Friends - No Laugh Track 1 (Ross Invited Them All to Watch)

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
  • After the mixed reviews I got for spouting my opinions on The Big Bang Theory being unfunny when the laugh track was taken out (or left in for that matter), I was challenged by some people to do the same thing to Friends and see if the show still held up. I'm probably biased, but I still think it's funny, so you guys be the judge! Is Friends still funny with the laugh track taken out? Stay tuned for plenty more clips from this show as well, as I have about 20 scenes written down I'd like to take the laugh track out of.
    (Blah blah copyright, don't sue me please. You know the drill.)

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  • @baeyensraphael3902
    @baeyensraphael3902 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5074

    Feels like an interactive game where you need to press a button to keep the plotline going

    • @arminia1406
      @arminia1406 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Haha true ^^

    • @steveunderhill5935
      @steveunderhill5935 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Painful even at 1.5x

    • @ayushkhemka3802
      @ayushkhemka3802 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      THATS ANY SHOW, if you remove the background music/fillers

    • @heathernikki5734
      @heathernikki5734 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lmfaooo

    • @lightningmonky7674
      @lightningmonky7674 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      "the friends among us"
      "The walking friends"
      "Life is friends"
      "Detroit become friends"

  • @united_abominations4472
    @united_abominations4472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10078

    It’s like an alternate world where everyone is extremely focused on not cutting off the other person

    • @fernsong8558
      @fernsong8558 2 ปีที่แล้ว +405

      I actually wouldn't mind this, as someone who gets cut off a lot of the time

    • @Hubris1998
      @Hubris1998 2 ปีที่แล้ว +84

      That would be beautiful 🥲

    • @marylandsworld3428
      @marylandsworld3428 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@cat-le1hf lol same

    • @Ink_Fazkitty
      @Ink_Fazkitty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      that's the reason i almost started laughing. nothing interesting happened but it was all just so awkward and... not fluid i guess that it was funny.

    • @Page153
      @Page153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      They're so polite!

  • @KingMai
    @KingMai 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24605

    You can hear the laugh track trying to push its way back in

    • @yiosomething
      @yiosomething 5 ปีที่แล้ว +518

      This shit to funny
      I imagined a whole Lords of rings/harry potter type battle

    • @kyler2744
      @kyler2744 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Annie C I just did

    • @FloatingOer
      @FloatingOer 5 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      This made me laugh more than the video

    • @Aethelhadas
      @Aethelhadas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      FloatingOer IKR

    • @cheesyquokka
      @cheesyquokka 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah haha

  • @MeowZeOwOdong
    @MeowZeOwOdong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7067

    Imagine if instead of a laugh track, there was exactly one person laughing.

    • @billybifocals
      @billybifocals 2 ปีที่แล้ว +546

      That would actually make Friends considerably more watchable.

    • @MeowZeOwOdong
      @MeowZeOwOdong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      @@billybifocals Of course it would.

    • @Ink_Fazkitty
      @Ink_Fazkitty 2 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      genius idea.

    • @MeowZeOwOdong
      @MeowZeOwOdong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@Ink_Fazkitty Thank You.

    • @apollo1415
      @apollo1415 2 ปีที่แล้ว +281

      And the show will be called "friend"

  • @Off_Season-
    @Off_Season- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17615

    I like how whenever there is supposed to be a laugh track they just awkwardly stare at eachother

    • @rohitunnithan9083
      @rohitunnithan9083 4 ปีที่แล้ว +268

      0:55

    • @Harry_Thomas24
      @Harry_Thomas24 4 ปีที่แล้ว +720

      That’s one of the main problems with friends. The episodes are filled with gaps where the actors are just pausing for the audience to laugh.

    • @davidobrien5148
      @davidobrien5148 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Ye

    • @imamhussain9506
      @imamhussain9506 4 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      FlapJack Gamer its amazing though it looks like humans working off on ai or something lol

    • @melonslice6566
      @melonslice6566 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      That’s probably their signal for the people for the people to cue the track

  • @siliconvalley6280
    @siliconvalley6280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6920

    They look like a class group that has 0 chemistry but try to survive till the end of the year

    • @yassinghareeb5761
      @yassinghareeb5761 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      100 percent relatable

    • @ted8487
      @ted8487 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Have you even watched friends?

    • @siliconvalley6280
      @siliconvalley6280 4 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      @@ted8487 what does that have to do with what i said? lmao, i just set an example and a flase scenario

    • @DeathGripper1337
      @DeathGripper1337 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Dude this is brilliant

    • @PaolaTheTimeLord
      @PaolaTheTimeLord 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      you mean all the groupchats i’ve been in the fall semester 2019 at my university?

  • @evanstephens2203
    @evanstephens2203 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6410

    This scene plays out like an AI wrote a script for a tv show.

    • @Lostmymind1
      @Lostmymind1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      Nah. A friend of mine sent me a link a few months ago to an AI writing a script for a batman movie. The highlights of it were batman sometimes being batman, sometimes he is bruce wayne, all times orphan, batman looking for his parents, but they were still dead, two face flipping alfred and alfred landing heads up which means two face goes home, and batman telling alfred to go give birth to robin.

    • @piggip869
      @piggip869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      I read this as someone named AL wrote the script and I was wondering “what’s wrong with AL?

    • @Fosterchild56
      @Fosterchild56 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Give him a break. Iverson isn't a seasoned scriptwriter

    • @nahmanyomama
      @nahmanyomama 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      AWKWARD

    • @PANZERFAUST90
      @PANZERFAUST90 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      and acted it 🤣

  • @Aric_EPU
    @Aric_EPU 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +359

    “Tennis is more believable…”
    *complete silence*
    That fucking broke me.

    • @Khronically-online-kat
      @Khronically-online-kat 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      Pov me trying to talk to people but they only have a few of the same intrests as me

  • @daylnbabineau2935
    @daylnbabineau2935 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3639

    This just looks like a bunch of strangers were forced to talk to each other

    • @nathanboeke838
      @nathanboeke838 4 ปีที่แล้ว +107

      I mean that is basically what acting is

    • @AnthonnyAG
      @AnthonnyAG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      @@nathanboeke838 When it is bad acting, it is noticeable.

    • @Maplelust
      @Maplelust 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      with autism. that's not an insult either.

    • @mrgomelonsolaris
      @mrgomelonsolaris 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      with money

    • @Rocanala
      @Rocanala 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @SharpDesign
    @SharpDesign 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4268

    "Why does Ross, the larger friend, not simply eat the other five?"

    • @Vizr
      @Vizr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Yeah, I’ve always wondered too, you fucking psycho

    • @SharpDesign
      @SharpDesign 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@Vizr th-cam.com/video/PVQO76I0Sh0/w-d-xo.html

    • @zain4019
      @zain4019 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      MPowerPNW
      .......
      ....
      ..
      .

    • @scottycz4918
      @scottycz4918 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      What?

    • @sugarlemonwoman4191
      @sugarlemonwoman4191 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      scottyCZ futurama

  • @Maplelust
    @Maplelust 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3987

    "I'm drunk right now. "
    awkward silence..
    okay that was almost funny.

