The bit with Elaine made me as uncomfortable as I feel like it was meant to. The laugh track alleviates a lot of that uncomfortable tension, without it we get full Elaine and that is never a good thing
People in sitcoms are extremely polite. They make super extra sure that they never interrupt the person they are talking to, thus leaving giant pauses in the conversation.
That’s cause it feels like a natural conversation not one with awkward pause for audience reaction the slight pauses at the start we’re probably signals for the other person to start and it’s normally unnoticeable with the laugh track that helped it feel more natural
Very gritty. Got that NY feel. YT travel vids done by New Yorkers admit they are not friendly in the streets. But more than the laugh track was cut. Some sound effects were lost. If it was made without one they wouldn't have those "awkward pauses".
@@zlatansicanica6797 right? you dont have to spend your time in line parsing out the exact level of social interaction that may or may not be necessary at a particular juncture. you just approach, state your soup clearly, take it and leave.
If the soup was dispensed via a machine, sure, this would be great. But unfortunately it is run by humans, who also frequently get their own rules wrong. For example George's problem with the bread -- He was confused by someone else getting free bread, and he was immediately penalized with no explanation by staff. Rules are not rules if they are not applied consistently. This makes it impossible to not make the same mistake twice. I'm a very rules-oriented introverted person and I would never go to this place.
Aside from some weird timing in the apartment scene, this is even better than what's broadcast, the jokes hold up and (as other's have mentioned) there is genuine tension and menace in the scenes in the soup place. Also, this feels just like a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode.
Given the Soup “Nazi” theme, I’ve long thought these scenes had a life or death flavor to them. For example when George mentions his missing bread and Jerry tensely tells him to drop it … that gives me chills of dread, as if “the guard” might brutally lash out. Guess I’m still traumatized from seeing Roberto Benigni in “Life Is Beautiful” years ago.
Part of what makes this feel tense, is because its not just removing the laughing. Its also not having a lot of the ambient noise that would be in that environment, making the scene feel stifling. Like, when she gives George his money back, there's zero sound. The silence is oppressive
The background noise was probably also removed to make sure all the laughter was removed normally there would be background noise to make it feel more real like clanging of people’s utensils on there plates in a restaurant scene for example
@kevin10001 Yeah, I know why its not there. But it changes the scene a lot more than just taking away the laughter, which is what it's advertising. And a ton of people are media illiterate so they won't even think of the fact that the background noise is missing, and just assign the stifling feeling to there not being laughter. And further entrench that the laughter is a crutch cause "look how dead and lifeless it is without the laughter"
(I don’t watch Sienfeld so I don’t know any characters other than Jerry) If you take this out of the context of a show, the lady was kinda acting like a jerk tbh.
@@financialzero5684 all the main four characters are written as soulless jerks in the show. In the series finale they all face a trial for being bad human beings and end up inside prison.
They are all crazy. I actually think Seinfeld is the original "American Psycho" under the careful guise of comedy. Don't get me wrong, I used to watch it, and rewatch it religiously. When you really get into the shallowness of the characters, you realize it is all about nothing, just plain old craziness. One of the Seinfeld episodes (actually a few) go in depth, when Jerry and George are in the process of writing and presenting their script about a show - about nothing - just like Seinfeld. This show with the slap bass intro, and the laugh track, really convinced you that these characters are cool. Firstly, they are all promiscuous; relationships with people mean nothing to them. Furthermore, they abnormally hang around each other, as if to reinforce their deviancy. They are not evil per se, and do not have any particular agenda, but are extremely childish. These four are definitely borderline psychotic, Elaine is probably the worst, as she never seems to genuinely care about anything, but her own needs.
I think what makes these far more odd is that there is so much detail noise removed as well, like Elaine hitting the metal counter, no noise from the chain machine, even just light movement noises that make up a day. I'm still glad and thankful to have these changed as it still shows, there really wasn't that weird down time. There are a couple of moments of pause but they fit with what would be thinking time or actual character reflection. Thank you for the work!
