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Why Do Television Shows Use Laugh Tracks?: Media

It isn’t just funny business.

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Live studio audience
Audience engaging in a live taping of a television show.
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The Mickey Mouse Club
An audience of children laughing during the taping of The Mickey Mouse Club...
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