    • @scottlubin8531
      @scottlubin8531 4 ปีที่แล้ว +175

      I died at that because it was so random lmao, it's like when all the popular kids suddenly decide to talk to a nerd and then he tries to pretend how cool he is

    • @user-iy1wh1cj7x
      @user-iy1wh1cj7x 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@scottlubin8531 LMAOOOO

    • @DanielSanchez-nc6ix
      @DanielSanchez-nc6ix 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That’s so funny, you should be a supervisor on the show

    • @freddyfuckboy9639
      @freddyfuckboy9639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I hate how you are right

    • @marianat1393
      @marianat1393 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@scottlubin8531 lol

  • @k.k.michael2142
    @k.k.michael2142 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1233

    This is what Friends is like for those of us who don't enjoy the show.

    • @blakedent1840
      @blakedent1840 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      That’s sounds like a you problem

    • @turbofan450
      @turbofan450 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Yea. All two of you

    • @ayylmao575
      @ayylmao575 ปีที่แล้ว +74

      There’s 123 likes on this comment BUT NOPE OP IS DEFINITELY THE ONLY ONE WHO DOESN’T LIKE FRIENDS EVERYONE ELSE JUST LOOOOOOVES THIS SHOW RIGHT

    • @fluxpistol3608
      @fluxpistol3608 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      I literally just said (paraphrased version of) this!! I don't see what's so interesting about watching a group of people with personality disorders pretending to be friends who clearly aren't. And then to pretend it's funny too. Anyone who enjoys this show has always been a red flag 🚩 in my experience

    • @pizzzaeater1425
      @pizzzaeater1425 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      honestly i think the show is funnier without the laugh track. not because i think the writing is genuinely funny, but because the lack of a laugh track highlights how absurd and unrealistic the plotlines and acting are. so i end up laughing AT the characters instead of with them

  • @Emily-iq6bf
    @Emily-iq6bf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4618

    Everyone just seems really confused without the laugh tracks and honestly this is what my life looks like

    • @soarrefly
      @soarrefly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I feel the same.

    • @normalprofile5553
      @normalprofile5553 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      you don't have to put some sad relatability in it :(

    • @henriksonson5308
      @henriksonson5308 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It's because of shows that make people behave like them. Like the office, I love the show but it makes you think being awkward is funny.

    • @FlashAsh
      @FlashAsh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      there was no laugh track. it's filmed in front of a live audience and they have to wait for the audience to stop laughing before the can carry on.
      That's the whole point of this video. The laughter is edited out to see what it's like. (you can still hear faint laughter at the start of some sentences)

    • @NGU7754
      @NGU7754 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Carai, tua cara parece um presuntão kkk.

  • @chidoman1595
    @chidoman1595 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4915

    Joey saying that girls tell him he's not marriage material is really sad without a laugh track

    • @TimCarter
      @TimCarter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      :D

    • @A4bhishe7k
      @A4bhishe7k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Sounds mean lol

    • @SimBol1216
      @SimBol1216 3 ปีที่แล้ว +187

      Funnily enough that was the one line I laughed at.

    • @maynardburger
      @maynardburger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @@youtubevanced8227 It's his lack of self awareness in what women are telling him.

    • @USAlien234
      @USAlien234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Most shows are like thatwithout a laugh track. It desensitized us to serious issues.
      A lot of mean and hurtful things are said on tv, but then a laugh track comes in and make sit seem okay to say those things. Like hey HAHA Joey always gets told hes not marriage material and dosnt realize women are just rejecting him. Thats so funny.
      Oh they called Steve a nerd again.
      oh thats so funny.
      Its in everything.
      Its horrible.

  • @yeahiprotest
    @yeahiprotest 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7072

    The laugh track is the most important cast member

    • @williamcanales4371
      @williamcanales4371 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Fr

    • @Jamesishappy
      @Jamesishappy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Laugh tracks are annoying devils you idioy

    • @jaydenhinkle5725
      @jaydenhinkle5725 2 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      laugh track is the main character

    • @markanthony1004
      @markanthony1004 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Dude piling those eggs up was kind of funny like wtf how many eggs do you need?

    • @aldrenenenenen_4089
      @aldrenenenenen_4089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@Jamesishappy it's a sitcom with a live audience. They edit the laugh track sometimes to control the duration or loudness of the laugh from the audience. It's not like modern family of the office wherein there's no audience present to laugh at their joke.

  • @BFG-fl1lr
    @BFG-fl1lr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    That was the most awkward thing I've ever watched and now I want to watch the entire series with no laugh track

  • @bolognatious1684
    @bolognatious1684 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10159

    The lack of laughs really shows how little dialogue is actually in the show

    • @bucketb5778
      @bucketb5778 3 ปีที่แล้ว +209

      it's live audience, not laugh tracks

    • @bolognatious1684
      @bolognatious1684 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1237

      @@bucketb5778 who's gonna tell him

    • @bucketb5778
      @bucketb5778 3 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      Tell me what, that not all laugh tracks are canned laughter and the laugh recorded live during shooting is also a track? Or will you try to convince me that there is no live audience?

    • @lakersfan3269
      @lakersfan3269 3 ปีที่แล้ว +338

      @@bucketb5778 who cares? It makes no difference

    • @IAMvonte-2518
      @IAMvonte-2518 3 ปีที่แล้ว +198

      @@lakersfan3269 it literally makes a difference

  • @dickofferman679
    @dickofferman679 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8814

    Its just depressing without the laughs

    • @unfuzzy
      @unfuzzy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +388

      it's just depressing WITH the laughs

    • @cicada_games
      @cicada_games 5 ปีที่แล้ว +376

      I mean doesn't that tell you what an awful, shitty, unfunny show this is lol?

    • @fabiomino3506
      @fabiomino3506 5 ปีที่แล้ว +165

      gojirra I dunno how people religiously watch this :/

    • @zaidodeh2052
      @zaidodeh2052 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      which means that they're actually not funny

    • @ChuckNorrizHIM
      @ChuckNorrizHIM 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@cicada_games Why on Gojiras Earth did you click on this video then?

  • @ToniestCello
    @ToniestCello 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8448

    When you actually realise how difficult and awkward this must have been to film.

    • @abrilakgun
      @abrilakgun 4 ปีที่แล้ว +883

      No, because it's not a laugh track, it's an actual audience laughing on the set

    • @abrilakgun
      @abrilakgun 4 ปีที่แล้ว +626

      @@strawbberrys friends is filmed in front of a live audience

    • @KatTheTruth
      @KatTheTruth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +286

      ariel :D yes it was. It was filmed live in front of an audience

    • @KatTheTruth
      @KatTheTruth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +240

      ariel :D yes it is, you freaking moron

    • @shiftyshinings1273
      @shiftyshinings1273 4 ปีที่แล้ว +131

      ariel :D yes it was
      Search it up

  • @DivaInTheWoods
    @DivaInTheWoods 2 ปีที่แล้ว +714

    I actually find Phoebe to still make me want to laugh even without a laugh track. And even Joey with the eggs. If the pauses were edited out, they both would still make me laugh throughout.

    • @remirussin7240
      @remirussin7240 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      The eggs gag and “I’m drunk right now” were the only two actual good jokes in the entire clip

    • @josephbartholomew
      @josephbartholomew ปีที่แล้ว +19

      It's not a bad show, but it really got caught up in the laugh track generation.

