Is lack of trust in their comedy or they really think the public is that dumb they need to know when to laugh?
Or is a by product of its former format with live laughs with a crowd while filming?
Is lack of trust in their comedy or they really think the public is that dumb they need to know when to laugh?
Or is a by product of its former format with live laughs with a crowd while filming?
This one guy invented “the laff box”, a fairly complex machine with a wide variety of laughs that you could put together however you wanted to, and it was so successful in getting the audience to laugh that every show used it.
And that one guy would often be the only one who knew how to operate it, and could basically play a piano of laughs to suit the mood or whatever for any tv show.
It’s a pretty great story if you’re interested
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvzPDZrpTHo&t=0