TV Crew Guy | Behind the Scenes: Sitcom 'Laugh Track' Expert of 1980s @TVCrewGuy | Uploaded November 2020 | Updated October 2024, 26 minutes ago.
A behind the scenes look at a "laugh track" session with audio engineer Carroll Pratt for TV sitcom "Webster" in 1983. Pratt added "canned laughter" to TV shows using a custom "laff box" which he designed and built. Pratt began doing "laugh sweetening" in the late 1950s with Charley Douglass, developer of the original "laff box" sound effects device. By the 1980s Pratt's company was providing prerecorded laughter for about 80% of all sitcoms on TV in the U.S. 🅲🅲 youtube.com/@tvcrewguy