    • @liamomaonaigh9743
      @liamomaonaigh9743 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@remirussin7240 2 good jokes in a 2.53 clip. Seems like a good show

    • @remirussin7240
      @remirussin7240 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@liamomaonaigh9743 based on the amount of attempted jokes in this 2.53 clip that totally fall flat without the audio telling you to laugh, their hit rate was not particularly great 😂

    • @theepic4683
      @theepic4683 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@remirussin7240 first of all, not all were attempted jokes. But laugh track is added in every situation just to keep the pace going. People here really don't know much!

  • @totesme14
    @totesme14 8 ปีที่แล้ว +13342

    This just makes me think about how awkward it must have been as a actor with all of these pauses...

    • @Korounet
      @Korounet 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2134

      There is a live audience for Friends, just like in normal theatre. These pauses are part of the play, and they're not moments of silence like in this video.

    • @totesme14
      @totesme14 8 ปีที่แล้ว +278

      Oh I see! That makes more sense

    • @Defiring
      @Defiring 8 ปีที่แล้ว +239

      +soulfulpizza14 Also, he had to take off all the onomatopoeia to be able to delete the laugh tracks, that's why it seems silent

    • @recordesque2005
      @recordesque2005 7 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Louche freeco What exactly do you mean? I do see how he recycled the background resturant noise, though.

    • @boylogan1011
      @boylogan1011 7 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      damitayogirl Because the laugh track is over some audio, he has to get rid of any bangs or other noises so he can get rid of the laugh track. you can even still hear it when their talking sometimes which can't be helped

  • @MrMrRubic
    @MrMrRubic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2109

    1:28 made me actually laugh
    "No, we were talking about tennis. Tennis is more believable"
    *Dumb stare*

    • @Lumen99
      @Lumen99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Same

    • @internetdinosaur8810
      @internetdinosaur8810 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      That made me laugh so hard lmao

    • @black4xe
      @black4xe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Only funniest scene in the whole video

    • @kirschneirganareal8147
      @kirschneirganareal8147 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Basically.. Friends is funny cause of Phoebe

    • @socio637
      @socio637 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      that shit wasnt even funny

  • @dgayle2348
    @dgayle2348 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18737

    No laugh track makes this a show about a bunch of functioning alcoholics with considerable mental issues.

    • @zebjwest6709
      @zebjwest6709 4 ปีที่แล้ว +393

      D Gayle you mean it's always sunny ?

    • @PaperbackWizard
      @PaperbackWizard 4 ปีที่แล้ว +391

      I tend to think of FRIENDS as a show about teenagers who were zapped into adult bodies. Wait, wasn't Matthew Perry in a movie like that?

    • @doomnipple9846
      @doomnipple9846 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Which is why it's so relatable

    • @wmurd
      @wmurd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      why, it is also like that with a presence of laugh track

    • @chaddoesthings6298
      @chaddoesthings6298 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      its that WITH laugh tracks

  • @liamsexistance385
    @liamsexistance385 2 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    Without the laugh track, it’s so much more awkward and realistic, I actually really like it. It’s giving The Office or Parks and Rec vibes.

    • @cosmic_entity06
      @cosmic_entity06 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      yea it’s like a semi-realistic conversation

    • @nickark4807
      @nickark4807 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yeah I think it's funnier

    • @dcnats92
      @dcnats92 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Was looking for this comment! These other comments are taking the show way too seriously lol.
      This is hysterical

  • @markmccallum475
    @markmccallum475 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1992

    For 2 people who got so drunk that they have memory loss, they look fine the next morning

    • @baigpigpig
      @baigpigpig 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      good catch

    • @jasonwinney7694
      @jasonwinney7694 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      The episode does demonstrate that they had to recover before breakfast. But even still lol the plot must go on!

    • @brigham1465
      @brigham1465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      and nobody gets drunk from one mimosa lmao

    • @you2449
      @you2449 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      You, sir, don't know many functioning alcoholics.

    • @supernovagirl5741
      @supernovagirl5741 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Omg this lol the amount of times I've woke up after a night out looking like something out of the walking dead 😂 also the fact that they're not both dying of thirst and not struggling to maintain a proper sentence is such crap

  • @pablozky21
    @pablozky21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +984

    Tennis is more believeable
    Pause...
    Well, I have to admit, I would be speechless for a few seconds if I heard that too

    • @flightjam
      @flightjam 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ha!

    • @timw3178
      @timw3178 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Honestly, it's kind of an awkward episode. A lot of pauses are not out of the question here. Only a few of them seemed really unnatural.

    • @madao_desu
      @madao_desu 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It felt like she was betraying tbh xD

  • @ainteazybeinweezy4914
    @ainteazybeinweezy4914 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5297

    I don't even know wjere the laugh track was supposed to be

    • @blueodin0946
      @blueodin0946 5 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      That’s, the point?

    • @maximelepage7664
      @maximelepage7664 5 ปีที่แล้ว +220

      Everywhere basically.
      It's still more or less just as funny. Though this scene is terrible for this purpose. It supposed to be filled with long pauses caused by misunderstand and pure awkwardness.

    • @sheepgang2137
      @sheepgang2137 5 ปีที่แล้ว +125

      @@blueodin0946 that's not the point the point was to see how akward/unfunny it is without the laugh track

    • @JordanLink1
      @JordanLink1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      same...

    • @scottycz4918
      @scottycz4918 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *where

  • @BestSegmentsFriday
    @BestSegmentsFriday ปีที่แล้ว +46

    Alternate title: Friends but everyone is just a bit socially awkward

  • @ultancombo5990
    @ultancombo5990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5051

    Comedy is about timing. They’re pausing to get through laughs so it loses its whit. If you edit out the pauses with some clever cuts it would be interesting to see how it plays.

  • @Frankly_Amazing2000
    @Frankly_Amazing2000 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1293

    I can feel myself about to laugh, but I just can’t. This is a really weird feeling

    • @bobfrediii2131
      @bobfrediii2131 5 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      blueballs

    • @Aethelhadas
      @Aethelhadas 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ゚BobFredIII thanks felt better

    • @anderskjellgren5832
      @anderskjellgren5832 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Right! it’s like there’s this building tension. Like the ‘When will the bass drop’ song.

    • @cheesyquokka
      @cheesyquokka 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah

    • @SamOween
      @SamOween 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bruno Lima you have obviously never done any scientific research into the actual purpose and mechanisms of laughter... sociologically speaking

  • @DevDreCW
    @DevDreCW 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2578

    Honestly prefer this. The pauses are slightly too long, but at times that also makes it feel more real.
    "Tennis is more believable" actually made me chuckle, because the pause made total sense.

    • @tommypeluso3859
      @tommypeluso3859 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Imight Realperson yea i read that wrong my bad i’m handicapped

    • @JimboDoomface
      @JimboDoomface 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      yeah this actually made me laugh a couple of times, but the pauses for the laugh track were fucking weird. Certainly wouldn't have had me laughing as often as the laugh track would have suggested, the audience laughs like a pack of sycophantic hyenas on nitrous.

    • @Bruceybaby2009
      @Bruceybaby2009 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Andreas Michael Design Right? Shorten the pauses and most the laughs are still there. “Tennis is more believable” got me. And “tell her she’s not marriage material”

    • @M4rili4
      @M4rili4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That was the only actual funny joke

    • @cdrl3170
      @cdrl3170 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Then you would really love The Office. It has no laugh tracks and full of awkward pauses. It's comedic gold

  • @toumeisekai2650
    @toumeisekai2650 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    0:30 was such a sweet moment without the laugh track!❤

  • @nowhereman0182
    @nowhereman0182 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2661

    I’ll play devils advocate, I thought the egg buffet joke was still funny without the laugh track

    • @zolikoff
      @zolikoff 3 ปีที่แล้ว +368

      That seems to be the point of the poster as well. That the show definitely still works as a show without the laugh track. The scenes and dialogue are fine. Of course by editing out the laugh track you're now left with awkward pauses, but a director could recreate all these scenes without a laugh track and it would still be a decent comedy show.

