Sitcoms are dead?

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

Since the big bang theory there isn’t really anything to watch anymore..are there maybe some upcoming ones?

[Masque]

TRASH a écrit :

psychotron666 a écrit :

Big bang theory was absolutely awful by the way and should never be considered a good sitcom.

What was so awful about it?

Look for videos of it minus the laugh track.

You'll realize how unfunny it is -- immediately.

Laugh tracks are insidious. They trick you into thinking something is funnier than it really is. It must be funny, right? After all, everyone's laughing. Ergo, it's funny!

Then you watch it without the laugh track. And it's not funny at all. If it was, you wouldn't need a laugh track (or a laughing studio audience, that laughs when the sign lights up that says "LAUGH".)

[Masque]

Never mind, Darkie beat me to it.

[Nomad]

Hm I don't think laugh tracks work on me. I think i prefer the characters, story and setting more than the jokes anyway.

[AdahnGorion]

Masque of Clavicus Vile a écrit :

Never mind, Darkie beat me to it.

Don´t worry, I forgive you, because you made me walk in the light

[Enterprofilenamehere]

Masque of Clavicus Vile a écrit :

Laugh tracks are insidious. They trick you into thinking something is funnier than it really is. It must be funny, right? After all, everyone's laughing. Ergo, it's funny!

Then you watch it without the laugh track. And it's not funny at all. If it was, you wouldn't need a laugh track (or a laughing studio audience, that laughs when the sign lights up that says "LAUGH".)

They only go so far though. I remember when I was younger watching older episodes of Scooby-Doo which had a laugh track for some reason in parts that weren't really funny at all. I never found the show particularly funny, but still enjoyed it.

[Ⓥenom Ⓢnake 🐍]

A lot of shows are really unfunny with the LT removed. Few can make it without the laugh track.

Like Friends and Seinfeld really aren't funny, but your brain gets tricked.

That's why i stopped watching them if they are streaming on one of my services.

A thought occures...

Someone should do a laugh track on a show like law and order special victims unit. That could actually be pretty funny.

Kind of like the comic Garfield minus Garfield.

[Nomad]

There are other comedies without laugh tracks though and I still like them too. Stuff like The Office doesn't have a laugh track but I still found it entertaining. But I mean, I don't really watch these shows because I think they're funny. I watch them because they're just cheesy fun and entertaining.

[MikeBob2013]

TRASH a écrit :

I watch them because they're just cheesy fun and entertaining.

This is precisely why I watched Seinfeld. I never thought it was funny (although it had its moments here and there); I watched it because it was outrageous and ridiculous.

[Adversary]

Society is a sitcom in that it's a show about nothing with a cast of unlikeable people.

[Hut-chit-a-rific]

Parks and Recreation reruns

[Luis the Uma Loving Wizard]

Enterprofilenamehere a écrit :

Masque of Clavicus Vile a écrit :

Laugh tracks are insidious. They trick you into thinking something is funnier than it really is. It must be funny, right? After all, everyone's laughing. Ergo, it's funny!

Then you watch it without the laugh track. And it's not funny at all. If it was, you wouldn't need a laugh track (or a laughing studio audience, that laughs when the sign lights up that says "LAUGH".)

They only go so far though. I remember when I was younger watching older episodes of Scooby-Doo which had a laugh track for some reason in parts that weren't really funny at all. I never found the show particularly funny, but still enjoyed it.

I played Scooby-Doo! Night of 100 Frights on Gamecube.

Laugh tracks appear in both cutscenes AND gameplay.

Particularly when you press the Charge button (B on Gambecube).

[Nomad]

Hut-chit-a-rific a écrit :

Parks and Recreation reruns

I watched some of it and I liked Ron Swanson best.

[Trickster]

im surprised only one person mentioned the office, and it's the facts-guy who did it no less

[Nomad]

I'm not sure if the office counts as sitcom anyway. I think it is more of a mockumentary.

[Exiled Alchemist]

Yes it's dead. The only thing that remains is a hollow shell filled with pandering to the easily offended, and political agenda. Thus the reason comedians have been speaking out against it. Real comedy is also dead for the same reason, and the ones that ruined it all wouldn't know comedy if it slapped them in the face with a banana cream pie.