I note there are several comments suggesting this awful film would be improved by the addition of canned (added) laughter. I suggest that if the 'actors'(??) need this to perform, they should not be in the profession. If the audience need it, they are morons/Americans who need this device to let them know that somthing was funny and they then realise when and how much to laugh. Kiddies stuff!
shareI think the missing canned laughter is just a little jarring because viewers are so accustomed to it from the show's original run. "The Castaways on GI" and "Harlem Globetrotters on GI" added it.
Similar to The Brady Bunch reunions. "The Brady Girls Get Married" added canned laughter, but "A Very Brady Christmas" did not. Since we're used to seeing these shows with the fake laugh track, it seems normal when it is there, but a little strange when it's missing. Oddly enough, when the short lived "The Bradys" started, it was free of laughter. A few episodes in, it was added, and seemed completely off. I suppose since the show transitioned from a slapstick comedy to dramedy.
Oddly enough, when the short lived "The Bradys" started, it was free of laughter. A few episodes in, it was added, and seemed completely off. I suppose since the show transitioned from a slapstick comedy to dramedy."
Didn't know about THE BRADYS having canned laughter like the previous versions (and like in the cartoon version as well).
"they are morons/Americans who need this device to let them know that somthing [sic] was funny"
I watch British sitcoms all the time and they are every bit as full of canned laughter as American sitcoms, if not more in some cases. Maybe a moron is someone who attributes everything negative to Americans.
You are getting a couple of concepts mixed up here. "Canned laughter" means it is recorded laughter added in post-production. The series Gilligan's Island was not recorded in front of a live audience, so the performances of the actors would not have been influenced at all by actual laughter.
shareIt was filmed in front of a live audience.
https://www.quora.com/Back-in-the-day-TV-shows-were-filmed-in-front-of-real-audiences-so-laughter-was-real-too-Is-a-laughing-track-these-days-supposed-to-make-us-think-theres-still-a-live-audience-there
Often live laughter was sweetened. Very often there was a curious announcement at the end of a show. An announcer speaking VERY fast would say, “Audience response technically augmented.” Of course, the folks watching at home had no idea what that disclaimer meant.
Yes I read that link before, and the response at the top specifically says that Gilligan's Island was *not* filmed in front of a live audience:
“Back in the day”, shows filmed without an audience were far more likely to have canned laughter than today's shows. The Andy Griffith Show, Gilligan's Island and Bewitched are good examples.share