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canned laughter

noun as in laugh track

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Leanne says kindly, earning a few gales of canned laughter.

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"All the footage was covered in Japanese graphics, it's got Japanese narration, canned laughter, sound effects, it's a cacophony of noise and graphics," she explains.

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It was pretty quiet except for a sudden burst of canned laughter from the neighbor’s TV and the occasional buzzing from an annoying mosquito.

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It’s fascinating to watch the delicate tonal balance Porkalob works with in this play, flipping from downright goofy and showy moments worthy of canned laughter to something more down-to-earth as menace oozes from every Zach action.

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The Lincoln Project, a political action committee that specializes in slickly produced social media mockery of Trump, posted a clip of the online video announcement overlaid with canned laughter.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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