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These sitcom characters have had with canned laughter constantly intruding their lives and conversations.
What are your thoughts on laugh tracks in sitcoms? Are they always bad or are there some exceptions? Tell us your thoughts in the comments!

"The Big Bang Theory" without the laugh track can be found at: youtube.com/watch?v=jKS3MGriZcs

More information on Larry Gelbart and the laugh track free "M*A*S*H" can be found here: mentalfloss.com/article/56777/why-did-mash-have-laugh-track

The TV shows featured in this video include:
[Single Camera Examples]
"Louie" (2010 - ) on FX
"30 Rock" (2006 - 2013) on NBC
"New Girl" (2011 - ) on Fox
"Community (2009 - 2015) on NBC and Yahoo Screen

[Wacky Music Cue Examples]
"Scrubs" (2001 - 2010) on NBC and ABC
"Malcolm in the Middle" (2000 - 2006) on Fox

[Handheld Crash Zoom Examples]
"Arrested Development" (2003 - ) on Fox and Netflix
"The Office" (2005 - 2013) on NBC

[Filmed in Front of a Live Studio Audience Examples]
"I Love Lucy" (1951 - 1957) on CBS
"Happy Days" (1974 - 1984) on ABC
"Everybody Loves Raymond" (1996 - 2005) on CBS
"Full House" (1987 - 1995) on ABC

[Influential Sitcom Examples]
"Seinfeld" (1989 - 1998) on NBC
"Friends" (1994 - 2004) on NBC
"M*A*S*H" (1972 - 1983) on CBS

[Sitcoms that Fought Laugh Tracks Examples]
"Peanuts" ("A Charlie Brown Christmas, 1965) on CBS
"The Monkees" (1966 - 1968) on NBC
"The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show" (1959 - 1964) on ABC and NBC
"Dinosaurs" (1991 - 1994) on ABC

[Animates Opening Sequence Examples]
"I Dream of Jeannie" (1965 - 1970) on NBC
"The Nanny" (1993 - 1999) on CBS

[Casual Racism Examples]
"All in the Family" (1971 - 1979) on CBS
"The Jeffersons" (1975 - 1985) on CBS