Comment on Why are fake laughs added to sitcoms?
Varyk@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
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