# TV Comedies without Laugh Tracks--Recommendations? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 4, 2013, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-comedies-without-laugh-tracks-recommendations/667963 "2013-09-04T04:01:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 48
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2013, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-comedies-without-laugh-tracks-recommendations/667963/48 "2013-09-06T14:00:09Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Couldn’t have been, or at least not consistently. Too much of the humour relied on three-camera sight gags like [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh1pZqmxvmM). > > That’s not a fake, that was an actual _Night Court_ bit. > [@Ever been in a sitcom's studio audience?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-been-in-a-sitcoms-studio-audience/351764/3): > > I’ve been to tapings of both \*Night Court \* and _Who’s Line Is It Anyway?_ There weren’t any laugh or applause signs, but they did have emcees come on to warm up the crowd. The emcee for \*Who’s Line \* did say that audience reaction was always enthusiastic to the British version of the show, and if we wanted to come second to a bunch of brits, well - > > BTW - it was Harry Anderson’s birthday the day of the \*Night Court \* shoot. Everyone in the audience got cake, Anderson did a little Q&A with us, and John Larroquete saw a cute girl in the fourth row and climbed over the seats to sit next to her. That actually got the biggest laugh of the night. The laugh track seems to be a common misconception, even [the Tropes page](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/NightCourt?from=Main.NightCourt) has a “studio audience” note under that entry. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-comedies-without-laugh-tracks-recommendations/667963)._