    • @zeromrcy
      @zeromrcy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      @@zolikoff fax i cant help but laugh at most of the jokes still

    • @PtylerBeats
      @PtylerBeats 3 ปีที่แล้ว +127

      The “I’m drunk right now” line is actually a lot funnier without the laugh track

    • @mewmew9762
      @mewmew9762 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Honestly same I feel like the awkward silence adds to the humor

    • @stephen6279
      @stephen6279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      I still found it funny. The ross/rachel stuff not so much, but all the other characters jokes were good

  • @HowDoIMakeAUsername
    @HowDoIMakeAUsername 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1085

    "I'm drunk right now."
    *silence*

    • @PtylerBeats
      @PtylerBeats 3 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      That was the funniest joke of this whole scene haha but the best part is that it’s only funny BECAUSE there’s no laugh track. The silence has perfect comedic timing

  • @Xxrocknrollgod
    @Xxrocknrollgod 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3350

    Malcolm in the middle has no laugh track and yet , it’s still funny

    • @Skitz0frenix
      @Skitz0frenix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +514

      Scrubs, The Office, Modern Family, Arrested Development, Community and more

    • @Marten_B
      @Marten_B 4 ปีที่แล้ว +198

      Brooklyn nine nine

    • @michaelv4871
      @michaelv4871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      MrYo888779 This doesn’t mean that shows with a laugh track aren’t funny. Laugh tracks are just unnecessary. But if you look past the laugh track, you will find some good jokes.

    • @Xxrocknrollgod
      @Xxrocknrollgod 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      A Human I literally just said Malcolm is funny

    • @MasterMooper
      @MasterMooper 4 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      Laugh tracks signifigantly lower the quality for me

  • @southof.nowhere6096
    @southof.nowhere6096 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Am I the only one who found this significantly more funny xD. The awkward pauses killed me lmao

  • @KristianKumpula
    @KristianKumpula 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2029

    It's actually kind of funny now because of how awkward it is.

    • @aptonymic3014
      @aptonymic3014 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      thats because the comedic timing in the editing is all off

    • @sayonara72238
      @sayonara72238 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s not funny

    • @acrsclspdrcls1365
      @acrsclspdrcls1365 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Like Always Sunny.

    • @BudderB0y2222
      @BudderB0y2222 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Shows you how unfunny the show really is

    • @ethanhawksley9097
      @ethanhawksley9097 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      This

  • @laurentfortier5442
    @laurentfortier5442 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1913

    Now we need The Office, but WITH a laughtrack

  • @angel23824
    @angel23824 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5652

    It's still funny, it's just awkward because it was built around a laugh track so there are a bunch of pauses.

    • @callumbrady88
      @callumbrady88 7 ปีที่แล้ว +323

      Friends was filmed in front of a live audience

    • @jck1794
      @jck1794 7 ปีที่แล้ว +399

      Either way, they're pausing intentionally. Take out the pauses and the script/characters are still leagues funnier than Big Bang Theory.

    • @Freenure
      @Freenure 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      The outdoor scenes too?

    • @MrParkerman6
      @MrParkerman6 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      It wasn't built around a laugh track. Sitcoms are filmed with live laughter but they have to use a laugh track to make laughter consistent when editing takes together, otherwise the editing would be to obvious.

    • @meadowfrance
      @meadowfrance 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      It's them holding the joke/punchline until the audience laughter dies down, and it's so weird to see without hearing the laughs.

  • @asitwaghmare01
    @asitwaghmare01 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    In Phoebe's words "I'm sorry. There's laughing in my head'😂

  • @carsondoesstuff3487
    @carsondoesstuff3487 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1535

    I laughed immediately at "It's a buffet, man!"

    • @Catthatisblue
      @Catthatisblue 7 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      That insn't funny lol it's funny that you think it is though

    • @averagegamingbros2
      @averagegamingbros2 7 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      Humor is Subjective.

    • @mojojojo_16
      @mojojojo_16 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Unknown
      72 people disagree, man!

    • @Catthatisblue
      @Catthatisblue 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +AverageGamingBros it is in a way but this show is actually not funny. Its possible someone can think that it is, and it may be to them. But it actually isnt funny in reality. Like someone laughing at 9/11

    • @carsondoesstuff3487
      @carsondoesstuff3487 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Unknown
      Prove it.

  • @filthnasty8202
    @filthnasty8202 10 ปีที่แล้ว +783

    Actually, not that bad. I think the awkward pauses by actors are meant for a laugh track. If they acted 'snappy' it would be better.

    • @superduperdrew12345
      @superduperdrew12345 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ***** Fast

    • @Sazaralove
      @Sazaralove 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's exactly what I thought

    • @Dharmaville
      @Dharmaville 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia is a good example of snappy

    • @SonnyGTA
      @SonnyGTA 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thank you, Captain Obvious!!

  • @mam241
    @mam241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2982

    The laugh track is the most basic level of brainwashing and conditioning.

    • @superduperjew
      @superduperjew 4 ปีที่แล้ว +187

      WOKE lmao. laugh tracks are added by the fucking directors, not the evil gubment. they're in place for where a live audience would usually laugh. they just want to make us feel like we're part of a live audience. it goes way back and started because sometimes jokes weren't understood by the entire audience. but no, the comedy directors want to brainwash and condition us...into laughing. evil af. jesus man. settle down

    • @darkclouds7556
      @darkclouds7556 4 ปีที่แล้ว +139

      @@superduperjew it's all part of Satan's plan. To make us laugh at everything...

    • @darkclouds7556
      @darkclouds7556 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @Truth Lives that has what to do with laugh tracks?

    • @Starmar
      @Starmar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @Truth Lives All those things are funny, and I'm tired of pretending they aren't

    • @darkclouds7556
      @darkclouds7556 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @Truth Lives or he has a weird sense of humour. I grew up on friends but I don't find that stuff funny. I find things funny if they're funny. Brainwashing only works on the weak and followers. So you cant put that on everyone that watches a show that probably billions know of

  • @ikrammaizi5451
    @ikrammaizi5451 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    I can still hear the audience laughing in my head

  • @darkevilazn
    @darkevilazn 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2015

    Unlike big bang theory, this actually makes me laugh a bit. The only bad thing is the pauses (which are natural for a laugh track based show).

    • @SPACEHARICE
      @SPACEHARICE 8 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      +PapiDimmi the pauses in here seem more appropriate
      unlike Big bang theory where it's weird

    • @foghornfilms
      @foghornfilms 6 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      The pauses here are the actors playing off the live audiences laughter

    • @ResPecTeR10
      @ResPecTeR10 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      TBBT has live audience, too.

    • @MrParkerman6
      @MrParkerman6 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      There is no such thing as a show based off of laugh track,,all Sitcoms are in front of live studio audiences but they add laugh track to cover up takes edited together, otherwise the laughing would be inconsistent.

