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Old 08-14-2025, 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Howdy View Post
I find it very irritating that " Laugh Tracks " are needed on USA TV Comedies to get a viewer to laugh vs the UK in particular that are not needed.

In the UK for example a re-run of a USA TV Comedy the laugh track is eliminated & guess what ... Zero Humor !
US and UK senses of humor are very different. UK's brightest comedy examples include Mr. Bean and Benny Hill. I find little funny about constant bathroom humor. I know they think it's subtle wit only understood by the intelligent, but I beg to differ. US humor is, I find, more situational - funny things happening in normally experienced situations.

I will add, however, Monty Python is hilarious once you adjust your expectations to their style.
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