You know, when your watching a show like Andy Griffith or Saved by the Bell, and some guy does something funny, and in the background, you hear laughter?
Who do you think came up with that idea?
Aaron
2007-01-28 03:22:19 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
lol...not all sitcoms have an audience.
2007-01-28 03:26:23 · update #1
The "laugh track" was invented by engineer Charley Douglass. It was first introduced to U.S. "viewing" audiences in 1950 on NBC's "The Hank McCune Show".
http://www.tvparty.com/laugh.html
2007-01-28 03:43:57 · answer #1 · answered by °ĠיִяĿỵ° 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think its somekind of a sound system. You know how on some of those electronic keyboards they have different sound effects. I think its something like that thats used for the background effects of some sitcoms. Unless there is a live studio audience, and even then they have a monitor that tells them when to laugh. Good question btw.
2007-01-28 03:33:51 · answer #2 · answered by Thumper 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was an old time radio comic, either Jack Benny or Bob Hope (I forget which). I heard him tell the whole story in an interview. He talks about a time when they were rehearsing a radio program and one of the guests was not getting good laughs from the audience. Bob (or Jack) went to the producer and said, "Hey, let me go back out there and give them my such-and-such routine. It's always good for lots of laughs. You just record the laughs and play some of it back while so-and-so does his routine."
2007-01-28 03:42:30 · answer #3 · answered by Steve71 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it was Desi Arnez or someone during that time period.
I am a big "I Love Lucy" fan and have some Lucy movies
some that have "behind the scenes" I think it was Lucy's husband or someone who worked for them that invented the laughter.
2007-01-28 03:28:45 · answer #4 · answered by georgia_peach 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
some laughter are is a real audience but others are generated through a sound system
2007-01-28 03:29:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The people in the studio audience, I think
2007-01-28 03:25:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
This episode of "Y!A" was filmed before a live studio audience . . .
2007-01-28 03:32:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I am I/2 Yankee and I never heard that expression.
2016-03-29 06:21:12 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
auhhh I was just talking about that a couple of weeks ago, it's annoying. I don't know who come up with it
2007-01-28 04:36:44 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think it's the people who wrote the scripts. they were probably worried that people wouldn't know those were jokes so they gave us some "hints"
2007-01-28 03:26:48 · answer #10 · answered by dianka(â?ªis a kidâ?ª)â?¢ 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