# History of the laugh track

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**Created:** [December 14, 2025, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-of-the-laugh-track/1025693 "2025-12-14T20:32:23Z")\
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> [@Coriolanus](#):
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> Tihis is why you hear “All in the Family was filmed before a live audience.”

When I saw the thread I i_mmediately_ thought of the above announcement-made by Rob Reiner himself, when yes the AitF team was striving to move beyond mere laugh tracks.

I then casually peruse some other threads, and see this one:

> [@Two people found dead at Rob Reiner's home. (Sadly confirmed it was Rob and his wife, kill by their son)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-people-found-dead-at-rob-reiners-home-sadly-confirmed-it-was-rob-and-his-wife-kill-by-their-son/1025704):
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> Developing story as of 6:45pm California time, but right now it doesn’t sound good. The Wikipedia editors are fighting back and forth between listing him as dead or alive.

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