canned laughter
Example Sentences
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Leanne says kindly, earning a few gales of canned laughter.
From Salon • Aug. 10, 2025
If it wasn’t canned laughter and there was a real audience, then they must have had a copy of the script.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2017
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
"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
Some extremely advanced paranoiacs can’t even watch television because they think the canned laughter is about them.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
