canned laughter

Noun

Meaning

canned laughter (uncountable)

Previously-recorded laughter that is edited into the soundtrack of a TV programme

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Synonyms

laugh track

Examples

I really hate sitcoms on television with canned laughter and stuff. What really makes me laugh is the real-life stuff. I've got a dry sense of humor. Katie Price

Situation comedy on television has thrived for years on canned laughter grafted by gaglines by technicians using records of guffawing audiences that have been dead for years. Russell Baker

If you became a comedian in the '80s, you had to work the circuit and make people laugh. Canned laughter is cheating. Paul Merton

Close letter words and terms

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