Who are the people you hear laughing in the background on TV comedy shows? I mean, are there people who spend their lives being audiences for sit-coms? How do they know when the shows are taping? Is it in the newspaper or can they find out online? Or do they get notices sent to them?
I believe many shows used to use laugh tracks. You know, just turn on the laugh track at the right time. But it sounded like what it was, canned laughter. I think the laughs are from real people these days. Real people for whom, apparently, some very stupid and unfunny things are worth a laugh.
I suppose someone cues them when to laugh. Someone with a script. Someone who knows when something is supposed to be funny, even if it isn't funny.
Are these laughing people paid? Or do they pay to be part of the audience, the laughing crew?
That would be good to know, well, maybe not good. Do they get money for laughing? I guess that would make them professional audiences, professional laughers. No doubt some folks laugh better than others. And maybe they get paid more. Is there a laughing hierarchy? Can you graduate to advanced laugher status?
Important questions these on a Tuesday morning after Memorial Day.
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