM

IT Crowd, one of the funniest shows of all time

PloppyTheSpaceship t1_j5q3b5l wrote on January 24, 2023 at 7:54 PM

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")

testingtor t1_j5q3ks9 wrote on January 24, 2023 at 7:56 PM

OP does not see a difference between the two.

TheNomadAuthor t1_j5pwum5 wrote on January 24, 2023 at 7:14 PM

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

PloppyTheSpaceship t1_j5q35pu wrote on January 24, 2023 at 7:53 PM

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.