    • @Mwestside010
      @Mwestside010 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Becuz friends is a better show

  • @Yng_Roshi
    @Yng_Roshi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +688

    I can still hear the laugh tracks in my head

    • @ValentinaxEdits
      @ValentinaxEdits 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same

    • @chopper7867
      @chopper7867 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Same, and I didn't even watch friends at all lol

    • @lightlylemony
      @lightlylemony 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      actually at around 0:36 you can hear a little bit of it

    • @nadeensl5477
      @nadeensl5477 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same

  • @user-wr4uz8pg7m
    @user-wr4uz8pg7m 4 ปีที่แล้ว +881

    "I like laugh tracks because they let you know when you're supposed to laugh"

    • @tafferchuck1349
      @tafferchuck1349 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      The laugh tracks were supposed to leave the audience laugh without interrupting. Back when friends was recorded it made sense, and some episodes actually had an audience. When comedies have laugh tracks today it's just exactly that.

    • @realxjosh8298
      @realxjosh8298 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Drew gooden?

    • @keydrey2168
      @keydrey2168 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No shit

    • @PtylerBeats
      @PtylerBeats 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@tafferchuck1349 I dont care if I’m laughing at a show and I miss another joke. I would much rather have that than pauses like this. That just gives the show replay value. You can come back a year later, watch the same show, and pick up jokes you missed on your first watch through. And the more jokes there are, the more replay value it has because it gives you more to re-watch.

    • @tafferchuck1349
      @tafferchuck1349 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@PtylerBeats YOU are talking about yourself. Friends wasn't meant for your generation. If I recall friends started around 1993. It clearly didn't intend to be groundbreaking, nor was it expected to be such a hit. However it followed the same format fraiser or Seinfeld had. Because the format was meant for a generation much older than you and I. Laughing at it would be like laughing at VCR. "So stoopid, it didn't even had touch screens" meanwhile it's the precursor of many stuff you watch everyday.

  • @bigdonza08
    @bigdonza08 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This feels more down to earth than actual friends

  • @Dylanharckins
    @Dylanharckins 4 ปีที่แล้ว +390

    I think I’ve watched too much friends I can still hear the laugh tracks

  • @bradleypariah
    @bradleypariah 10 ปีที่แล้ว +819

    This seems so sincere now. The humor is so much more pure. I actually like this.

    • @Heeelias
      @Heeelias 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ...humor?

    • @KufLMAO
      @KufLMAO 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Elías Alejandro Fernández yes humor. Do you know what humor means?

    • @sydthegoat88
      @sydthegoat88 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      When was the funny bit, explain it to me (i'm kinda dumb)

    • @troliskimosko
      @troliskimosko 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Elías Alejandro Fernández oh I see, your trying to anger the fellow

  • @NerdLifts
    @NerdLifts 5 ปีที่แล้ว +571

    The Phoebe and Joey characters are very weird with out the laugh track.

    • @Bruceybaby2009
      @Bruceybaby2009 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      davesgk that was always the point of their characters tho. Random and out of nowhere.

    • @rodrigoluunaa
      @rodrigoluunaa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      In some bits I think it could work. Like with the drinking joke at the end, that pause is very believable.

    • @Dead8Artist
      @Dead8Artist 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Phoebe seems to make me laugh out loud the most.

    • @NerdLifts
      @NerdLifts 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Bruceybaby2009 I was in highschool in the 90s, so I understand the premise of the show. It's just very weird and not funny with the cued laughter.

    • @rook37
      @rook37 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      both phoebe's jokes still work honestly

  • @gudduentertains
    @gudduentertains 3 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I am thinking if one adds a laugh track in my life then would definitely look and feel more appealing than it is. ❤️

    • @sclarin2
      @sclarin2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dementors gotcha feeling down?

  • @kaylajackson9896
    @kaylajackson9896 5 ปีที่แล้ว +454

    This is the most awkward thing I’ve ever seen

    • @Maplelust
      @Maplelust 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      big bang theory without laugh track is far more awkward than this. well that's just my. opinion.

  • @chillmahallic17
    @chillmahallic17 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3631

    its still pretty funny even with the awkward pauses

    • @mattkillam2033
      @mattkillam2033 6 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      Is it though?

    • @sylwoest7065
      @sylwoest7065 6 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      the only thing funny about this is how bad and awkward this is. the jokes are just meh

    • @wuzi7049
      @wuzi7049 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      syl woest there is a sense they all know each other very well and take the good with the bad. they all seem like really old friends! and the pauses feel to me like they are thinking something like "you idiot."

    • @PurpleLightning6was9
      @PurpleLightning6was9 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      I'll never understand how this is funny.

    • @Theteebeutler
      @Theteebeutler 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Still a cheap way to save up show time..

  • @JoTheCreativeOne
    @JoTheCreativeOne 9 ปีที่แล้ว +903

    It's not bad without the laugh track! I found myself chuckling. The pauses are weird, but that's to be expected.

    • @idecaboutmyusername
      @idecaboutmyusername 9 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Yeah I think the pauses make it awkward but still funny

    • @Chzrm3
      @Chzrm3 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +DaFuqMan Yeah, I've been watching season 1 recently and I noticed that sometimes the laugh track messes up emotional moments. (Season 1 in general was a lot heavier, I'm realizing - I guess as the show went on, it got away from that). There are a few times in the early episodes where a character says something that's probably more deserving of an "awwwww" moment, but instead you hear laughter, which just kind of makes it seem like the 'audience' didn't get what was really going on.
      It'd be nice to watch friends without a laugh track, but you'd need to edit the show quite a bit so that there weren't these awkward pauses. It'd probably give it a feel closer to Arrested Development or something, with jokes coming in so quickly you might miss some of them, but that'd be kinda cool.

    • @Horsethief666
      @Horsethief666 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Joponyhere if they made these knowing there was no laugh track it would have been a smoother transition between the dialogue. I know you know that but just saying.This is definitely weird. It'd be cool to see them act knowing there is no laugh track and compare.

    • @videoactif
      @videoactif 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Look like family guy, during flashback

    • @CynicalLlort
      @CynicalLlort 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It's pretty bad.

  • @kevinbroderick3779
    @kevinbroderick3779 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    This is why a series like The Office is truly funny. If you're laughing, it's because it's actually funny, not because you're doing it because you hear laughter.
    Friends, Seinfeld, most other sitcoms are downright cringe-worthy without the laugh track.

    • @jdubo1998
      @jdubo1998 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      It is cringe because of the pauses bruh, has nothing to do with the comedy. Also the same is true in reverse, watch The Office with a laugh track, it doesn't fit well and detracts from the show.

    • @kau0303
      @kau0303 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Friends is actually funny even without laughter, it's only unsettling because of the long silent pauses that kill humor. It's funnier than Office sorry

    • @kau0303
      @kau0303 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@user-cs6ug3wu5c it doesn't sound like you watched the whole show. First two seasons may be average but humor gets way too creative as we progress through seasons and exists dialogue to dialogue. It is highly entertaining.

    • @kurtrivero368
      @kurtrivero368 ปีที่แล้ว

      Friends yes. Seinfeld no. The Big Bang Theory FUCK YES.

