On May 3, 9:23 am, "Mark J." <[email protected]> wrote: > On May 2, 9:06 pm, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My only wish is that Shout Factory or whoever holds the rights could somehow > > delete the laughtrack from Season 1...but alas... > > The problem is that the first 13 shows were shot with a studio > audience (which technically isn't a "laugh track"). Even if you wiped > the sweetening off and isolated the audience tracks, you'd still have > the boom picking up some audience response--not as loud as with the > tracks restored and sweetening added (unless they only sweetened to > cover edits, which many multi-cam sitcom producers claim they only use > canned laughter for), unless it was one of those patented Aaron Sorkin > walk-and-talk scenes that were either shot backstage or in the > afternoon before the audience came in, but still there.
Added thought: In some ways, I haven't really figured out why a man of the theater like Sorkin was against the studio audience, since most theater people (at least actors) like doing sitcoms with an audience, unless he felt that the tourists, paid homeless and bussed-in student groups that make up most TV studio audiences aren't sophisticated enough to appreciate his writing (which some writers have complained about, claiming that they have to add slapstick and poop jokes to keep the audience attentive). -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
