Audience Quote by 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

You can't have a laugh track that sort of tells the audience when to laugh and, you know, it's difficult to find those moments.

— Chris Pratt

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

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

— Casey Wilson

I hate it when people come to comedy shows thinking it's going to be simply all about laughing at jokes.

— Deon Cole

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

I have seen and heard comedians who had really funny 'stuff' but yet could not make the people laugh; then, again - I have…

— Al Jolson

The one thing I think I've noticed about shows that are supposed to be funny on television is that they've sort of become routinized,…

— Alan Alda

When people see my show, they may not laugh out loud as they do with some of the classic comedians, but they do enjoy…

— Mick Foley

When people come in to act on the show, we say, "Just be extremely dry and not funny. Let the idea be the joke."…

— Tim Heidecker

Laughter is the greatest music in the world and audiences come to my shows to escape the cares of life. They don't want to…

— Ken Dodd

I realized that comedians of the day were operating on jokes and punch lines. The moment you say the punch line, the audience either…

— Steve Martin