Meaning of laugh track | Babel Free

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The soundtrack of laughter sounds that accompanies a television comedy show.

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“You know⟳ where you never see⟳ a camcorder? At a funeral. Wouldn't that be fun? Especially if you didn't know⟳ any of the people there. Why not go to a stranger's funeral, and bring⟳ your camcorder? Have⟳ a little fun! Zoom in on the corpse's nose hairs. Then pull⟳ back, and pan over to the widow's tears. Get⟳ a tight shot of that. Do a montage of people wracked with grief. Then go home and put⟳ a laugh⟳ track on it! Smoke⟳ a joint and show⟳ it to your friends. That would be a lot of fun.”

“Possibly a show⟳ with no laugh⟳ track would improve⟳ with a well-done laugh⟳ track.”

“He felt it weird to have⟳ this discussion with a laugh⟳ track running faintly in the background.”

“There were shows where they let⟳ us not use⟳ a laugh⟳ track ... and portions of shows. Whenever they were in the O.R. or serious surgery, there was no laugh⟳ track.”

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