Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Response to Klosterman


Klostermans “Ha Ha,” he said, “Ha Ha” is an article about canned laughter and laugh tracks and how stupid he thinks they are.  I’m not really persuaded on his argument.  I have seen many shows he included in his argument.  A lot of them I like even though some use laugh tracks and some don’t.  I don’t lean towards either side of using or not using a laugh track, I enjoy shows with or without them.  For example Two and Half Men has recently become one my favorite shows and it still uses a laugh track and I think the laugh track adds to the hilarity of the show.  You don’t always notice it’s there either; if you get really into the show they you don’t even notice it even though I don’t always laugh with the laugh track because I don’t laugh at dumb or unnecessary comments or things.  Another show I really enjoy is, It’s Always Suny in Philadelphia, and they don’t use a canned laugh, in fact it would probably seem awkward if they would add a laugh track to the show now, but it’s still a really funny show without the laugh track, you don’t notice it’s not even there.  I think it all starts with the beginning of the show and how the show is produced, to whether or not a laugh track should be used.  It’s funny either way.

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