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    From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to DARYL STOUT on Sat Nov 28 05:59:14 2020
    Daryl wrote --

    Amazing what they consider "humor"...and the "canned laugh track" does not
    cut it.

    I detest laugh tracks.
    A character will make some funny little remark and instead of a light chuckle, the "audience" roars with laughter.
    When I was a kid there was some syndicated show and every so often the
    same laughter and "Oh yeah!" was heard. I thought that member of the audience was at every show. Only later did I learn the real reason.
    There was a woman in NYC in the late '50 and early '60s who went to every show every day. She made the rounds, since they were all free.
    She was always in Jack Paar's audience and one time he interviewed her,
    named Mrs Miller, a plump, friendly, middle aged woman.

    When he told her "A telephone", she increduously said "You have got
    to be kidding me!!"...and with that, she left the room. <G>

    And a real pain to carry around. :)
    I have a retired 1947 black Bakelite phone I used for years. It's just sitting on a table as decoration. Someone asked why I had it and I said
    "It's a conversation piece". :)
    Joe
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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Sat Nov 28 06:44:00 2020
    Joe,

    I detest laugh tracks.

    I wonder what idiot thought this up.

    A character will make some funny little remark and instead of a light chuckle, the "audience" roars with laughter.

    I guess everyone's sense of humor is different.

    When I was a kid there was some syndicated show and every so often
    the same laughter and "Oh yeah!" was heard. I thought that member of
    the audience was at every show. Only later did I learn the real
    reason.

    Which was??

    There was a woman in NYC in the late '50 and early '60s who went to every show every day. She made the rounds, since they were all free.

    Well, I can't blame her for being a frugal cheapskate.

    She was always in Jack Paar's audience and one time he interviewed
    her, named Mrs Miller, a plump, friendly, middle aged woman.

    Interesting.

    When he told her "A telephone", she increduously said "You have got
    to be kidding me!!"...and with that, she left the room. <G>

    And a real pain to carry around. :)

    I'm sure.

    I have a retired 1947 black Bakelite phone I used for years. It's
    just sitting on a table as decoration. Someone asked why I had it and
    I said "It's a conversation piece". :)

    Really.

    Daryl

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