recorded laughter

Forced laughter went out of style when cable comedies brought single-camera productions into vogue and broadcast laughers like "Malcolm in the Middle" began applying cinematic techniques to the sitcom format, but even before them some creators resisted recorded laughter, resenting its artificiality.

The impact of overlaid laughter emerged from a study with autistic and “neurotypical” people, all of whom agreed to endure 40 jokes that were read aloud with recorded laughter following the punchline.

It sounded strange, as if I were listening to the recorded laughter of a stranger being played back.

Sometimes the violin stepped into the foreground with snippets of recorded laughter, resembling auditory hallucinations.

But the show’s classic sitcom format, with recorded laughter and pauses between punch lines, is stifling — too much like “The George Lopez Show” and not tailored enough to Ms. Alonzo’s own brand of humor.