  • @christopherphoenix6933
    @christopherphoenix6933 4 ปีที่แล้ว +608

    This is scary.. imagine what we've been programed to laugh about

    • @marsbars6869
      @marsbars6869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      So you only laugh because of the laugh tracks and not because a joke is funny

    • @Maplelust
      @Maplelust 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I have rarely ever laughed at any show so that's fine with. e

    • @daraghokane4236
      @daraghokane4236 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      We have been programed to hate laugh tracks but no music foe setting a tone

    • @marsbars6869
      @marsbars6869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      @@daraghokane4236 I disagree, I know a lot of people, including myself, who grew up watching shows with the laugh track and have got so used to it that they don't mind it. All this talk about "being programmed" are you a fucking computer or is your brain that small?

    • @thatonemanbehindthegarbage7126
      @thatonemanbehindthegarbage7126 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You laughed when a laugh track played ? Weird...

  • @Omnipotentmonkey
    @Omnipotentmonkey 9 ปีที่แล้ว +264

    pacing seems off, but when you compare it to Big Bang Theory you really see the difference in both line-delivery and comedic timing, there's enough subtle expression, movement and good delivery to make friends work regardless. whereas Big Bang Theory just feels dead.

    • @A2Z83
      @A2Z83 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      because none of the actors understand the jokes they are making in Big Bang Theory

    • @kevinhamutov8778
      @kevinhamutov8778 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      A2Z83 I don't think the writers understand those jokes either.

    • @quelorepario
      @quelorepario 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@A2Z83 what jokes?

    • @gerRule
      @gerRule 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Both are filmed with a live audience and the pacing is just them waiting for the laughs to stop so they can say the next lines

  • @lidal.91
    @lidal.91 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2083

    Wow this ones still kinda funny

    • @rdecredico
      @rdecredico 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Nope.

    • @rdecredico
      @rdecredico 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      AyyGin: I try to not conflate pathos with humor.

    • @gigim3589
      @gigim3589 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Friends is always funny

    • @sbraypaynt
      @sbraypaynt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Nah it ain’t
      Fuck this show...

    • @yourconscience456
      @yourconscience456 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was laughing so I sounded like the laugh track so I laughed. Wait....

  • @theproblemmustbeinyourpant5910
    @theproblemmustbeinyourpant5910 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I feel like watching these videos of sitcoms without laugh tracks before bed is going to fuck with my dreams

  • @aaronhernandez6838
    @aaronhernandez6838 3 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    This show actually has a pretty serious tone.

  • @KarlHodge
    @KarlHodge 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2521

    Friends is actually better without the laugh track. Especially Phoebe.

    • @chrisharpner311
      @chrisharpner311 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      That was weird.

    • @superlex611
      @superlex611 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      indeed, you had cheers, friends, seinfeld, home improvement, family matters, who shot with live studio audience

    • @ghostmutt4265
      @ghostmutt4265 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I agree. Phoebe is fucking awesome. Dark as

    • @fabulouskelly3438
      @fabulouskelly3438 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      When she said “I’m already drunk” I laughed out loud even without the laugh track

    • @gfuffhffjfrfhehfrnfj
      @gfuffhffjfrfhehfrnfj 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Lisa has some superhuman delivery.

  • @chandlerwhitchurch9984
    @chandlerwhitchurch9984 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1249

    It’s not bad, it’s just entirely structured for the next joke.

    • @levirosenlieb7798
      @levirosenlieb7798 5 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      Chandler Whitchurch but that’s the thing they are not really jokes, just witty conversation.

    • @Bruceybaby2009
      @Bruceybaby2009 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      And also based on previous circumstance and dramatic irony for the audience. Like you have to know the context from the rest of the episode and previous scenes to get the jokes. Kind of an odd choice for an experiment like this.

    • @Bruceybaby2009
      @Bruceybaby2009 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      rorz999 Lol Seinfeld is easily the greatest sitcom of all time, it had a laugh track. Laugh track doesn’t equal bad, it’s just an old format.

    • @lubu2960
      @lubu2960 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@rorz999 eh its better thn big bang theory, still watchable

    • @AnnabellaCarter
      @AnnabellaCarter 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      rorz999 the comedy of friends relies more on the context than the laugh track. You have to actually watch the show because it all ties itself together; a lot of the jokes are built on material from previous episodes

  • @TbagsPS
    @TbagsPS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Actually lol'd irl at Lisa Kudrow's delivery of "I'm drunk right now"

  • @GreenGretel
    @GreenGretel 4 ปีที่แล้ว +309

    I've never found Friends particularly funny even _with_ the ample assist of a laugh track, but this is _still_ 100% funnier than The Big Bang Theory without its laugh track.

    • @4CelciusDegree
      @4CelciusDegree ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Big bang theory is unbearable to watch without the laugh track, hell even with the laugh track it is not funny at all

    • @canalesworks1247
      @canalesworks1247 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@4CelciusDegree It's a Chuck Lorre show. They're all horrible.

    • @drafezard7315
      @drafezard7315 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Nah BBT is still funnier either way and has actually somewhat relatable characters. Granted it's still only 3/5 material but it's better than Friends' 2/5 at best.

    • @Zero_Ninety
      @Zero_Ninety 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@4CelciusDegree It's unbearable to watch with one as well.

    • @lightningmonky7674
      @lightningmonky7674 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I guess that's technically true. Not a Hugh bar at all tho, sitcoms are some of the only shows where I actually realize I am never going to get that time back

  • @vibraphonics
    @vibraphonics 10 ปีที่แล้ว +403

    It's partly bad because without the laughing there's just empty space - it doesn't flow naturally.

    • @Bullitthiphop
      @Bullitthiphop 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      That's the point, without it, it shows how unnatural and surreal this all becomes.

    • @vibraphonics
      @vibraphonics 10 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      No but when laughter fills those gaps it's less obvious there's a break in the dialogue. This video exaggerates the problem

    • @nialldowling658
      @nialldowling658 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That's the whole point.

    • @suave6146
      @suave6146 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tim James that’s the point all shows with laugh tracks have long pauses like thos

    • @suave6146
      @suave6146 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      this*

  • @Laffy-ix5xy
    @Laffy-ix5xy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +839

    I think Friends is a funny series. But taking out the laughter track makes these characters seem much more tragic. I would love to be friends with someone like Phoebe. But in the no laughter world, I think I would avoid her. She causes awkward silences, and none of them see the funny side.

    • @garrythomas492
      @garrythomas492 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Friends isn’t funny

    • @Laffy-ix5xy
      @Laffy-ix5xy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      @@garrythomas492 You shouldn't have bothered watching the video then.

    • @yeokonma
      @yeokonma 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@Laffy-ix5xy he said it twice lol

    • @Laffy-ix5xy
      @Laffy-ix5xy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@yeokonma Who said what twice?

    • @aryanrawat3019
      @aryanrawat3019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Actually the thing is there is so much pause for laughing track in between. Just remove big pauses between the dialogues and see the show still is funny not awkward

  • @shauby4242
    @shauby4242 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    I haven't seen this scene with a laugh track, but all the jokes still made me laugh. Just shows that they are totally unnecessary. Glad they are going away, now sitcoms can no longer hide their crappy writing.

    • @sclarin2
      @sclarin2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      jokes?

  • @SlapadelicMusic
    @SlapadelicMusic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    It’s just miserable people being rude to each other

  • @ShatteredInsights
    @ShatteredInsights 8 ปีที่แล้ว +413

    Pheobe and Joey are great even without it. But yeah the pauses are unnatural without laughter so.

