laugh-track

plural laugh-tracks

1. alternativeAlternative form of laugh track.

   Somehow, before the broadcast, the audience laughter got omitted and the temp laugh-track was put in by mistake.

   2012, Dan O'Shannon, What Are You Laughing At?: A Comprehensive Guide to the Comedic Event, →ISBN

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   I remember once being involved in the production of a film that was made to the accompaniment of howls that would have put the most callous laugh-track to shame.

   2002, P. Adams Sitney, Visionary Film: The American Avant-Garde, 1943-2000, →ISBN, page 72

   Finally, the perennial laugh-tracks of sitcoms and comedy shows let us know when something funny has been said or has happened.

   2002, Carla Meskill, Teaching and Learning in Real Time, →ISBN