That’s true for some shows with laugh tracks, but I don’t agree about M*A*S*H. Especially since it was shot knowing there would be no laugh track in Europe. The pauses aren’t there. That’s one of the reasons the laugh track doesn’t work on that show.
Unfortunately, shows with a laugh track are paced around it, so MASH, for example, has a ton of weird pauses when you take it out.
That’s true for some shows with laugh tracks, but I don’t agree about M*A*S*H. Especially since it was shot knowing there would be no laugh track in Europe. The pauses aren’t there. That’s one of the reasons the laugh track doesn’t work on that show.