Replies to post #456890 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[fuagf]

Umm, you would know it's obviously only spontaneous as much as audience management allows, or encourages, spontaneity. Is there an entertainment show as his that doesn't us, "Applaud now" signs. I've never been to one so wouldn't know, still wouldn't think so. As he has said he is entertainment, he's not gonna take the risk of a totally spontaneous audience. Surely.

Whatever, we know it isn't important. Just be sure not to say Maher has never used canned laughter .. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bill-maher-returns-backyard-monologue-025030535.html . Of course, it's fair he would in some circumstance.

[12yearplan]

7:13-7:20 live audience engagement

[Zorax]

Bill used laugh tracks during covid. Does he pad his show now? No way of knowing for sure. I think he does but not fully. It feels like too much pause time is filled in. I'll have to listen some more, I don't care for him because he flip flops too much, but even though my hearings not what it used to be, my experience makes up for it. It's hard to explain, but I've been trained on 'technical audio'.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Maher/comments/som20n/am_i_the_only_one_who_finds_the_audience_in_real/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Maher/comments/uarp79/i_cannot_stand_the_fake_laughter_on_realtime/

Bill Maher is doing his monologue with a laugh track. It’s actually working. (Early on he cut to black and white film clips of people laughing, but then just went with canned laughter. It worked for Love Boat and MASH, so...)

— TVMoJoe (@TVMoJoe) April 4, 2020