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January 31

Upstart Crow query.

Greetings - I read where Upstart Crow, the British sit-com that parodies William Shakespeare, was filmed before a live audience. Was this so? Actor David Mitchell pauses briefly during some of the laughter, seemingly as a response to a live audience reaction. Do the Brit-coms ever use "canned laughter" (aka "laugh track")? Thank you for your time, Wordreader (talk) 05:14, 31 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Upstart Crow is filmed in front of an audience in BBC London Studios. David Mitchell references the differences of having a studio audience in multiple interviews. Yes. BBC has used canned laughter in many shows for many decades. Eric Idle has often referred to the names the Monty Python crew gave to specific laugh tracks that they most preferred. 12.116.29.106 (talk) 17:11, 31 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This BBC article says that canned laughter fell out of favour in the UK in the 1980s, following its successful ommission from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy in 1981. Alansplodge (talk) 18:01, 31 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I find canned laughter painfully obvious, and for that reason I can't watch US sitcoms, in which every single line gets a laugh. Really? Shantavira|^{feed me} 11:40, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Left a question at File talk:FMacRumours.PNG, so would like your help. It's in regard to whether or not we need to keep a non-free template on the file that is no longer used. Thank you for any guidance you can give! P.I. Ellsworth , ed. ^put'r there 13:11, 31 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]