Home › Forums › Ganymede & Titan Forum › RD 1-8 box set 66% of at Amazon US Search for: This topic has 23 replies, 13 voices, and was last updated 14 years, 6 months ago by Ridley. Scroll to bottom Creator Topic February 6, 2012 at 4:22 pm #11494 HelloMabelParticipant Amazon.com has reduced the price of the 1-8 DVD box set from $199.98 to $67.49. Those US fans who don’t have it – order it now. (In stock Feb. 9) In stock Feb 9 – did Amazon get a rush of sales after everybody found out that Sheldon has it? Creator Topic Viewing 23 replies - 1 through 23 (of 23 total) Author Replies February 6, 2012 at 7:29 pm #114998 pfmParticipant I was very VERY pleased with the Sheldon thing. Millions of people the world over had ‘Red Dwarf’ held up in front of them! And you know how crazy people get over boxsets… February 6, 2012 at 7:31 pm #114999 PhilParticipant >did Amazon get a rush of sales after everybody found out that Sheldon has it? Would like more information. February 6, 2012 at 7:42 pm #115001 p2p_productionsParticipant February 6, 2012 at 8:06 pm #115002 Mr-StabbyParticipant God, that Red Dwarf reference didn’t even get a slight reaction from the studio audience. Usually a reference will have them laughing or reacting in some way, but Red Dwarf got complete silence. Sad really. February 6, 2012 at 8:46 pm #115003 ori-STUDFARMParticipant Do you think the bubble wrap is a direct reference to the Red Dwarf tension sheets? Seems a weird coincidence if not. February 6, 2012 at 9:00 pm #115004 Pete Part ThreeParticipant >Usually a reference will have them laughing or reacting in some way, but Red Dwarf got complete silence. It’s almost as if references aren’t inherently humorous. February 6, 2012 at 9:16 pm #115005 PhilParticipant >It’s almost as if references aren’t inherently humorous. Quiet, Pete. The past six seasons’ worth of Family Guy might hear you. February 7, 2012 at 5:33 am #115014 HelloMabelParticipant > I was very VERY pleased with the Sheldon thing. Millions of people the world over had ‘Red Dwarf’ held up in front of them! And you know how crazy people get over boxsets… I will admit to screaming like a 9-year-old girl at a Hannah Montana concert when Sheldon said the words Red Dwarf. My dad was watching with me and I made him jump in his chair, poor guy. >God, that Red Dwarf reference didn’t even get a slight reaction from the studio audience. Usually a reference will have them laughing or reacting in some way, but Red Dwarf got complete silence. Sad really. It could be that they laughed on the first take but not the second take. They could have even added the Fiddle-Faddle line for that reason. (I learned about this strategy from reading certain set reports…) However, you’re right. It is sad but not at all surprising if no one in the audience knew about Red Dwarf. Most PBS programs are educational – your average American does not watch it enough to catch Red Dwarf on the rare occasion it gets broadcast. >Do you think the bubble wrap is a direct reference to the Red Dwarf tension sheets? Seems a weird coincidence if not. This could go either way. I lean toward it being just one of many jokes they could have used to point out how awful it is to spend time with Sheldon. Even if he’s watching Red Dwarf. February 7, 2012 at 10:15 am #115020 Mr-StabbyParticipant It’s almost as if references aren’t inherently humorous. Oh they’re not. But Big Bang studio audiences tend to react even when anything vaguely geeky is mentioned. But with Dwarf, not a titter. February 7, 2012 at 10:44 am #115021 peepingsignalParticipant Until a minute ago I could’ve sworn the Big Bang Theory used canned laughter instead of an audience. How wrong I was: http://www.audiencesunlimited.com/fmi/xsl/shows/browserecord.xsl?