canned laughter
Example Sentences
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Leanne says kindly, earning a few gales of canned laughter.
From Salon • Aug. 10, 2025
And then when I came to America, I saw a rerun with this canned laughter like “The Flintstones.”
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2022
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
Family sitcoms have come a long way since the tame jokes, canned laughter, and corny messages of such ’80s and ’90s hits as Full House, Growing Pains, and Family Ties.
From Slate • Sep. 13, 2017
Some extremely advanced paranoiacs can’t even watch television because they think the canned laughter is about them.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