This is probably just a consequence of the audio filtering technique. Probably a low pass filter and some extra filtering done when the laugh pauses are done
It's amazing how good this is even without the laugh track. You can't just remove the laugh track from something to check whether or not something is legit funny. The actors and the script are built around the laugh track, which screws with the pacing when it's not there, which creates a sense of awkwardness. Somehow Seinfeld is so tightly written that it's good regardless which is damn impressive.
I'm from UK and we have a show called league of gentleman and their dvd you could turn off the laugh track and it made it even darker comedy wise. It was great
@@thomasaltruda Seinfeld and Iasip are two of my favorite comedies. Iasip almost uses the music or the intro as a laughtrack. Seinfeld is in front a live audience so it doesn't feel as unnatural as in sitcoms where that isn't the case.
It’s better without the laugh track but weaker without the sound effects. (The sound of paper bag being ripped out of George’s hand. Elaine drumming on the counter.)
Yea i noticed that too. I figured laugh track was just that but a lot of sound effects were gone. Never would have thought it was part of the same audio track
It’s weird...without the laugh track, the episode seemed new, like it was some new footage. Like I was getting to really see into the characters lives. Much more personal.
The reason Gone With The Wind went over budget was because they added the laugh track, then they had to remove it again after the test audience didn’t realize it was supposed to be a comedy.
@@trekkiejunk they probably say that but is a laugh track...you can hear the laugh track..lol..easily spotted. I used to be in a public audience....you will never make people laugh like that so many times...impossible
@@trekkiejunk They might say that, actually is a laugh sound… you can listen the laugh sound..xD…simply spotted. Me before be in a cinema…u vill not make others scream akin that so many…not
This definitely makes everything seem more awkward! But I'm honestly more impressed with how well the noise reduction is used to remove the laughter in the dialogue background. It's hard to get right! It sounds like you added a louder noise floor and some sound effects matching the movements on screen, to blend it together more seamlessly. Great job!
There was no laugh track on Seinfeld. It was a live audience. Also, he did not remove the laughs. He removed EVERYTHING except most of the dialogue. He used a filter that removed all the ambient noise, background character noise and sound effects, and what you get left is voices without any natural resonance, sounding like they are speaking into a pillow. Of course it's not going to be funny.
@@trexx32 that’s kind of the point of the joke??? If you thought this show is supposed to portray morally okay and whacky characters, I’d say there’s something wrong with your judgment. It’s pretty blatant the characters are morally reprehensible. They’re single in their 30s, selfish, self-centered… nothing redeemable about them other than the fact they aren’t serial killers or r*pists
Shows with laugh tracks have a certain pacing. The show would still be funny asf without a laugh track but the directing would have changed dramatically to fit that type of show. Standup comedians say that they deliberately build in pauses in their acts, otherwise the audience wouldn't hear half of what is said.
This is honestly not even that bad compared to every other sitcom like Friends, and Big Bang Theory use their laugh track and are silent for a whole minuet after a sentence.
Yeah it's basically just like curb your enthusiasm except for without music and with some awkward pausing. Got something nearly as cringe as the Big bang theory without a laugh track which exposes how dreadfully unfunny every joke is
Well if you notice when they take out the laugh track they are also stripping out a ton of other sounds. Notice Elaines hands banging on the top of the counter didn’t make a sound. The usual sounds of shuffling and moving were also lost.
@@divinestrike00x78 Yeah, that's my point. They're supposed to be walking down the street in the Upper West Side or wherever and it sounds like they're strolling in a meadow. Whoever made this didn't do a very good job adding ambient sounds.
@Marquis De Sade Thank you! I keep trying to tell people this. Nowadays people complain about laugh tracks to feel smarter about themselves when they don't even know the history of sitcoms and laugh tracks. They're not there to tell you when to laugh, they're there because good sitcoms are supposed to be a theatrical experience from home.
Seinfeld, a stand-up comedian, made a comedy show about himself as a stand-up comedian and called the show "Seinfeld", told us all when to laugh and made millions. The Jewish community approves.
