The Brain Stuff show put together a pretty useful overview of how laugh tracks work, including a bit of scientific data. They cite many of their sources, which is quite handy (see below). Published on June 23, 2014. The source they cite:Read more…
The Big Bang Theory- Live Show Taping
How Do Laugh Tracks Work? Video
Larry Gelbart on “The Interview” Episode of M*A*S*H
Julia Interviews
Several interviews related to Julia (1968-71): http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/shows/julia
Norman Lear on All in the Family
Interview with the Creators of the First US TV Sitcom: Mary Kay and Johnny Stearns
Lots of Old-Time Radio Episodes Are Online
The amount of old-time radio recordings online is a bit intimidating. There are thousands of hours of shows that have slipped into the public domain. As I’ve been working on a radio-sitcom section of my book, I’ve often used archive.org forRead more…
TV Ratings: 1950-1999
When researching the impact of sitcoms, it’s often handy to refer to the Nielsen ratings for specific years. The Website, Classic TV Hits has compiled them for 1950-1999. Thanks! http://www.classictvhits.com/tvratings/index.htm