--- title: "11 Canned Laughter Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Canned Laughter quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Canned Laughter sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/zeynep-tufekci-5405_even_frankly-i-find-even-the-most-mindless-lo_1299396.jpg" --- > [Frankly, I find even the most mindless lolcat sites on the Internet to be an improvement over canned-laughter-filled sitcoms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeynep-tufekci/frankly-i-find-even-the-most-mindless-lolcat-sites-on-the-internet-to/) [Zeynep Tufekci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zeynep-tufekci/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/zeynep-tufekci-5405_even_frankly-i-find-even-the-most-mindless-lo_1299396.jpg) > [Situation comedy on television has thrived for years on 'canned' laughter, grafted by gaglines by technicians using records of guffawing audiences that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-baker/situation-comedy-on-television-has-thrived-for-years-on-canned/) [Russell Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-baker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/620/russell-baker-2930_comedy_situation-comedy-on-television-has-thriv_3186975.png) > [If you became a comedian in the '80s, you had to work the circuit and make people laugh. Canned laughter is cheating.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-merton/if-you-became-a-comedian-in-the-80s-you-had-to-work-the-circuit-and/) [Paul Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-merton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d5/paul-merton-15418_80s_if-you-became-a-comedian-in-the-80s-you_2606935.png) > [I really hate sitcoms on television with canned laughter and stuff. What really makes me laugh is the real-life stuff. I've got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-price/i-really-hate-sitcoms-on-television-with-canned-laughter-and-stuff/) [Katie Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-price/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56e/katie-price-9704_dry_i-really-hate-sitcoms-on-television-with_49630.jpg) > [“The almost-always-ghastly exclamation point has been lately compared to canned laughter.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-will/the-almost-always-ghastly-exclamation-point-has-been-lately-compared/) [George will](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-will/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/george-will-1177_exclamation_the-almost-always-ghastly-exclamation-po_2601541.png) > [“I had a dream about you. You sold canned laughter, and I sold fresh laughter, straight out of my throat. You sold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/i-had-a-dream-about-you-you-sold-canned-laughter-and-i-sold-fresh/) [Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f9/jarod-kintz-2_dreams_i-had-a-dream-about-you-you-sold-canned_1437082.jpg) > [People are too lazy and too stupid to think for themselves that we've got sitcoms with canned laughter that let's you know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-manson/people-are-too-lazy-and-too-stupid-to-think-for-themselves-that-we-ve/) [Marilyn Manson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-manson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea6/marilyn-manson-565_comedy_people-are-too-lazy-and-too-stupid-to-th_2797909.jpg) > [People are too lazy and too stupid to think for themselves that we've got sitcoms with canned laughter that lets you know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marilyn-manson/people-are-too-lazy-and-too-stupid-to-think-for-themselves-that-we-ve-2/) [Marilyn Manson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marilyn-manson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/marilyn-manson-565_comedy_people-are-too-lazy-and-too-stupid-to-th_3228705.jpg) > [“humorous writing, the exclamation mark is the equivalent of canned laughter (F. Scott Fitzgerald – that well-known knockabout gag-man – said it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-truss/humorous-writing-the-exclamation-mark-is-the-equivalent-of-canned/) [Lynne Truss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-truss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2b/lynne-truss-4153_exclamation_humorous-writing-the-exclamation-mark-is_1167448.png) > [We all know that much of what we hear in life is not really so. Canned laughter and 'sweetened' applause have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/serge-schmemann/we-all-know-that-much-of-what-we-hear-in-life-is-not-really-so-canned/) [Serge Schmemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/serge-schmemann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb7/serge-schmemann-25845_applause_we-all-know-that-much-of-what-we-hear-in_3034230.jpg) > [“A standard feature of situation comedy has some form of the main character "talking trash" to someone about a husband, wife, girl…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-albrecht/a-standard-feature-of-situation-comedy-has-some-form-of-the-main/) [Karl Albrecht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-albrecht/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/288/karl-albrecht-26997_change_a-standard-feature-of-situation-comedy-h_1176107.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/canned-laughter/#itemlist", "name": "Canned Laughter Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Frankly, I find even the most mindless lolcat sites on the Internet to be an improvement over canned-laughter-filled sitcoms.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Zeynep Tufekci" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zeynep-tufekci/frankly-i-find-even-the-most-mindless-lolcat-sites-on-the-internet-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/zeynep-tufekci-5405_even_frankly-i-find-even-the-most-mindless-lo_1299396.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/zeynep-tufekci-5405_even_frankly-i-find-even-the-most-mindless-lo_1299396.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/zeynep-tufekci-5405_even_frankly-i-find-even-the-most-mindless-lo_1299396.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Frankly, I find even the most mindless lolcat sites on the Internet to be an improvement over…” — Zeynep Tufekci", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Situation comedy on television has thrived for years on 'canned' laughter, grafted by gaglines by technicians using records of guffawing audiences that have been dead for years.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Russell Baker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-baker/situation-comedy-on-television-has-thrived-for-years-on-canned/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/620/russell-baker-2930_comedy_situation-comedy-on-television-has-thriv_3186975.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/620/russell-baker-2930_comedy_situation-comedy-on-television-has-thriv_3186975.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/620/russell-baker-2930_comedy_situation-comedy-on-television-has-thriv_3186975.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Situation comedy on television has thrived for years on 'canned' laughter, grafted by gaglines by…” — Russell Baker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you became a comedian in the '80s, you had to work the circuit and make people laugh. 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