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Yeah if you turn off the laugh track this show is terrible, for so many reasons.
It's terrible with the laugh track as well.
Well BBT, and every other that has a laugh track, is scripted and edited around it. Removing that will make even the best comedy suck.
The show sucks but removing the canned laughter doesn't prove anything.
The one exception to this is probably MASH. If I recall correctly they didn't want the laugh track at all, and when it aired in Europe it didn't have the laugh track and was better for it.
Like how Ross from "Friends" is crazy without the laugh track.
Reminds me of “Kevin can f**k himself” https://youtu.be/q2qGIsOkA64
Also, Friends just isn't funny. Every character except Phoebie is bland and unlikable.
Phoebe is just annoying and unlikable
They're all unlikable.
I wonder if the big issue is tying their twin to the show Mad About You.
There's your problem. Just keep the laugh track on and it stays funny.
Same deal with Friends and also a fair amount of standup.
If your jokes aren’t funny without putting fake forced laughter behind them then they shouldn’t be said.
That’s the entire premise of ‘Kevin can f**k himself’ essentially spitting in the face of these feckless sitcoms covering shit writing with laughtracks.
This show had a character that physically could not speak to women without being intoxicated. I think they eventually created a pharmaceutical drug to resolve this.
If I recall, they literally just dropped it one episode and acknowledged it with an "oh well."
He eventually got over it, but yeah it was forced and uncomfortable.
Friends I never understood. I didn't have a problem with most of it. It just... Sucked. It wasn't good. I had more of a problem with Seinfeld but accepted that it was superior.
I’d rethink any opinions you have of Jerry Seinfeld. He thinks the phrase “Free Palestine” is worse than the Holocaust.
Don't get me wrong, he sucks. But his show was better than friends.
Hard disagree. People still laughing cuz he wore a poofy shirt and it’s not even a cohesive joke. He just wore a shirt. Woopdeefuckindoo.
“Airline food. What is the deal with that?” Why are people laughing?
I’ve read 5 yr olds put together more cohesive story with crayons. Dude was just lazy.