I think some of you are missing the point of that laugh track video. The point of cutting the laugh track isn't to trick you with awkward silence. It's to let you judge weather a beat is funny by itself or not. You're supposed to judge how much of what's said in that scene is really funny and compare that to how much laughter is spliced in over it. The idea is that there is way too much laughter for what there is actual humorous dialogue. The fact of the matter is, they can't get past two words coming in the front door in that show without ten seconds of fucking laughter. It's overkill. And there is functionally no real difference between a laugh track and filmed in front of a live studio audience. Just because those people are there to laugh way too much at shit that isn't really all that funny doesn't make it any better. Now, the people who take that video as evidence that the writing is terrible are off base. The problem is with the laugh track foremost, not the writing. But when you see how few real laughs are in there, you start to see the seams of the writing, which I would say is at least a little lacking. The first couple seasons seem pretty alright, but anymore it's just 20 minutes of laughter with some nerdy looking people talking over it.
Even with the laugh track, I still don't find BBT very funny. And I actually like to watch comedies in that format as well; Frasier, Taxi, King of Queens, 3rd Rock From The Sun, and even Everybody Loves Raymond can still get me bawling.
Oh, and Only Fools & Horses. Can't believe they're doing a prequel with a younger Del Boy O_o .
I think some of you are missing the point of that laugh track video. The point of cutting the laugh track isn't to trick you with awkward silence. It's to let you judge weather a beat is funny by itself or not. You're supposed to judge how much of what's said in that scene is really funny and compare that to how much laughter is spliced in over it. The idea is that there is way too much laughter for what there is actual humorous dialogue. The fact of the matter is, they can't get past two words coming in the front door in that show without ten seconds of fucking laughter. It's overkill. And there is functionally no real difference between a laugh track and filmed in front of a live studio audience. Just because those people are there to laugh way too much at shit that isn't really all that funny doesn't make it any better. Now, the people who take that video as evidence that the writing is terrible are off base. The problem is with the laugh track foremost, not the writing. But when you see how few real laughs are in there, you start to see the seams of the writing, which I would say is at least a little lacking. The first couple seasons seem pretty alright, but anymore it's just 20 minutes of laughter with some nerdy looking people talking over it.
The 'no laugh track' video proves nothing. It's a dumb attempt to discredit a show. Nothing more. I don't laugh anywhere close to the amount of any studio audience ever. I also don't go "AWWWWWW!" when something cute happens, but that doesn't mean something ain't cute. I also don't clap when I hear a stand up comedian tell a rant joke, or go "OOOOOOOOO!" when someone insults someone else's honour. But audiences do this all the time, and it shouldn't effect one's enjoyment as much as it seems to the people who put up that TBBT no laugh track video.
I think it's almost entirely a generational thing. And younger folk are getting more used to no studio audiences in their comedy. That's fine by me. I certainly don't need them in my shows (when a show isn't made with an audience in mind). I love Louie, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Modern Family but I also like Lucky Louie, Seinfeld, The Big Bang Theory and many other classic shows filmed before a live studio audience.
All that said, this is a terrible idea OP. Though, I'd lose my shit if I saw Sheldon wearing a GB shirt or Luchadeer hiding in the background. Something small like that.
I think some of you are missing the point of that laugh track video. The point of cutting the laugh track isn't to trick you with awkward silence. It's to let you judge weather a beat is funny by itself or not. You're supposed to judge how much of what's said in that scene is really funny and compare that to how much laughter is spliced in over it. The idea is that there is way too much laughter for what there is actual humorous dialogue. The fact of the matter is, they can't get past two words coming in the front door in that show without ten seconds of fucking laughter. It's overkill. And there is functionally no real difference between a laugh track and filmed in front of a live studio audience. Just because those people are there to laugh way too much at shit that isn't really all that funny doesn't make it any better. Now, the people who take that video as evidence that the writing is terrible are off base. The problem is with the laugh track foremost, not the writing. But when you see how few real laughs are in there, you start to see the seams of the writing, which I would say is at least a little lacking. The first couple seasons seem pretty alright, but anymore it's just 20 minutes of laughter with some nerdy looking people talking over it.
Why are people so insistent on EDUCATING other people who don't need to be educated? The beats are funny, it's just that gamer and comedy hipsters can't seem to accept that comedy isn't always clever or smart. One of the funniest and most insightful movies on the comedic writing process is based around the telling of a particularly crass and utterly unclever joke and it's not so much that the joke itself is the key, but moreso the variety in the telling of it. All of the contributing comedians to The Aristocrats are funny for a wide variety of different reasons and this is much the same. You don't like the way Lorre times out his beats but that doesn't make them strained or unfunny. It just makes them not to your tastes. And that's fine, but don't try and educate me on mine. Fuck.
@Wasara88 said:
@SeriouslyNow: I really don't give a shit. I still think BBT is shit and Spaced is not.
Guys humor is subjective no one is going to win this argument. Comedy stuff of any kind is hard to judge legitimately in any way because you can simply deter any argument be it bad writing, plot holes, lack of style or whatever by saying 'well I found it funny therefore, it is funny'
@MrMo: Didn't you know that the internet is still mad that NBC decided to place their low ratings but huge cult following sitcom Community up against a CBS juggernaut that is Big Bang Theory.
Sure I hate Big Bang Theory because I don't think the jokes are funny but then again CBS programming isn't made for me. It's audience is made up entirely of the elderly and the simple minded. Which is why they are consistently ranked number 1. I only watch CBS for college basketball and the NFL.
Sure I hate Big Bang Theory because I don't think the jokes are funny but then again CBS programming isn't made for me. It's audience is made up entirely of the elderly and the simple minded. Which is why they are consistently ranked number 1. I only watch CBS for college basketball and the NFL.
the real question is why, out of all the extremely terrible shows out there, people choose to hate on BBT. I mean come on, FamilyGuy/SouthPark/AmericanDad literally show characters playing with their own feces, yet people will defend these shows to death as comedy gold.
the real question is why, out of all the extremely terrible shows out there, people choose to hate on BBT. I mean come on, FamilyGuy/SouthPark/AmericanDad literally show characters playing with their own feces, yet people will defend these shows to death as comedy gold.
What? is there's one thing people hate is Family Guy wich wasn't bad for a while , the reason I don't like TBBT is not because is popular is because the characters suck and the jokes aren't funny at all is just easy to asume everyone just hates everything.
The Big Bang Theory is soo bad. The 'nerd humour' isn't clever in the slightest. Exploiting stereotypes should be clever at least. I'm disappointed in humanity
I watch both BBT and Community - don't find either of them very funny though and often wonder why I watch them. Sort of a habit I guess. To be honest, I prefer Whitney to both of them - I think I've actually laughed a few times, while watching that. 30 Rock also seems to hit the right spot, more often that not.
The thing that I dislike the most about The Big Bang Theory is not the show itself, but the fact that a bunch of Community fans seem to spend more time whining about BBT than they do actually talking about Community. Which is a real shame, because I would much rather talk about Community.
Just coming in here to add that BBT is fucking awful. Like, so bad it's physically painful for me to watch. If you're a nerd (and you are, if you're reading this) and you like it, at least be like Claude and just say straight up that you have no standards when it comes to TV and you just wanna veg out.
@ShaggE: It doesn't have a laugh track. Hence the "filmed in front of a studio audience". There was a making of show on E4 last week and they did a studio tour, there's a huge stand of seating like off a chat show.
Also wow really don't get the hate by most of the posters for this show! I think its a well made and funny show!
I use "laugh track" as a catch-all term for laughter in a sitcom. I know it's a live audience.
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