Many of the shows that my parents watched (and de facto I watched as a kid) always seem to be taped before a live action audience. I wonder what it would be like to be in that audience. Would you need to laugh if they told you too? Could you for that matter? What happens if you laugh at something that wasn't funny? Would they kick you out?
If the show is taped before a live audience, does that mean the actors cannot make mistakes? Before long I could see any audience being bored with take after take after take of the same joke. How would you pick the audience? Was there a waiting list for this kind of thing?
Do they still use live action audiences? I'm not totally up to date with television, because there is only so many things I watch in my life. I just always wondered about this while I was watching shows like Sanford and Son and occasionally the The Cosby Show.
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This is so interesting and something I always wondered about too. Sometimes i think its just a recording of laughter because the stuff just isnt that funny. I know certain shows were/are taped infront of a live audience though. I used to love when a series would end, or have some type of big anniversary like 100th episeode and they would bring the cast out and show the audience too. Its just a differant look at a show you watch all the time. I remember it vividly with full house they brought the whole cast out one by one and the audience gave everyone a standing ovation. Back then I would have given anythinggg to be in that audience! Good questions though, I'l have to look into that further
ReplyDeleteactors can make mistakes just not on live shows, live audience means they dont have to add in a laugh or awwww track they can record it with the show
ReplyDeleteYou're raising an interesting industrial practice question--I wonder if there's a way you might link this to your research for COMM 300?
ReplyDeletemaybe they just stick nitrous under the seats for when things aren't going quite right...
ReplyDeletelaugh tracks are so fake, at what point did tv studios think it was a good idea?
although i have to say, one of the reasons i love a live audience is when they really like something, the actors have to sort of freeze in place until it's quiet enough for them to deliver their lines. a favorite awkward tv moment of mine :)