This has bugged me for a while, and now that I think about it, I guess most of this can be applied to any sitcom… I’ve read a few times that Seinfeld was filmed in front of a live studio audience, which is what you hear when watching the show. Did they do extensive editing to the live recorded laugh track to make it blend together? Surely they had bloopers and other scene changes/camera setups that required multiple takes… Would the audience just laugh every time or would they perhaps just use the laughter from the first time the audience saw the scene? Regardless, when watching the show and listening to the laughter it all seems very well blended as if the show was happening in-sequence live in time in front of an audience.
What about outdoor shots? I recall reading somewhere that they even used audiences when they filmed outdoor shots. Is that right? Any other interesing information on laugh tracks in sitcoms? :dubious:
My experience with a concert recorded “live” was Pam Tillis. Way before she came on stage the audience was told to cheer, then told to scream loud, then told to just clap as loud as we could. I would guess that the takes were edited to fill out what was needed. Same for Sienfeld.