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Why are laugh tracks so popular? I must be one of the few to find it quite annoying.

If I get the joke, I'll laugh. If I don't, you don't need to queue me to laugh. I still won't find it funny even if I have to laugh along.

You can't watch a comedy sitcom with tons of laugh tracks queuing you to go along with it.

You laugh here, here, here, and here.



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They're simply there to make the show seem funnier than it is, because most sitcoms simply aren't that funny, with the rare exception of Everybody loves Raymond and the occasional Seinfeld



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Galaki said:

Why are laugh tracks so popular? I must be one of the few to find it quite annoying.

If I get the joke, I'll laugh. If I don't, you don't need to queue me to laugh. I still won't find it funny even if I have to laugh along.

You can't watch a comedy sitcom with tons of laugh tracks queuing you to go along with it.

You laugh here, here, here, and here.

They're actually not that popular anymore. Very few new sitcoms have laugh tracks.



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I love it actually - Makes the show feel more funny :p



Gears of war 3 laught tracks are annoying aswell :).



 

because its easier than making something funny.



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