#I'm sorry you americans were raised on the tinned stuff

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@thequeeninyellowlace Yep, and I have proof. Larry Gelbart himself states it in the link below. In fact, if I recall, they accidentally aired a laugh-tracked version in the UK and got a LOT of calls of complaint.

When I lived in America, I caught an episode of M*A*S*H with a laugh track and thought it was a mistake. Then it happened again. I was horrified and turned it off, and refused to watch it until I left the US and could see it properly.

Included in the link is Larry talking about how much he loathed the laugh track and how it cheapened the show. They fought hard to get rid of it, but CBS wouldn't budge. They managed to negotiate it that it would never be on during the surgery scenes, but yeah, CBS cut the show with the worst additive you can get on exceptional quality television.

Worth watching the short interview with Larry, and try to get the DVDs with the option to take the wretched thing off.