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The laugh track, otherwise known as the cringiest sound in modern television. Where did it come from and why do so many of our favorite sitcoms still use it?
Written and Hosted by: Danielle Bainbridge
Produced by Complexly for PBS Digital Studios
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Origin of Everything is a show about the undertold histories and cultural dialogues that make up our collective story. From the food we eat, to the trivia and fun facts we can’t seem to get out of our heads, to the social issues we can’t stop debating, everything around us has a history. Origin of Everything is here to explore it all. We like to think that no topic is too small or too challenging to get started.
Works cited
https://www.indiewire.com/2014/10/whos-laughing-now-the-history-of-the-sitcom-laugh-track-69284/
https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/laugh-tracks-sitcoms-history-laff-box
http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160926-where-does-canned-laughter-come-from-and-where-did-it-go
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2007/09/the-history-and-future-of-the-laugh-track.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/healthmain/we-may-hate-laugh-tracks-they-work-studies-show-1C6436923
http://nymag.com/arts/tv/features/laughtracks-2011-12/
Giotta, Gina. “Sounding Live: An Institutional History of the Television Laugh Track.” Journal of Communication Inquiry 41, no. 4 (October 2017): 331–48. doi:10.1177/0196859917713760.
“Neural correlates of humor detection and appreciation” Joseph M. Moran, Gagan S. Wig, Reginald B. Adams Jr., Petr Janata, and William M. Kelley. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/c01d/28b841c034b169f01e43dfc259b8193d22e1.pdf
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