tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post2601562551658327393..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "Story of a Writer - Part Eighteen D"Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-78689645542261067522010-01-10T17:50:18.285-08:002010-01-10T17:50:18.285-08:00It's been a year and a quarter, but I just rea...It's been a year and a quarter, but I just read this and I keep thinking about it, so I'll ask anyway. Was the idea of taping the show and then presenting it before a studio audience (as you said you screened it), and using That as your audience track, ever considered? For some reason, I thought All In the Family did that near the end of its run: they'd tape it and then run the finished product for an audience, and record the audience's response. The result is a realistic laugh track.<br /><br />The english show Last Of the Summer Wine does it that way. My only problem with them is that they run the laugh track too loud and it often steps on the dialog, which (because I'm not a Brit) is already hard to follow...Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02753360146107174303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-950580114241977952008-10-13T06:46:00.000-07:002008-10-13T06:46:00.000-07:00Personally I find some comedy works better without...Personally I find some comedy works better without a laugh track. MASH was shown in the UK without one on the BBC and they had a flood of complaints when they showed an episode with it by mistake. I prefer to decide when to laugh and not be told - and I think its one of the things that had gone wrong with the traditional sitcom <BR/><BR/>Anyway my personal preference aside would it not be possible to film it without an audience and then record the laughter from a live audience and add it afterward rather than using the bad canned variety laughter?impworkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08891629480335816158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-15527098380153917742008-09-26T07:54:00.000-07:002008-09-26T07:54:00.000-07:0017 million? These days I'm thinking they would be...17 million? These days I'm thinking they would be thrilled with numbers like that.karyrogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03289860863412128475noreply@blogger.com