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How Do Laugh Tracks Work? Video

Jun 28, 2016By Jeremy Butler

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…

Jun 28, 2016Jeremy Butler

Where/When Did “Situation Comedy” and “Sitcom” Originate?

Jan 9, 2015By SitcomAdmin

Tracking down the etymology of the phrase “situation comedy” and its abbreviation to “sitcom” is difficult. The Oxford English Dictionary points us to a 1964 Life magazine article by David Martin and the sentence, “Even Bing Crosby has succumbed to seriesRead more…

Jan 9, 2015SitcomAdmin

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