The show without the laugh track feels much more 'real'. The jokes feel more subtle and natural in a way. You can also hear the background noise a bit more and that adds a bit of ambiance to it, which is calming, in my opinion and makes me feel like it'd be a nice show to watch near a fireplace in the wintertime.
Interesting that you say that. I wouldn't mind watching more episodes like this. It would be even more interesting without the pauses for the laughs, but even as it is I wouldn't mind watching to for the appreciation of the craft perspective. And yes I couldn't imagine doing this with many other shows.
never actually saw the official Soup Nazi gag until now. glad to have seen it without the laughter for full effect to review. It has some comedy to it with the tenseness, but I can see why the laughter makes all your co-workers think it's the funniest thing in the world when it's a pretty simple gag.
Honestly if they didn’t do the awkward pauses when there’s supposed to be a laugh track I’d prefer it over the original. Seinfeld is awesome regardless.
Same here. I used to love this show in junior high and I was one of the only one out of my friends that actually got the comedy and understood it. It remember a friend telling me how he hated it. I think it's cause he didn't get it. Masterpiece of a show.
Half the scenes were filmed in front of a live audience so they decided to use a laugh track in scenes that weren’t filmed in front of an audience so that it was consistent
This is how Larry and Jerry originally wanted this, like Curb, but the studio refused to budge on the laugh track. I always hated fake laughs. EDIT: Since no one is capable of searching online...All shows with a "live studio audience" are accompanied by a laugh track, Seinfeld included. 100% of the NYC streets shoots did not have a live audience and are only laugh tracks...something Larry and Jerry didn't want, but gave into in order to sell the show. Not hard to find this information out, it's all online.
It's not all fake. Most "canned laughter" is used more for editing than to tell you something is funny. Say you have an almost perfect take of a scene. But at the end one of the actors messes up. So you want to keep the first half but need to use a different take for the end. Seems easy, but when you edit the shots together the studio audience laughter cuts in and out between takes. So you use a clean archived laugh track to smooth out the audio in the edit.
They very rarely used laugh tracks. Even outdoors areas were constructed sets with a studio audience Source: I own the series and watched the shit out of the DVD bonus features
Just for the record, unlike some other shows, Seinfeld was shot in front of an audience -- I know absolutely because I was there for "The Opposite." While I'm sure they messed around with the sound in post for maximum impact, I can tell you that people were laughing for real -- even on repeated takes and without having to stretch. They were good.
@@stainless1175ablethe interview with Jason says that they performed in front of the audience for every season, right up until the finale. He also said that yes, all the laughter is the audiences. A laugh track is used only when a scene has different takes, and thus different laughter, to smooth it out for the viewer.
Big Bang Theory is mostly live as well. They have a person whose job it is to keep the audience relaxed and entertained between breaks and resets. So it may be impossible/very hard to successfully remove the laugh tracks without screwing up the audio.
@@JohnnyNatrium ah kk, well that's your opinion Me and most people my age enjoyed it a lot whilst growing up, I remember watching it on E4 everyday after school/college/uni with my sister or mates and it was funny as fuck It's also one of the highest rated/watched shows of all time so I'd guess most people find it funny But I get it, everyone is a normie except you 😂
I appreciate they don't do really long pauses like other shows. I only noticed one, in the beginning, when Jerry said about the knees buckling. It must've been a big laugh he had to pause for. But other than the soup nazi's cold stares which are part of his personality, there were no awkward pauses.
I think this accents not just how good Seinfeld’s comedy is, but how the laughtrack can be done at least in an non-obnoxious way. Most of these videos taking the laugh track out of sitcoms have huge, long pauses between the laughtrack, but this is keeps more or less the same pacing. It’s incredible how tightly the scripts are written, even with the laugh track
That’s likely Seinfeld’s part in the screenwriting process. Jerry’s lifelong project has been getting comedy down to almost a science. He’s always writing and refining every part of his material and delivery. So while Larry David undoubtedly came up with the spark that was ideas and jokes it was likely Jerry who winnowed it down to something workable on set.
