I attended one of the 13 episodes. Sure, part of the time we watched on monitors, but that's not very different from other sitcoms. For example, a lot of Two and a Half Men is watched on monitors - which is a good thing, because there are many scenes and the audience would have been in the soundstage all night if some of the scenes had not been shot before the live taping.
Melissa <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtB4UDMEkpU&feature=related> Curious about the email address? Listen to the most beautiful song ever sung. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Adam Bowie Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 10:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Now streaming on Netflix: Sports Night Having recently imported the DVD boxset of this, and watched the first half dozen or so episodes, I found it extraordinary that anyone ever thought it would be appropriate to have a studio audience for this "sitcom". Of course, I realise that this was in the days before single camera comedies have become the norm. I must admit that I did think there was an audience, but that because the set was basically enclosed, they were watching pretty much 100% of the time via monitors. In any case, the laughs come pretty infrequently and it feels like you could be ten minutes into an episode before you hear the first sign of a studio audience. Adam On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:23 PM, 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. -- 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 -- 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 -- 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
