canned laughter

Example Sentences

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Leanne says kindly, earning a few gales of canned laughter.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2025

"All the footage was covered in Japanese graphics, it's got Japanese narration, canned laughter, sound effects, it's a cacophony of noise and graphics," she explains.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2024

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

A test episode screened last week for reporters had no studio audience and no canned laughter.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2018

Some extremely advanced paranoiacs can’t even watch television because they think the canned laughter is about them.

From "The Pigman" by Paul Zindel