&Show=big+bang Not that I have a problem with the show, I think it’s pretty good, but I notice the laugh track alot, and I definitely hear some recycled laughs used. (Like that sort of whining high-pitched one you hear on atleast six other shows.) Hmm, I’m taking this off-topic a bit… …so, how ’bout that Red Dwarf. February 7, 2012 at 11:09 am #115023 Seb PatrickKeymaster >Until a minute ago I could’ve sworn the Big Bang Theory used canned laughter instead of an audience. There’s a simple way to tell whether a sitcom uses canned laughter or not: It doesn’t. February 7, 2012 at 11:16 am #115026 Smeg4BrainsParticipant >There’s a simple way to tell whether a sitcom uses canned laughter or not: >It doesn’t. Apparently “How I Met Your Mother” uses canned laughter. February 7, 2012 at 11:17 am #115025 peepingsignalParticipant >There’s a simple way to tell whether a sitcom uses canned laughter or not: >It doesn’t. So does canned laughter even exist? Or is it something made up? Bloody hell, nothing makes sense now, how can something mentioned so mu- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqyznqnH33U#t=0h0m03s February 7, 2012 at 11:45 am #115027 Seb PatrickKeymaster >Apparently “How I Met Your Mother” uses canned laughter. I didn’t actually know this, but it appears you’re right. Wow. The bastards; they’re ruining it for the rest of us… February 7, 2012 at 1:03 pm #115030 Mr-StabbyParticipant What defines Canned laughter? Can a recording of people watching the edited episode be classed as that? Like Series 7 of Dwarf was? Or does it only actually mean when a laugh is artificially created using a sound library or whatever. How I Met Your Mother i believe does it the same way as Dwarf series 7 did. February 7, 2012 at 1:05 pm #115031 Mr-StabbyParticipant Although several YouTube videos seem to suggest otherwise. Maybe they mix and match. February 7, 2012 at 1:13 pm #115032 Pete Part ThreeParticipant I’d define Canned Laughter as when the laughter isn’t caused by what’s actually on screen but I guess it’s an ambiguous term, especially when the crew starts cherry-picking laughter and rearranging it. It sounds like HIMYM uses a bit of canned to sweeten scenes. I always thought that show would have worked better with one camera and no laugh-track, really. February 7, 2012 at 3:12 pm #115033 Smeg4BrainsParticipant > I didn’t actually know this, but it appears you’re right. Wow. To be fair neither did I until I went looking for something to prove you wrong. I actually thought a lot more of the American sitcoms used it. February 7, 2012 at 3:21 pm #115034 p2p_productionsParticipant I forget the ‘technical’ name for this, but I once heard that live studio audiences sometimes include a planted ‘laugher’ who has a really infectious guffaw that spurs the audience on if/when required. So, maybe even so-called genuine audience reaction can be manipulated *before* the edit, too. February 7, 2012 at 7:36 pm #115036 PhilParticipant That’s not all. In the early days of American sitcoms when they needed the audience to gasp, Desi Arnaz would stand just to the side of the cameras and beat an orphaned child to death with his bare hands. February 8, 2012 at 2:47 am #114936 John HoareParticipant Yeah, I think Pete is right. How I Met Your Mother *is* shown to an audience – but presumably, the YouTube clips which seem to disprove this are sections which have been sweetened with added/replaced laughter, hence the apparent discrepancy. You’d think they’d do it with a laugh that wasn’t so distinctive! Really annoying, as it’s the kind of thing people who bang on about canned laughter will leap upon, when the truth is slightly more complex. Wish it was just never done at all, though. Would be interesting to hear what the original reactions were. February 10, 2012 at 12:16 pm #115094 Tarka DalParticipant > That’s not all. In the early days of American sitcoms when they needed the audience to gasp, Desi Arnaz would stand just to the side of the cameras and beat an orphaned child to death with his bare hands. I was that child. February 10, 2012 at 7:40 pm #115120 RidleyParticipant Would be interesting to hear what the original reactions were. The only laughter in the blooper reels is from cast and/or crew for what that’s worth. Author Replies Viewing 23 replies - 1 through 23 (of 23 total) Scroll to top • Scroll to Recent Forum Posts You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Log In Username: Password: Keep me signed in Log In