Steve Owen there is a laugh track. When they have bloopers and have to use two different takes there’s NEVER a cut in the audience laughter Neanderthal
Only thing really sounding "off" about it is that the background score is silent during the dialogue and replaced with alternating laugh track and funk groove. Taking those out leaves it essentially silent and creepy like soap operas.
I just realised the ambience in the background of the soup kitchen is the same 4 second sample on a loop the entire time ha. Listen closely you can't unhear it.
And another thing, I saw a taping of Newhart. They did a joke, the audience laughed. They had to do a retake, the audience had a slight giggle. On the third take, the audience did not laugh because we just saw the same joke three times in a row. But the original laughter from the first take was edited in to the third and final take that they did use.
Watched this to compare to Friends without laughter track, and this is infinitely better. Better acting, better dialogue, better chemistry and better camera-work.
This is a great episode. Maybe because I know about the laughter. It would be interesting to have a person who hasn't seen it, watch without the laughs
There’s actually a lot more tension without the laugh track.
The bit with Elaine made me as uncomfortable as I feel like it was meant to. The laugh track alleviates a lot of that uncomfortable tension, without it we get full Elaine and that is never a good thing
Adam Foss
Never go full Elaine.
@@TKinfinity01 better advice has never been spoken
A lot funnier too
@@rowanoak_ it's pretty much becomes Curb Your Enthusiasm
People in sitcoms are extremely polite. They make super extra sure that they never interrupt the person they are talking to, thus leaving giant pauses in the conversation.
The giant pauses in this case was for the laugh track.
@@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266that's the fucking joke
@@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266whoosh
@@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266yea I think he’s joking buddy
@@eren1206no he wasn't. If he was joking, there would have been a laugh track so I would know when to laugh
“forget it, let it go” still gets me, even without the laugh track
"Do I know you?"
This is actually quite natural compared to many sitcoms
That’s cause it feels like a natural conversation not one with awkward pause for audience reaction the slight pauses at the start we’re probably signals for the other person to start and it’s normally unnoticeable with the laugh track that helped it feel more natural
Seinfeld becomes a show about a city full of annoying psychopaths with no laugh track
How original!
-Owen Benjamin
Which is why it was funny in the first place. They're the subject of comedians' jokes, without the middleman of the comedian to tell it.
Very gritty. Got that NY feel. YT travel vids done by New Yorkers admit they are not friendly in the streets. But more than the laugh track was cut. Some sound effects were lost. If it was made without one they wouldn't have those "awkward pauses".
9 yo Army Full General Of Florida Regiment I know, right!!! We're totes woke.
This is just every socially awkward person's worst nightmare when they go into a store
What, no laugh track in the store?
actually, very specific, single correct protocol of ordering sounds like a dream come true
@@zlatansicanica6797 right? you dont have to spend your time in line parsing out the exact level of social interaction that may or may not be necessary at a particular juncture. you just approach, state your soup clearly, take it and leave.
If the soup was dispensed via a machine, sure, this would be great. But unfortunately it is run by humans, who also frequently get their own rules wrong. For example George's problem with the bread -- He was confused by someone else getting free bread, and he was immediately penalized with no explanation by staff. Rules are not rules if they are not applied consistently. This makes it impossible to not make the same mistake twice. I'm a very rules-oriented introverted person and I would never go to this place.
@@CrizzyEyes Right, the rules being applied inconsistently would make anxiety worse, you would be worried even more than normal that you would fuck up
Aside from some weird timing in the apartment scene, this is even better than what's broadcast, the jokes hold up and (as other's have mentioned) there is genuine tension and menace in the scenes in the soup place. Also, this feels just like a Curb Your Enthusiasm episode.
Given the Soup “Nazi” theme, I’ve long thought these scenes had a life or death flavor to them. For example when George mentions his missing bread and Jerry tensely tells him to drop it … that gives me chills of dread, as if “the guard” might brutally lash out.
Guess I’m still traumatized from seeing Roberto Benigni in “Life Is Beautiful” years ago.
