I came to share an incident. I put on old- school "Scooby Doo, Where Are You?" for my 7 year old son. He's like, "I don't like those people yelling in the background." Laugh Track

So I guess laugh tracks are expired. Also, Shaggy "threw his voice," making it sound like it was coming from another room. We used to believe in this, and quicksand.

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Madzielle@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 39 pts · 1y (5 replies)

"people yelling in the background" is such an interesting way to hear a laugh track described.

I stuggled to get my son to watch any older cartoons as well. The only one he liked was Tom and Jerry

tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 22 pts · 1y (1 reply)

One of my absolutely favorite things is a copy of MASH someone released that had the laugh track left out.

The show is so much better for it. I wish this was more of a thing.

shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 1y

This sounds amazing

Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

He's enjoying it and laughing, but strangely he laughs at things the laugh track isn't emphasizing

webghost0101@sopuli.xyz · 19 pts · 1y

Depending on age that’s normal, basically whenever they see something they have never seen their brain has to decide if thats just a normal weird thing, or an impossible funny thing.

Old cartoons are full of both. Imagine a phone, but it has a string like cable attached to it. Hillarious!

Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 3 pts · 1y

To be fair, the older a cartoon is the more it was written for adults.

Today@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Why were we so worried about quicksand?

cactus_head@programming.dev · 8 pts · 1y

And piranhas. It was the cartoons

GluWu@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I can't stand laugh tracks anymore. Which sucks because I loved that 70s show but can't watch it because it has a laugh track. Also home improvement and others that I'm forgetting.

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Both examples were filmed in front of an actual live audience, tho. In those cases, it's not a laugh track; it's an actual audience behind the 4th wall.

GluWu@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

Doesn't mean that's authentic. What is cue cards?

daggermoon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

I hated laugh tracks back when they were still popular. Unless it's an ironic laugh track.