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* ''[[Police Squad!]]'' was one of the first sitcoms to have neither a laugh track nor a live studio audience. |
* ''[[Police Squad!]]'' was one of the first sitcoms to have neither a laugh track nor a live studio audience. |
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* A couple of sitcoms made by the Disney Channel actually have ''not'' used a laugh track -- ''[[Lizzie McGuire]]'', ''Even Stevens'', and ''Jonas''. ''Naturally Sadie'', ''Phil of the Future'', and ''Life with Derek'', all of which have been aired on the channel, also do not have a soundtrack. |
* A couple of sitcoms made by the Disney Channel actually have ''not'' used a laugh track -- ''[[Lizzie McGuire]]'', ''Even Stevens'', and ''Jonas''. ''Naturally Sadie'', ''Phil of the Future'', and ''Life with Derek'', all of which have been aired on the channel, also do not have a soundtrack. |
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* The Canadian sitcoms ''[[Corner Gas]],'' ''[[Little Mosque on the Prairie]],'' ''[[Made in Canada]]'' and ''[[Robson Arms]]'' avoid [[Laugh Tracks]]. |
* The Canadian sitcoms ''[[Made in Canada]]'', ''[[Corner Gas]],'' ''[[Little Mosque on the Prairie]],'' ''[[Made in Canada]]'' and ''[[Robson Arms]]'' avoid [[Laugh Tracks]]. |
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* ''[[The Monkees]]'' got rid of their laugh track in the middle of their second (and final) season, and the non-laugh track episodes have such a different feel it almost seems like they're part of an entirely different show. |
* ''[[The Monkees]]'' got rid of their laugh track in the middle of their second (and final) season, and the non-laugh track episodes have such a different feel it almost seems like they're part of an entirely different show. |
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* ''[[The Kenny Everett Video Show]]'' on ITV in the late 70s was unique in that there was no studio audience, but the viewer could clearly hear the cameramen, floor manager, writers and other studio crew laughing out loud off screen. |
* ''[[The Kenny Everett Video Show]]'' on ITV in the late 70s was unique in that there was no studio audience, but the viewer could clearly hear the cameramen, floor manager, writers and other studio crew laughing out loud off screen. |
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* [[Bill Cosby]]'s first sitcom, the 1969-71 series ''[[The Bill Cosby Show]]'', aired without a laugh track at Cosby's insistence (and over the objections of [[Executive Meddling|NBC executives]]). |
* [[Bill Cosby]]'s first sitcom, the 1969-71 series ''[[The Bill Cosby Show]]'', aired without a laugh track at Cosby's insistence (and over the objections of [[Executive Meddling|NBC executives]]). |
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* ''[[Saved by the Bell]]'' had a live studio audience - and, like the audience from ''[[Married... with Children]]'', it was ''very'' in-your-face and obnoxious. However, predecessor series ''[[Good Morning Miss Bliss]]'' used a conventional laugh track; and since the two shows are part of the same syndication package, it makes for a good education as to the differences between the two. |
* ''[[Saved by the Bell]]'' had a live studio audience - and, like the audience from ''[[Married... with Children]]'', it was ''very'' in-your-face and obnoxious. However, predecessor series ''[[Good Morning Miss Bliss]]'' used a conventional laugh track; and since the two shows are part of the same syndication package, it makes for a good education as to the differences between the two. |
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=== Western Animation === |
=== Western Animation === |
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