are the laffs real?

Question

in shows when something funny happens u hear people laffing in the
background is that something like a machine or real people laffing

for the king of queens and fresh prince

the shows that have real laffs are they looking at the screen or watching them cause if it war real then how come it wont be funny if the actors kept messing up

the shows that have real laffs are they looking at the screen or watching them cause if it were real then how come it wont be funny if the actors kept messing up

Answer 1

Depends which show to which you are referring. I know Friends and Seinfeld had a real audience.

Answer 2

Most sit-coms are filmed in front of a live audience, but if a joke doesn't get the desired effect, "canned" laughter is added. (Although, if you have decent writers, they can usually rewrite a bad joke immediately, and show it to the audience on the "second pass", or the second take of a scene.) The last show I worked on had brilliant writers who always had back-up lines ready for the audience, and rarely did they need to add laughter in post. (I have, however, worked on some seriously bad sit-com pilots, that required the hiring of professional laffers to sit in the audience, and laugh when it seemed appropriate. Quite pathetic.)

Answer 3

I think it's about 50-50. Real laughs and canned laughter. A lot of shows that are so horrid need canned laughter. That's why, sometimes you watch a show and wonder, "what the heck are all those people laughing at?!?"

Answer 4

In the old days, the laughter was recorded and was referred to as being "canned". Nowadays, it's a live audience full of idiots doing the laughing.