Well said
I’d love to rewatch the entire series like this. Laugh tracks have always been a turn off
@@yungjeezy5232 Just watch Curb Your Enthusiasm lol
Part of what makes this feel tense, is because its not just removing the laughing. Its also not having a lot of the ambient noise that would be in that environment, making the scene feel stifling.
Like, when she gives George his money back, there's zero sound.
The silence is oppressive
I think how this passed as comedy back in the day is oppressive.
@@rks5457 OK.
The background noise was probably also removed to make sure all the laughter was removed normally there would be background noise to make it feel more real like clanging of people’s utensils on there plates in a restaurant scene for example
@kevin10001 Yeah, I know why its not there. But it changes the scene a lot more than just taking away the laughter, which is what it's advertising.
And a ton of people are media illiterate so they won't even think of the fact that the background noise is missing, and just assign the stifling feeling to there not being laughter. And further entrench that the laughter is a crutch cause "look how dead and lifeless it is without the laughter"
@@rks5457you are cringe
The laughter track is how they normalise psychopathic behaviour.
(I don’t watch Sienfeld so I don’t know any characters other than Jerry) If you take this out of the context of a show, the lady was kinda acting like a jerk tbh.
@@financialzero5684 she was even with context
How is it normalised? The joke is the absurdity of his behaviour.
@@financialzero5684 all the main four characters are written as soulless jerks in the show. In the series finale they all face a trial for being bad human beings and end up inside prison.
@@financialzero5684 All four were kind of awful people. That was sort of the point of the hated final episode.
This makes Elaine seem even crazier than she did in the original.
UltimatePiccolo frfr
I thought she was funny while talking to the cook.
Shawn P yeah me too which is weird because I didn’t find it funny when I watched it with the laugh track
They are all crazy. I actually think Seinfeld is the original "American Psycho" under the careful guise of comedy. Don't get me wrong, I used to watch it, and rewatch it religiously. When you really get into the shallowness of the characters, you realize it is all about nothing, just plain old craziness. One of the Seinfeld episodes (actually a few) go in depth, when Jerry and George are in the process of writing and presenting their script about a show - about nothing - just like Seinfeld. This show with the slap bass intro, and the laugh track, really convinced you that these characters are cool. Firstly, they are all promiscuous; relationships with people mean nothing to them. Furthermore, they abnormally hang around each other, as if to reinforce their deviancy. They are not evil per se, and do not have any particular agenda, but are extremely childish. These four are definitely borderline psychotic, Elaine is probably the worst, as she never seems to genuinely care about anything, but her own needs.
She seems way more like Dee without a laugh track.
This definitely still works without a laugh track, I still cracked up at him shouting “3 dollars!”
and you are an American...and white, right ?
@@MrBeen992 you’re not supposed to talk 😂
it was lame as shit
I think what makes these far more odd is that there is so much detail noise removed as well, like Elaine hitting the metal counter, no noise from the chain machine, even just light movement noises that make up a day. I'm still glad and thankful to have these changed as it still shows, there really wasn't that weird down time. There are a couple of moments of pause but they fit with what would be thinking time or actual character reflection. Thank you for the work!
This is probably just a consequence of the audio filtering technique. Probably a low pass filter and some extra filtering done when the laugh pauses are done
"You can't eat this soup standing up. Your knees buckle."
"..."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HOWWWWWWLL
Jewish people are strange and interesting
I have to admit I laughed, it's a silly thing to say
crickets
@@matthewcutler1786 why the fuck did i understand the exact sound u were alludin to
I like how George is so nervous he randomly says thank you to the customer next to him.
Big "replying 'you too!' when the waiter says 'enjoy your food!'" energy.
@@bryanchandler3486 Or "You too" when the girl who hands you your popcorn at the movie theater says "Enjoy the movie."
@@keymaster430 id think about that moment for the rest of my life lol
@@bryanchandler3486words
No he doesn’t no he doesn’t he repeats the phrase he doesn’t say that no groaning no flank me off though scrape me
I don't know why, but the intense stare the soup nazi gives his customers while they're ordering is way funnier with out the laugh track XD
The way that George had his soup snatched away from him and the money handed back to him could not have been done any better. That is classic.
