20th century Quote by Rob Reiner

Most of the laugh tracks on television were recorded in the early 1950’s. These days, most of the people you hear laughing are dead.

— Chuck Palahniuk

I think we grew up thinking that the funniest things on TV were the old, serious movies. I always liked the Marx Brothers, but…

— David Zucker

“Most of the laugh tracks on television were recorded in the early 1950s. These days, most of the people you hear laughing are dead.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

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

I used to watch the 'Jackie Gleason Show' and Phil Silvers, those early TV things. And a lot of them were patterned on the…

— Bill Irwin

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

— Casey Wilson

The funny thing about history is that we imagine that people didn't laugh in the old days, but of course they did, at stupid…

— Terry Jones

Originally, with all the shows, we went looking for belly laughs.

— Norman Lear

Yeah, there were a few years in the early nineties where I really began to hate what was valued as funny and just sort…

— Patton Oswalt

We took the whole thing far too seriously. After all, those were early days in television.

— Ernie Wise

I found out when I was very young that I could make people laugh. I think I was a dreadful showoff.

— Geraldine James

I was brought up with TV comedians. I'll remember them till I go to my grave, all those comedians, as decadent fluff.

— Paul Morrissey