Friendly reminder this show was filmed in front of a live studio audience in one take.
And that all sitcom laugh tracks are taken from this show because the laughter was so sincere.
friendly reminder that this show was fuckin awesome
And most of the people who were recorded laughing are dead now. When you hear people laughing in sitcoms today, it’s the recorded laughter of dead people.
Well that escalated quickly
imagine how cool it would be if your legacy was the sound of your laughter. your happiness.
Harlan Ellison’s short story “Laugh Track” is about exactly this.
https://youtu.be/s8SVUD6d8hI (audio recording of Ellison reading it)
ETA – I’d forgotten that it starts with the narrator talking about what nice breasts his aunt had, which is a bit creepy IMO, so don’t listen if that’s going to taint the rest of the story for you.
Mooncustafer 