I don’t know about you, but I could do with a laugh at the moment. Any opportunity to watch an entertaining television comedy show could prove the tonic we all need. It might be one of the crucial ...

The scene: A sitcom family gathers in a semicircle around a telephone, as the youngest child of the family worries that his calls to a pornographic chat line will become known to his father. The ...

Question: Why do TV shows use canned laughter? It just makes the shows less funny. It is very annoying. Answer: It has also been around for close to 70 years. To be sure, some comedies do without.