Earlier this week, The National dropped a surprise new album. It’s called Laugh Track, and it arrived just five months after their previous LP released in 2023, First Two Pages Of Frankenstein. Since ...

How many folk singers does it take to change a lightbulb? Two. One to change it and another to sing about how much better the old bulb was. OK, now laugh. Harder! That, in a nutshell, is how the laugh ...

The National announced the impending release of a new album titled Laugh Track during the band’s opening night set at their Homecoming Festival in Cincinnati. Arriving just five months after the ...

While it’s only been a few months since The National dropped their album, First Two Pages Of Frankenstein, it seems they’ve been hard at work on another. Tonight the band kicked off their Homecoming ...

The reason TV sitcoms stopped using laugh tracks spans decades and is largely influenced by new production technology and the rise of a new comedic genre.

When was the last time you spared a thought about sitcom laugh tracks? Probably years. Maybe decades? Sitcoms with background laughter have seemed almost dead, definitely and firmly dying, for a very ...