# He made it! (Dick Van Dyke is 100 on 2025-12-13)

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**Created:** [December 13, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-made-it-dick-van-dyke-is-100-on-2025-12-13/1025664 "2025-12-13T14:40:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/he-made-it-dick-van-dyke-is-100-on-2025-12-13/1025664/65 "2025-12-14T17:25:58Z")

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> [@suranyi](#):
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> Right, it was filmed before a live audience.

This is true, but I have found that a lot of people these days seem to use “laugh track” to mean any audible laughter in a sitcom, even if the source of that laughter is actual people actually watching the performers in real time.

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