Sartre was wrong. Hell isn’t other people, unless all of those people are Ricky Gervais going through a giggle fit. We don’t know what possessed Eclectic Method to turn the high-pitched laughs of ...

Is the laugh track finally being taken seriously? Critics have long viewed adding the taped sound of laughter to TV shows as an exercise in mind control and behavior modification. At best, TV viewers ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Laughter may seem like a simple affair, but humans use it to ...

You can still find funny on television — but there’s definitely less laughter. A quick survey of the fall television schedule shows that traditional sitcoms featuring so-called laugh tracks, or live ...

Not long ago, Fred Armisen was reminiscing about the sound-effect LPs he used to stock at the Chicago record store where he worked in the Nineties. These vinyl platters contained all kinds of sounds, ...