Audience Quote by Chris Pratt

So many shows don't have laugh tracks now that, when you hear it, it can be slightly jarring.

— Casey Wilson

The laugh track was invented to cue the audience to the jokes and encourage laughter in response. But it has another effect: if you…

— Sarah Cooper

I had a show that people thought used a laugh track. It wasn't; it was the real audience going crazy after everything that resembled…

— Norm MacDonald

In point of fact, I'm not sure there are too many comedies with laugh tracks anymore. Most of what you hear is live studio…

— Christopher Lloyd

Something about not waiting for the laugh of a laugh track allows you to take lines that otherwise might be seen as just direct…

— Mitchell Hurwitz

You can't instruct an audience to laugh, but what you can do is read well and understand the spirit and subtleties, if there are…

— Tommy Lee Jones

I learned very early that an audience would relax and look at things differently if they felt they could laugh with you from time…

— Twyla Tharp

I have an aversion to laugh tracks - the moment I hear a laugh track, I go to another channel.

— Bob Newhart

You can make the audience laugh, be funny and sad at the same time.

— Molly Shannon

Every laugh is not equal. They come from different places. That's sort of the challenge I go towards, making sure the laughs are for…

— Baron Vaughn

I'm grateful for laughter of any kind, but it can be off-putting if one person is laughing at a different time or in a…

— Gyles Brandreth

If you're at the Comedy Store or the Laugh Factory or the Improv, even two minutes helps. You never know who might be in…

— Tony Rock