    • @gerRule
      @gerRule 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There is real laughing going on from the studio audience so the pauses are just them waiting for the laughs to stop before the next line

    • @biologicalpenguin4523
      @biologicalpenguin4523 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its a real audience but they are prompted to laugh by cues - which is why they laugh even after several takes obviously - i hate audience laughing whether its canned or not

    • @gerRule
      @gerRule 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      If they keep the first take and the laugh drowns out the characters lines they’ll shorten the laugh in the edit

    • @ChannelAsh100
      @ChannelAsh100 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      not really. In real life people need a second to think about things too.

  • @DylanWThaane
    @DylanWThaane 10 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    The difference between the Big Bang Theory and Friends is that Friends without the laugh track is funny with an awkward silence. The Big Bang Theory is just one long awkward silence.

  • @thejaded
    @thejaded 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wait a minute, why the hell is this so wholesome lol 0:27

  • @MegaChickenfish
    @MegaChickenfish 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    " _I'm drunk right now!_ " that one actually got to me. The rest was so stale I found myself actually repeatedly checking the timestamp going "is it over yet? this is the longest 2 minutes and 52 seconds of my life"

  • @DoubleKnotts
    @DoubleKnotts 10 ปีที่แล้ว +759

    The only difference between a removed laugh-track from TBBT and Friends:
    Friends is actually funny.

    • @HobbsO
      @HobbsO 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Actually the only difference is that TBBT doesn't have a track.

    • @DoubleKnotts
      @DoubleKnotts 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      ...
      The same guy who uploaded this also uploaded TBBT with no laugh track.
      Nice try though.

    • @HobbsO
      @HobbsO 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Like I just said, TBBT doesn't have a track. It's a live audience.

    • @DoubleKnotts
      @DoubleKnotts 10 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      ...you're an honest idiot, aren't you?
      You've never been to a filming, have you?
      They tell you before shooting starts that when the sign lights up you HAVE TO LAUGH. Even if it's not funny. You can't honestly think show's go with JUST a live audience's laughter.
      Naivety at its best.

    • @MartinValter
      @MartinValter 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ***** Being told when to laugh doesn't make it a track, though. It's still live.

  • @emiel255
    @emiel255 4 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    I bursted out laughing at the look Chandler gives Phoebe at 1:32 after she told Monica they were talking about “tennis”

    • @lorrainetorres1940
      @lorrainetorres1940 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That was the best line

    • @sjbass26
      @sjbass26 ปีที่แล้ว

      ME TOO

    • @Brandon-br7tc
      @Brandon-br7tc ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I swear this was the only hilarious part lol

    • @Pixelusually
      @Pixelusually 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You are the canned laughter now

  • @maiziedigby710
    @maiziedigby710 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I think friends is honestly one of the shows that pulls of the laugh tracks the best. I feel like most of the time they try to make the pauses as natural as possible or have the characters talk over the laugh track.

  • @matttnance
    @matttnance 5 ปีที่แล้ว +600

    This is like real life without the laugh tracks 🤣

    • @jcl418
      @jcl418 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Matthew Nance t...that’s the point

    • @BlastinRope
      @BlastinRope 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jcl418 why would anyone turn their laugh track off?

    • @gogl0l386
      @gogl0l386 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Man I think you need to meet a psychiatrist if you hear laugh tracks normally in real life

    • @RasberrySkittle
      @RasberrySkittle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Real life is funnier

    • @Ale-qf1pm
      @Ale-qf1pm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dude the point of these videos is that the laugh tracks aren't there to show you how awkward these scenes are, how abnormal, non-life like they look

  • @aidangerlich1563
    @aidangerlich1563 4 ปีที่แล้ว +171

    This feels like “close proximity acquaintances” the show

  • @markow4465
    @markow4465 4 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    The laugh track is playing in my head just at the right parts.

  • @j.k8190
    @j.k8190 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Okay but the ‘it’s a buffet, man’ was actually funny to me lol

  • @PhoeniksStorm
    @PhoeniksStorm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +451

    I mean honestly cut out the awkward silence when they are waiting for the audience too quiet down. And this actually works

    • @wiictvchannel1112
      @wiictvchannel1112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      Yeah, the only off putting factor is the wait times. This is a solid scene of jokes that bounces between all of the characters. It's still funny. Unlike TBBT where it seems like they are just horrible to each other and the jokes are so bottom tier comedy.

    • @ozaffer77
      @ozaffer77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yep not the funniest scene here, especially without context. But it still works

    • @rindoubaka1574
      @rindoubaka1574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@wiictvchannel1112 I literally don't see how this is any different from TBBT. It's more believable that you have a bias towards Friends over it.

    • @wiictvchannel1112
      @wiictvchannel1112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@rindoubaka1574 If you don't see the difference then that's on you. There's no bias here. I love sitcoms and have watched a lot, majority with laughtracks. Unlike a lot of people these days, I don't mind them if the comedy and actors are good. Friends is light years ahead of TBBT, laugh track or not.

    • @rindoubaka1574
      @rindoubaka1574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@wiictvchannel1112 Wait so you think appealing to some sort of authority on sitcoms based on experience makes you right about this? I think the Big Bang Theory is funnier than Friends. Mostly because I don't really think Friends is funny whatsoever. I'm not really a fan of subjective analysis but comedy is the ultimate form of subjective entertainment. Hence why you think Friends is funny regardless of the laugh track and I think Friends is dull regardless of a laugh track at well. My point being, both TBBT and Friends are horrible without a laugh track. To claim one is actually fine whereas one is terrible is simply coming from a place of bias.

  • @no.5429
    @no.5429 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    It goes from sitcom to soap opera 😂😂

    • @rebecca8525
      @rebecca8525 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I felt like that was a good description of Friends in its last few years.

  • @ChanandIerBong
    @ChanandIerBong 8 ปีที่แล้ว +665

    i still laughed at the Chandler Joey interaction.

    • @LeWildSister
      @LeWildSister 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      And Phoebe 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Santiago_Scruzzi_Diefenthaler
      @Santiago_Scruzzi_Diefenthaler 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It make me feels in that scene how "uncomfortable" is Chandler(and the actor?) with is "dumb" friend Joey, who seems a lunatic, since Chandler is more earth-grounded and neurotic. If you see that way, in a real situation in a public restaurant, I would be real uncomfortable being both of them hehe.

    • @DocRunaway
      @DocRunaway 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Then you have a condition.

    • @sayonara72238
      @sayonara72238 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Too bad, it’s not funny

    • @extremelyonline
      @extremelyonline 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ExplosiveRage72 1 Humor is subjective, you tool

  • @kwiett
    @kwiett 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    1:48 guy in the middle is me watching any episode of friends

  • @amar2933
    @amar2933 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Phoebe: I’m drunk right now
    Everyone: 👁👄👁

  • @BabylonGames798
    @BabylonGames798 3 ปีที่แล้ว +472

    It really does show just how unfunny a lot of these things are, when the show isn't directly telling you to laugh

    • @slimxshady6111
      @slimxshady6111 2 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      Well no. Because they are acting in accordance with a laugh track. If they did not plan for the laugh track, it would be much smoother and funny. Comedy is 99% about timing, which is completely lost in this edit.