Yes! I'd never noticed how crisp the movements are. Facial expression of the cashier slightly over-the-top. It's awesome to see the scene this way.
Now do Schindler’s List with its laugh track restored.
Mark Lawton take the barbarity back pass the Rhine please. We’re living in a society!
The high ground I know right! Almost as awkward as naming your band of tribes after all your aspirations and failing on all accounts.
@@GuavaConQueso I would have been one of the first people to go to Auschwitz. Lighten up.
As a tourist, that is, to Auschwitz 2.0. I'm not a Jew or anything.
Mark Lawton They came for the tourists, and I said nothing, for I was not a tourist
“Seinfeld without laughtrack”
Did you mean: _Curb Your Enthusiasm?_
I don't think he did as they are different TV programs
@@007Hutchings r/woooosh
@@melko.6323 r/wooooosh is for homosexuals and dramaqueens
@@007Hutchings my thoughts exactly
007Hutchings no u
It's amazing how good this is even without the laugh track. You can't just remove the laugh track from something to check whether or not something is legit funny. The actors and the script are built around the laugh track, which screws with the pacing when it's not there, which creates a sense of awkwardness. Somehow Seinfeld is so tightly written that it's good regardless which is damn impressive.
That’s true
no
It’s basically Curb Your Enthusiasm
Weird I was thinking how braindead this was
The laugh track is in there in the first place BECAUSE IT'S NOT FUNNY ENOUGH TO STAND ON IT'S OWN MERIT.
This is terrible.
I actually wish they had a DVD version of the whole series without the laugh track. It works so well with and without it
I'm from UK and we have a show called league of gentleman and their dvd you could turn off the laugh track and it made it even darker comedy wise.
It was great
it has a a lot more of a “sunny in philadelphia” feel with no laugh track
Not when Jerry and George went to dinner with Elaine's father.....
Yeah but Sunny can carry its own without the laugh track..
Thanks for commenting for me.
I mean they are both about nothing
@@thomasaltruda Seinfeld and Iasip are two of my favorite comedies. Iasip almost uses the music or the intro as a laughtrack. Seinfeld is in front a live audience so it doesn't feel as unnatural as in sitcoms where that isn't the case.
It’s better without the laugh track but weaker without the sound effects. (The sound of paper bag being ripped out of George’s hand. Elaine drumming on the counter.)
Agreed
Yea i noticed that too. I figured laugh track was just that but a lot of sound effects were gone. Never would have thought it was part of the same audio track
@@NobodyCaresALot ?
@@NobodyCaresALot LUL what?
@@killwalker2474 Originally it wouldn't be but from RUclips or dvd or whatever there's only one sound track.
I’m still laughing without the laugh track. Seinfeld passes the test
Without the laughtrack, a certain sinister air sure does creep in...
It still works because Seinfeld actually has jokes, not just quips and turn-based insults.
these videos are so dumb. it's filmed in front of a live studio audience. they pause for laughter.
@@howdareyou41 do your research before you comment
@@jonathanjoestar3923 i'm an expert on seinfeld. multicam sitcoms. and your mom. go away.
bazinga
@@howdareyou41 Lmao
I mean, Jerry pretending not to know the woman for soup is genuinely funny, laugh track or not.
Yes! That's the ONE part I laughed out loud at without the track. I feel vindicated.
That stare down that Jerry had between the Soup Nazi and his gf had me in the floor laughing
That was good.
The whole show stinks. Not a laugh to be had.
@@nonofyabidnez5737 That phrasing you chose was hilarious to read. LOL
“You’re pushing your luck little man” and “adios muchacho” still made me crack
"Por favor? Adios muchacho!"
Unlike the rest, the pauses make it the best dry humor in the world.
How is a pause unlike a rest? 🤔
@@josephgoodroad5928 unlike the other sitcoms with no soundtrack
@@josephgoodroad5928 youre brilliant
Yea - listen to big bang theory - nothing funny about that show
That is what we in the industry call bias.
