Laugh track? Really?
I get it in the live audience intros, but why is there a laugh track during sketches?
shareit's the same studio audience from the intro. it's a sketch show and was the same in the original show.
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MovieChat Forums > W/ Bob and David (2015) Discussion > Laugh track? Really?
So do you think that they film the opening and ending bit in front of a studio audience then send everyone home before filming the rest of the show, where they then add a laugh track? Do you not know how sketch comedies work? The live segments are performed in front of a studio audience, while the filmed sequences are screened to that same audience. There is behind the scenes footage on the fifth episode that shows how it was filmed.
sharedid they provide shuttles for the audience to get home and back or maybe give them some gas money?
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audience watches taped segments
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It's just like Mr. Show. It's a sketch show taped in front of a live studio audience.
shareIf it's not a laugh track, then why the hell does the audience laugh at EVERY single thing that happens or is said, no matter if it was intended to be funny or not?
I'm watching the 3rd episode and the first (dumb) skit is about a tech conference and the keynote speaker (Shangy) comes on stage and starts blathering on about something. The damn audience laughed and giggled and snickered at practically everything the guy said.
While showing a slide show he puts up a picture of a rocket and says the word rocket. The audience goes wild.
Next is a picture of a megaphone and the guy says "noise". The audience roars.
And it went on and on like that. The next skit started out the same way with the audience exploding with laughter at anything anyone said no matter if it was intended to be funny or not.
I don't think the show is very funny to begin with, but the excessively annoying laughter will stop me from watching anymore episodes again.
The Shangy bit is a pretty outdated so the audience seems to get the bit really well since it was taped around mid-2014, when the guy they're parodying (David Shing aka Shingy) was on the news that time. I have to admit Shingy is way weirder than the sketch's Shangy...
shareNoticed that. Now that you mention it, it seems the production folks gave it a lot of thought, and it's cleverly modulated down to a level where you can sort of take it or leave it. I only noticed it (and sort of pondered its clever, almost subliminal impact) one time.
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