Which quiz shows have real or canned laughter ?
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Was watching old repeats of Catchphrase the other day with Mark Curry, the audience is clearly canned there, but on the ones previous with that male presenter I can't remember the name of (not Roy Walker) there was clearly a real audience as they did the super catchphrase in front of them. So why change it ? Does it really cost much to let people sit in the audience of a studio that already has seats in ?
What other quizzes have real audiences ? Does Countdown ? I know obviously Deal or No Deal does.
What other quizzes have real audiences ? Does Countdown ? I know obviously Deal or No Deal does.
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Countdown isnt canned, I have been offered places in the audience for me and my wife a few times
Goldenballs (real audience)
Early on in its life Fifteen to One had an audience, but apparently William G Stewart noticed people muttering the answers to each other so he got rid (it was only a small studio), and it was canned thereafter - I always thought it was amusing how he used to come on at the beginning of every show and earnestly "thank" the taped audience for their applause, after waiting for it to die down... Real "method" stuff!
Not sure about the regular shows
Can you?
Ive heard laughter but i think it is the crew because you can clearly hear a few groans at some of the bad jokes:o
The episodes being shown on Challenge from the late 80s seem to have an audience in view.
I don't think the revived incarnation with Sandi T has a studio audience.
I assumed that was just the other team. Doesn't seem the sort of show that would have such a "loose" atmosphere...
Dave Spikey has also presented Catchphrase.
As for Countdown, when neither of the contestants can solve the conundrum, Nick Hewer asks whether any of the audience have solved it and the camera shows part of the audience. Also, 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown uses the same studio and has a visible audience.
Dave Spikey didn't do Catchphrase - but he did do the remake of Bullseye.
When you appear on the show they plonk you in the audience and let you watch an episode (or some of one) beforehand, and everybody's given scraps of paper and little biros like you get in the bookies, to join in with the rounds. It doesn't half mash your brain when you're about to go on!
It is done on nearly everything with a real audience and has been for at least 30 years. They used to use taped laughter from the reaction to the warm up mans often rather blue jokes, thus legally claiming the laughter came from that actual recording. Nowadays they use Pro Tools, or its equivalent, in post production. Alan Carr's Chatty Man is the worst offender in my opinion.
Thanks, that's what I thought.
I avoid anything with either of the Carrs so never seen that!
Roy Walker - Audience
Nick Weir - Audience
Mark Curry - No Audience
Stephen Mulhern - Audience
Daytime versions of The Chase, Tipping Point and 15 To 1 use canned applause/laughter. The celeb versions have an audience.
Fifteen-To-One (1992) - Each contestant could take one or two guests to watch
Brainteaser - No audience, but no claps or laughter either
1001 Things you should know - Small Audience (50 or so)
The Chase - No audience. Canned clapping and laughter
I seem to remember that Last of the Summer Wine used to show the episode to a test audience, and then would record their laughter and add it on. Even though it just sounded like 30 minutes of continuous old-people laughing that they turned up or down as required...
if you never see an audience, there probably isn't one, and the laugh track will be added later in post production. There would be little point in going to the bother of having a studio audience and then never showing them.
Thus, in the celebrity editions of The Chase, you see the audience at the start of the show, at the ad breaks, and behind the celebs when they're doing the cashbuilders.
But in the regular editions, the audience is never seen. Ever. because there isn't one.
The odd thing is that on The Chase's YouTube channel, they have outtakes and bloopers from the show, and you can tell there's no audience, because the laugh track hasn't been added, and all you can hear is a few voices (the crew) in the background laughing when something goes wrong. So it's not like it's a big secret that there isn't an audience. Yet they continue to pretend that there is one.