History Main / LaughTrack

* The theatrical ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' shorts had laugh tracks added when they were shown on television. This stuck out even more in a program that had almost no dialogue at all.

* The laughter in the standup scenes on ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' sound rather jarringly fake compared to the audience response in the rest of the show, presumably because they got a handful of actors in to play the standup patrons. Could also be that it was the "warm-up" to the show, shown before the start.

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* In ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'', Alastor, the Radio Demon, speaks like a 1920s or 1930s radio personality, complete with a constant RadioVoice, even though he's personally present. This is accompanied by didactic period music and a subtle laugh track that sometimes appears when he laughs (though noticeably, [[NothingIsScarier not when he laughs as part of a threat]]). This is used for sinister effect, as a reflection of his demonic powers.

** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E98TheDummy The Dummy]]", one is used for the scenes in which Jerry Etherson is performing his ventriloquism act.
** The PoorlyDisguisedPilot "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E101CavenderIsComing Cavender is Coming]]" featured a laugh track during its original showing and early syndication. The director Christian Nyby was so offended by this that he refused to be in the studio when the laugh track man was present. It was removed from the syndication prints in the mid 1980s.

[[caption-width-right:350:The laughers are all dead now.]]

* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'': [[https://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2018/11/07/laughter-in-a-can/ Tiger uses Bluetooth speakers to set up his own]], programmed to respond to certain situations, like saying his ForcedCatchphrase. The unfortunate drawback is that it's glitchy, and sometimes ignores him but laughs at other people saying it.

* ''Webcomic/{{Housepets}}'': [[https://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2018/11/07/laughter-in-a-can/ Tiger uses Bluetooth speakers to set up his own]], programmed to respond to certain situations, like saying his ForcedCathphrase. The unfortunate drawback is that it's glitchy, and sometimes ignores him but laughs at other people saying it.

-->[[spoiler:When Kiki Mora lifts up her sweeper from the sand.]]\\
[[spoiler:When Kiki Mora's sweeper stops at the water bottle.]]\\

* The original British version of ''Da Ali G Show'' used a laugh track, but its American adaptation (known as ''Ali G in da [=USAiii=]'' in Britain) lacks it.

* Creator/HarlanEllison wrote a story, "Laugh Track," about a woman whose ghost possessed all of the laugh tracks on TV (because her laughter appeared on the tape that was copied to make all of them), and instead of laughing complained loudly about the quality of the shows concerned and television in general.

* The Tines in Creator/VernorVinge's ''Literature/TheChildrenOfTheSky'' can only communicate with humans by reproducing the sounds of human voices, since their native tongue is TheUnpronounceable. But since they can reproduce virtually any audible frequency (and many inaudible ones), they can speak in multiple voices simultaneously or even, Johanna notes, ''provide their own laugh track''.

* An episode of ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' shows Servo using a laugh track every time Crow utters his newly adopted "SitCom" CatchPhrase "You Know You Want Me Baby!" The really old cassette player Servo is using ultimately eats the laugh track.

* Also appears in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'' when Vegeta makes an IncrediblyLamePun.

* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': The episode “Quack Pack!” Is a parody of 90s sitcoms, so naturally, the show takes jabs at the laugh track. Huey even notices it, and is horrified that there are these omnipotent voices that are laughing at them. [[spoiler: They actually are trapped in a sitcom set. During another one of the family’s adventures, Donald gets his hands on a [[GenieInABottle magic genie’s lamp]] and accidentally wishes that he had a normal family]].

* WebAnimation/YouTubePoop videos will occasionally parody this.
** An example comes from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnyHsY9W1_A "ARNOLD THE PIG PENETRATES EVERYONE."]]
--->'''[[Franchise/StreetFighter Akuma]]:''' GOUKEN, I'M HOME.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Eeh8IJ4W0U The Link and King Show]] series, basically a [=YouTube=] Poop sitcom starring characters from VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaCDIGames, uses a laugh track a lot.

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* ''Calamities of Nature'' asks the question, [[http://www.calamitiesofnature.com/archive/?c=412 why do sitcoms still use laugh tracks?]]
* ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'': The grandmother of Tony and Olivia uses a tape recorder to turn her family life into a sitcom.
* ''Webcomic/OzyAndMillie'': [[https://ozyandmillie.org/archives/comic/ozy-and-millie-295/ In one strip]], Millie has a boombox with a laugh track on it. Her mother uses the power of theme music the next day to retaliate.
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