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Old 05-07-2014, 09:06 AM   #4403 (permalink)
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Totally agree with this. Emphatically agree. OBVIOUS ANALOGY: Who needs an audio laugh track on TV shows to know when something is funny? Only idiots. If it can't be natural, and make you laugh at a visceral level without being told that something is intended to make you laugh, what good is that attempt at humor? Not good at all. Remedial at best.
A laugh track is different. Laughter is infectious, so if a bunch of people on TV are laughing then it makes you want to laugh. It's scientistic.
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