canned laughter
Example Sentences
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Kimmel has replaced his live audience with canned laughter that sparkles forth in all the right spots.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2021
The supplied courtroom chuckling, a sort of dramatic canned laughter that accompanies Madeline's courtroom quips only goes so far.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2019
"No one believes it, but with Porridge there's no canned laughter at all - what you hear is the real audience reaction. It's like being at the Young Vic."
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2016
Let no one confuse it with a show using canned laughter, even though for people watching from home, there is no meaningful distinction between canned laughter and the manipulated, required laughter of a studio audience.
From Slate • Oct. 3, 2014
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.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
