Bretimus_v2
So tired.
Mission accomplished. It's good for a chuckle here and there. Most of my experience with the show has come from watching it with my in-laws.
Big Bang Theory is an awful show
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WickedLiquid
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The Simpspons > Seinfield > The Office > Arrested Development > South Park > Curb Your Enthusiasm > Futurama > Modern Family > shows everyone else at GR likes > A bunch of crap > Family Guy > The Big Bang Theory > Joey
danielrbischoff
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WickedLiquid said:The Simpspons > Seinfield > PARKS AND RECREATION > The Office > Arrested Development > South Park > Curb Your Enthusiasm > Futurama > Modern Family > shows everyone else at GR likes > A bunch of crap > Family Guy > The Big Bang Theory > Joey
I love the office, but parks and rec has been much better lately.
Icepick
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I'll watch it before I watch pretty much any other sitcom... although thats not saying much it does get a chuckle out of me here and there
My GF at the time was in love with the show, so as a result I was forced to watch it nightly, there's a lot worse I could have been subjected to
What's worse on TV is all these fucking reality shows where you watch people work... I understand pawn stars, sure, but now there's logging wars, shipping wars, auction hunters, storage wars, auction kings, whisker wars (I fucking kid you not.. a show about beard growing) Ice road truckers, Ice road truckers - deadliest road - the andes edition, Ice pilots, I'm probably forgetting half of them, and I'm thankful for that
Television is shit, and not just slightly bad like so many 90's sitcoms, but I'm talking cringe worthy garbage, the only shows I watch are Sports programming (mainly UFC, but not there overly stale reality series), motor racing, and top gear, and to be honest top gears turning into shit as well
My GF at the time was in love with the show, so as a result I was forced to watch it nightly, there's a lot worse I could have been subjected to
What's worse on TV is all these fucking reality shows where you watch people work... I understand pawn stars, sure, but now there's logging wars, shipping wars, auction hunters, storage wars, auction kings, whisker wars (I fucking kid you not.. a show about beard growing) Ice road truckers, Ice road truckers - deadliest road - the andes edition, Ice pilots, I'm probably forgetting half of them, and I'm thankful for that
Television is shit, and not just slightly bad like so many 90's sitcoms, but I'm talking cringe worthy garbage, the only shows I watch are Sports programming (mainly UFC, but not there overly stale reality series), motor racing, and top gear, and to be honest top gears turning into shit as well
Chris_Crime
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What would Seinfeld had of been without the laugh track I wonder?
When I go to the gym, people are usually watching sports or Jeopardy.
WickedLiquid
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Last time I was at the Gym, people were watching Obama's inauguration.
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intoTheRain
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Well the show has pretty much been ruined for me now. Never even noticed the laugh track before because its part of every sitcom almost. Now I notice it every time.
And I think BBT is definitely a laugh track. You can tell when a show just uses the live audience because there are normally 1 or 2 really weird over the top laughters that are different everytime. BBT sounds like laughter you would hear on a keychain with noise effects you get at the dollar store.
And I think BBT is definitely a laugh track. You can tell when a show just uses the live audience because there are normally 1 or 2 really weird over the top laughters that are different everytime. BBT sounds like laughter you would hear on a keychain with noise effects you get at the dollar store.
danielrbischoff
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Anytime I ever watched Friends when I used to smoke weed a lot, the laugh track REALLY bothered me. It always sounded SO fake.
Both shows are filmed in front of studio audiences though. I'm sure they sweeten it with canned laughter too, but to say they would be better without a "laugh track" is kinda tough. They are written and performed a certain way so it's not that simple to fix. It's old-school sitcom.
used44 said:
Hey, we've come full circle!Longo_2_guns said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmLQaTcViOA
intoTheRain
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Longo_2_guns said:
While it's hilarious to watch without a laugh track, many good shows would look just as ridiculous with the laugh track removed so it proves nothing. If they just continued on in conversation and didn't pause to let the laughs go away it wouldn't be near as awkward.
StickyGreenGamer
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Longo_2_guns said:
I think that is a terrible example.
That scene is removed from its context, with the theatrical elements removed. In its proper place in the episode, and especially on the first view, that scene is probably one of the best they have done on the show.
On point however, if you remove laugh tracks/dramatic music, whatever, you adversely affect the story. You take the most romantic scene ever filmed, remove the sappy music behind it and replace it with death metal, you aren't achieving the same results.
Books use words. TV and movies are forced to use a different medium, as such, they go with laugh tracks and music.
LinksOcaraina said:
I believe they are on the 5th. Continuity problems can be traced back to the second season though. The majority has to do with Sheldon's youth and with how long Sheldon and Leonard have lived together, etc.
intoTheRain said:
Like I said, it was written and performed in such a way that it plays off the live laughter. It would take a lot of tweaking to make it different.
That said, I have no interest in watching it and have only seen maybe 5 minutes of it ever.
So I'm not defending it, just saying that it fits a certain genre of sitcom. And it's not the "laugh track" that's all to blame.