It’s weird...without the laugh track, the episode seemed new, like it was some new footage. Like I was getting to really see into the characters lives. Much more personal.
The reason Gone With The Wind went over budget was because they added the laugh track, then they had to remove it again after the test audience didn’t realize it was supposed to be a comedy.
what
I kept getting the feeling that something bad was about to happen at any moment 😂
Ive never watched seinfeld in my life. The part about him pretending not to know his girl so he can get soup was hilarious.
look up sienfeld cableboy
It is the single most awesome show in TV history.
You're lying.
That wasn’t even funny you corn ball
I think you’re lying, I think you’ve seen it before.
Without the laugh track it actually made me feel really bad for George haha
@RealBallistic SMN Man just wanted some bread
@@ulyssesjimenez87
It's the only thing him and Kimbo Slice had in common.
It's like watching The Pianist
Adrian Jimenez - George deserves all the bad shit that happens to him
Why would anyone come back to this man? Soup is never good enough for a experience like this
you may want to google the definitions of comedy, hyperbole, and levity lol
It really makes you focus on the actors' performances (which I didn't expect). Especially the reaction shots
"You're pushing your luck, little man."
Even without a track, that's a gold line imo 😆
It's not a laugh track. It was filmed in front of a studio audience.
@@trekkiejunk they probably say that but is a laugh track...you can hear the laugh track..lol..easily spotted.
I used to be in a public audience....you will never make people laugh like that so many times...impossible
@@trekkiejunk They might say that, actually is a laugh sound… you can listen the laugh sound..xD…simply spotted.
Me before be in a cinema…u vill not make others scream akin that so many…not
@@mihaisorinneacsu7539why do you write your sentences like that?
Yes! AND when Jerry shuns his girlfriend, and then when Elaine screams “NEXT!”. All funny on their own.
That "adios, muchacho" part somehow became 10 times funnier without the laughs
Yeah, this is the only part I actually lold at. I’ll have to watch the episode again to see the difference.
@@zebatov same here
This definitely makes everything seem more awkward! But I'm honestly more impressed with how well the noise reduction is used to remove the laughter in the dialogue background. It's hard to get right! It sounds like you added a louder noise floor and some sound effects matching the movements on screen, to blend it together more seamlessly. Great job!
the deafening silence from the removal of the laugh track is way funnier than the laughing itself, love it.
There was no laugh track on Seinfeld. It was a live audience. Also, he did not remove the laughs. He removed EVERYTHING except most of the dialogue. He used a filter that removed all the ambient noise, background character noise and sound effects, and what you get left is voices without any natural resonance, sounding like they are speaking into a pillow. Of course it's not going to be funny.
Even without the laugh track, Jerry picking the soup over his girlfriend is still hilarious
No this just shows how disgusting his Character really was
@@trexx32 which is hilarious
@@trexx32 That's the point; the gang's not exactly the brightest beacon of morality.
@@Sea-Salt and that's why it wasn't funny thus the laugh track
@@trexx32 that’s kind of the point of the joke??? If you thought this show is supposed to portray morally okay and whacky characters, I’d say there’s something wrong with your judgment. It’s pretty blatant the characters are morally reprehensible. They’re single in their 30s, selfish, self-centered… nothing redeemable about them other than the fact they aren’t serial killers or r*pists
Shows with laugh tracks have a certain pacing. The show would still be funny asf without a laugh track but the directing would have changed dramatically to fit that type of show. Standup comedians say that they deliberately build in pauses in their acts, otherwise the audience wouldn't hear half of what is said.
100% correct
Thank you!!!
Seinfeld himself insists that there are very few artificial laugh tracks in the show. Says it's mainly the real audience laughing.
Understood, makes sense. Just like shows that have laughs are meant to and those without are meant NOT to.
@Corey Cole Why are you like this? Who hurt you?
In defense of the soup nazi, NOBODY said please!
In England you would be wearing that soup!
