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canned laughter

n. Previously-recorded laughter that is edited into the soundtrack of a TV programme

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Canned Laughter (sitcom)

Rowan Atkinson presents...Canned Laughter was a one-off ITV sitcom featuring Rowan Atkinson broadcast on 8 April 1979. Atkinson plays three roles; the nerdy Robert Box (who has been cited as an early incarnation of the Mr. Bean character, albeit involving more dialogue), his sinister boss Mr. Marshall, and would-be stand-up comic Dave Perry, as well as an uncredited role as a radio announcer. Made by LWT, the 30 minute episode was directed by Geoffrey Sax.

Canned Laughter (album)

Canned Laughter is a comedy album by The Bob & Tom Show, which was first released in December 1994. It is a single disc CD which represents original material recorded during their daily radio show and other studio numbers which had not been previously presented on air.

Usage examples of "canned laughter".

The dog stared at me intently through the car chases and canned laughter, and if I chanced to glance at him, he seemed to squint his little eyes.

York walked to the TV, where the canned laughter was still rattling from the inane sitcom.

Not that the canned laughter had got any more real: It was the real laughter that had gone tinny, premeditated.

She could hear canned laughter from a television somewhere in the big house.

DO NOT DISTURB signs dangled from three knobs, and every few feet canned laughter oozed through the vinyl.

In the distance he could hear other sounds, the canned laughter of a television show, the murmur of voices, and something else—.