I feel like you’re being overly pedantic here. The idea was intended to have the exact same effect, for the exact same reason. The only difference is the medium.
The most important element of a “laugh track” isn’t the track, it’s the element of laughter purposefully being inserted rather than being elicited from the audience. Sure, these days it’s easiest to do with a recording. But if you wanted to do so before recordings existed, that was possible too: you just need to hire people to do it.
But you’re correct that they didn’t have recording equipment in ancient times. But that also wasn’t the point of the video.
I feel like you’re being overly pedantic here. The idea was intended to have the exact same effect, for the exact same reason. The only difference is the medium.
The most important element of a “laugh track” isn’t the track, it’s the element of laughter purposefully being inserted rather than being elicited from the audience. Sure, these days it’s easiest to do with a recording. But if you wanted to do so before recordings existed, that was possible too: you just need to hire people to do it.
But you’re correct that they didn’t have recording equipment in ancient times. But that also wasn’t the point of the video.
No, the most important element is that it is added after the fact. It is a *post-*production tool.