    • @gae_wead_dad_6914
      @gae_wead_dad_6914 2 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@slimxshady6111 Not really, none of these jokes were funny. They just seemed sad

    • @lookinthemirrorugly8874
      @lookinthemirrorugly8874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@gae_wead_dad_6914 you don’t understand comedic timing. Timing is 80 percent of comedy. This isn’t funny because they were working with the timing of the audience but this video removes them. If the silent parts were cut out and edited properly it’d probably be funnier

    • @CrazyIshan69
      @CrazyIshan69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@slimxshady6111 And also, the show trades a LOT of music and sound effects for live laughter. So no, it's not manipulating us much more than other forms of media.

    • @fls128
      @fls128 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lookinthemirrorugly8874 Exactly, people are clueless lol

  • @ROCKSTAR3291
    @ROCKSTAR3291 10 ปีที่แล้ว +698

    still pretty funny, much better than Big Bang theory

    • @dwyn9187
      @dwyn9187 6 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Saying Friends and BBT are the same show is one of the worst things I've ever heard, Friends was actually pretty damn funny

    • @AK-gh7mc
      @AK-gh7mc 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Dwyn meh, friends is lame and outdated

    • @daveisdead
      @daveisdead 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Ken Harris similar characters does NOT mean same show. It means it plays on certain common traits. Bbt is terrible. Friends is still good and always will be

    • @That-Will-Do-It
      @That-Will-Do-It 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Anton Komarov Ha ok ya 13 year old

    • @vanessalarkin1583
      @vanessalarkin1583 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      They are both funny
      Are you really that obsessed with big bang theory that you have to compare

  • @vrockchick89
    @vrockchick89 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I like the pace, it sounds like a realistic conversation. Much better than shows like HIMYM with 2x speed dialogue trying to squeeze in as much as they can in 20 min. Friends doesn't have to do that to be memorable, the simple scenes is what makes it iconic.

  • @luisorozco9137
    @luisorozco9137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    This makes me appreciate even more Malcolm in the middle.

  • @maxrosato1784
    @maxrosato1784 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2201

    Friends isn't a laughing track it's a real studio audience.

    • @nope.13
      @nope.13 9 ปีที่แล้ว +317

      Yes, but I read somewhere that episodes with multiple parts had recorded laughs. However all other episodes laughs were real.

    • @TheCubingMaster25
      @TheCubingMaster25 9 ปีที่แล้ว +141

      Well they tape a scene like a million times so they pick the best laugh plus if u can't hear the talking over the laugh then they pick a machine to play a quiet one

    • @clam379
      @clam379 8 ปีที่แล้ว +206

      +John Simkins They mix real laughs with canned laughter to fill in gaps. If you watch more episodes you start to recognize specific laughs.

    • @TheCubingMaster25
      @TheCubingMaster25 8 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      yea i saw a behind the scenes thing, and in it, jennifer said a joke and the audience laughed and you couldnt hear the rest, so the put in a machine laugh so t would be quiet when she talked.

    • @dearmadeline
      @dearmadeline 7 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      LMFAO I HATE THAT FUCKING LAUGH! It's the same one you hear on How I Met Your Mother. They need to ban that laugh from any other show, ever.

  • @JustBramz
    @JustBramz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Fun Fact: Friends weren’t entirely laugh track. They also filmed with a live audience.
    But the producers decided to cut out a lot of the real laughs because the laughs didn’t sound “good enough”

    • @sclarin2
      @sclarin2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Real question is how did they get the live audience to laugh?

    • @rankings727
      @rankings727 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@sclarin2 by paying them

    • @abacab87
      @abacab87 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is literally a sign that lights up when you are required to laugh@@sclarin2

    • @minimonkey252
      @minimonkey252 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@rankings727 Why lie? it was the most popular show on television for 6 years straight

    • @ndwelch427
      @ndwelch427 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The laughs didn't sound "good enough," meaning that like 12 people laughed out of 100. That's honestly even more sad than just using a laugh track for everything.

  • @simiedulay
    @simiedulay 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    & people consider it to be the best show that ever existed ....Really funnnyyyy!! 😌

    • @justchilling177
      @justchilling177 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Ikr it's so boring and overrated

    • @bigmanliam
      @bigmanliam 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      almost like opinions exist...

    • @CrazyIshan69
      @CrazyIshan69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I mean, the show trades a LOT of music and sound effects for live laughter. Not to mention the long pauses meant to make it more convenient. So no, it's not manipulating us much more than other forms of media.

    • @sclarin2
      @sclarin2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@CrazyIshan69 Honestly it's just that the "jokes" aren't funny to me. I don't need music, sound effects, or live laughter to make me laugh when I watch the Office or Parks and Rec. It's 100 percent manipulative in my opinion its sort of like pavlovs bell for sitcoms

    • @CrazyIshan69
      @CrazyIshan69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sclarin2 They are hilarious for me, but hey, opinions. 🤷

  • @abeswaves
    @abeswaves 7 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    lol " we were just talking about bacon"
    "no we were talking about tennis, tennis is more believable"

    • @AstandsforAlex
      @AstandsforAlex 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      HahahahHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
      HAHAHAHAHAHHA

    • @abcdefsuzu
      @abcdefsuzu 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Pretty sure it's "baking" not "bacon"

    • @BudderB0y2222
      @BudderB0y2222 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The awkward silence is funnier without the laugh track for that particular joke

  • @bells5503
    @bells5503 3 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    phoebe is absolutely everything in this scene

  • @buukute
    @buukute 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    That why "The Office" is my favorite sitcom.

  • @kiera352
    @kiera352 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    2:26 the pause and how they just stare at each other 🤣

  • @Staplegun
    @Staplegun 3 ปีที่แล้ว +362

    As someone who has never watched Friends, I laughed.

    • @II-hk8ir
      @II-hk8ir 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      nOOo hoW DarE yoU 1!!1!!!! cAn't yOu see YoU're Being BRain waShed By the GovernMent???

    • @Apetitegirly
      @Apetitegirly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      How?

    • @JeromeBeckett
      @JeromeBeckett 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Yeah even though these edits make a good point, the show is legitimately funny :)

    • @wiictvchannel1112
      @wiictvchannel1112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Apetitegirly How have they not watched Friends? If so, I know a lot of people who haven't watched Friends, or hell, even shows like The Office for that matter.

    • @edz20
      @edz20 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah. still pretty funnny without the laugh track.

  • @ribbybibston
    @ribbybibston 10 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    Still holds up pretty well. Even though you definitely picked an especially good scene where the jokes are solid and the characters' personalities really shine through.

    • @SHYKOOPA
      @SHYKOOPA 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      to be fair there were hardly scenes where the show didn't have all of that

    • @ScrubNigel
      @ScrubNigel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have never really watched the show, so I can't speak to the quality of it as a whole, but you guys are clearly watching this with biased eyes.
      This is painful to watch.

    • @MxPokirby
      @MxPokirby 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ScrubNigel So knowing the context behind a scene counts as "biased" and watching a clip a decent length into a show's lifespan with no context whatsoever and not understanding why the characters personalities are so integral to the comedy is "fair", huh? Look at yourself.

    • @tolula9927
      @tolula9927 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ScrubNigel You actually have to have an idea about the characters and the context to be understand the humor. It's not that they are biased, it's that you have no clue what you're watching.

  • @sweetsour6783
    @sweetsour6783 6 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    "I'm drunk right now" yeah that got a laugh out of me

  • @konstantinosoikonomou5297
    @konstantinosoikonomou5297 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you for that. That was really an eye-opener. Without the fake laughter it's SHIT!