canned laughter
Example Sentences
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Leanne says kindly, earning a few gales of canned laughter.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2025
And then when I came to America, I saw a rerun with this canned laughter like “The Flintstones.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2022
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
Some extremely advanced paranoiacs can’t even watch television because they think the canned laughter is about them.
From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel
