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Originally Posted by Sainters7
Agreed that a laugh track is extremely corny, but I think you're looking at it with too much of a 21st century, modern comedy lens. That's just the way all sitcoms were back then, I doubt it was even up for discussion when they started in 1989.
Think of any of the all-time comedies, and if they're from before the 2000's, pretty much guaranteed they all have laugh tracks/live audiences. I'm with ya that I'm glad they've pretty much disappeared though (minus the big network, vanilla sitcoms, Big Bang Theory, Two And a Half Men, etc)
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The creators of M.A.S.H. were pretty insistent that the show be broadcast without a laugh track. They lost the battle with CBS executives, but managed to get a few concessions (there is no laugh track during operating room scenes, and a few episodes managed to get broadcast with no laugh track at all). It was a pioneer in that regard and I wish that more shows had caught on sooner