Please subscribe to our ongoing campaign to draw attention to the fact that :

'Canned laughter' (a.k.a. the laugh track) on TV and radio shows does not work.

• It's fake, and everyone knows it.
• It's irritating, crass, boring, unrealistic and detracts from the real content.
• It's long outdated and outmoded.
• It was never a good idea in the first place. (see : suporting research below)
  

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Misguided production teams and editors should abandon the idea immediately, thus saving themselves a great deal of time, money and effort (creating the tracks) - whilst simultaneously improving the final product.

And they really needn't worry . . . if it's funny we'll laugh anyway !


        Thank you for your support     Eiron Foyer      chair : CaCL(uk)



Supporting research :

'Self-categorization, social influence, and responses to canned laughter' : Platow et al (Journal of Experimental Social Psychology Volume 41, Issue 5, September 2005, Pages 542-550 )

"Hearing out-group laughter did not increase overall mirth relative to when canned laughter was absent altogether."