canned laughter
Example Sentences
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Leanne says kindly, earning a few gales of canned laughter.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2025
The supplied courtroom chuckling, a sort of dramatic canned laughter that accompanies Madeline's courtroom quips only goes so far.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2019
"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
Some extremely advanced paranoiacs can’t even watch television because they think the canned laughter is about them.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
