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talldeadguy t1_itp9p9h wrote

"MAS*H" Did at least one show without, but the norm was to have a laugh track.

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NotoriousREV t1_itpddk0 wrote

When I first watched MASH in the UK it was shown on BBC2 in the 80s and all episodes had no laugh track. Then in the 90s it got shown again in Sky One with the laugh track and, frankly, it ruined it. I found it unwatchable.

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Maninhartsford t1_itpi38e wrote

The producers agree with you, and fought for the laugh track free version, which is now a viewing option on all the dvds. The network insisted on including a track, cause networks, but compromised by never having it in the operating room.

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Latter_Feeling2656 t1_itptsge wrote

The Odd Couple (Randall/Klugman version) began as a single camera show with a laugh track. They aired an episode without the laugh track, and Randall/Klugman came on at the end and asked the audience to mail in their opinions. That mail ran against the laugh track. They decided to make a change, but as Mary Tyler Moore and All in the Family were proving very popular with live audiences, The Odd Couple went that way instead of single camera/no laughs. This was being worked out in 1971, and MASH debuted in the fall of 1972.

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