laugh track

noun

1. a separate sound track of prerecorded laughter added to the sound track of a radio or television program to enhance or feign audience responses.

Word History and Origins

Origin of laugh track¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

We’ve seen that play out in the Brady Briefing Room, before the canned laugh track of an audience pretending to be journalists.

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The final season of “Chef!” added a laugh track.

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But the humor grows broader and more ridiculous, as though scripted for a laugh track.

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Executives thought the ‘Peanuts’ special with no laugh track, lo-fi animation and a Bible passage was too slow and too serious.

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A cartoon about a depressed kid seeking psychiatric advice with no laugh track, lo-fi animation and a Bible passage seemed destined to fail.

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