canned laughter
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Kimmel has replaced his live audience with canned laughter that sparkles forth in all the right spots.
From Salon ● Mar. 28, 2021
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
"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
No war movies allowed on the television, no “Hogan’s Heroes” canned laughter.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2015
It was pretty quiet except for a sudden burst of canned laughter from the neighbor’s TV and the occasional buzzing from an annoying mosquito.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
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