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Probably the only laugh-track show that still works like this
This is honestly not even that bad compared to every other sitcom like Friends, and Big Bang Theory use their laugh track and are silent for a whole minuet after a sentence.
It's just stupid removing laugh tracks. The shows are based on laugh tracks comedy. That's how they work
@@anshitgupta1294 the problem is laugh tracks make anything funny so the jokes themselves don't have to be.
Jerry ditching his girl for soup made me laugh
@GoTi4No so did tbbt
Yeah it's basically just like curb your enthusiasm except for without music and with some awkward pausing. Got something nearly as cringe as the Big bang theory without a laugh track which exposes how dreadfully unfunny every joke is
It's way too quiet for Manhattan.
not anymore
@@joppippoj literally a ghost town!
I guess you've become used to the laugh track!
Well if you notice when they take out the laugh track they are also stripping out a ton of other sounds. Notice Elaines hands banging on the top of the counter didn’t make a sound. The usual sounds of shuffling and moving were also lost.
@@divinestrike00x78 Yeah, that's my point. They're supposed to be walking down the street in the Upper West Side or wherever and it sounds like they're strolling in a meadow. Whoever made this didn't do a very good job adding ambient sounds.
I've never seen the soup nazi episode before but this clip still made me laugh really hard
"Adios muchacho". Definitely still holds up.
"You're pushing your luck, little man." 😂 Always makes me laugh.
the acting is more theatrical than i thought
The acting was always hammy at best on Seinfeld. At worst it was shockingly amateurish.
It makes sense since the audience is right there with them.
of course Yes, it´s called farse.
@Marquis De Sade Thank you! I keep trying to tell people this. Nowadays people complain about laugh tracks to feel smarter about themselves when they don't even know the history of sitcoms and laugh tracks. They're not there to tell you when to laugh, they're there because good sitcoms are supposed to be a theatrical experience from home.
Wow! This is even more brilliant than how it originally aired. This approach really spotlights the acting chops and kicks the tension up to ten.
Seinfeld, a stand-up comedian, made a comedy show about himself as a stand-up comedian and called the show "Seinfeld", told us all when to laugh and made millions. The Jewish community approves.
This is a long-lost David Lynch short film.
it definitely has a Twin Peaks vibe
I still laughed my ass off with the Jerry choosing the soup over his girlfriend bit and the Elaine bit at the end 😂
But jerry was always going to do that. It wasn't a big surprise.
@@greypossum1 Yea true, Jerry still makes me laugh every time though, classic narcissist! Lol
_"Do I know you?"_ And then Ali Wentworth's (wife of George Stephanopoulos) reaction was gold.
GOOD CHOICE
😂😂😂 Elaine is hilarious.
I feel like my head is going to explode when the episodes I've watched countless times have laugh tracks don't have them.
Turns into a much more serious show without the laugh track
I love how Kramer got along with everyone
Except the blacks
Besides...
@@garystinten9339 God DAMN IT you took the joke right out of my mouth
@@aqualili I'll be here all week.. try the veal
The Interrogator though, he literally made him cry lol
Without the laughs it's like every dinner i had with my dad.
Lmfao
Saaaaadface
Come back, one year!
Your dad must have been hilarious!
This is the only laugh track comedy that I've seen work without a laugh track. It's actually great with the tense silences.
With the laugh track removed you notice how not-funny this show truly was.
Still very funny when he is under the pressure of the Soup Nazi and he throws his gf under the bus like a stranger in favor of the god-tier soup
Remind me never to stand next to you when a bus is coming
It was a bisque.. Have you tasted the soup?
Oh yeah, hilarious 🙄
The show without the laugh track feels much more 'real'.
The jokes feel more subtle and natural in a way.
You can also hear the background noise a bit more and that adds a bit of ambiance to it, which is calming, in my opinion and makes me feel like it'd be a nice show to watch near a fireplace in the wintertime.
The back ground noise was added on purpose to mask the silence of the removed laugh track.
I actually laughed a couple times. I couldn't see myself doing that during friends or big bang with or without a laugh track.
Interesting that you say that. I wouldn't mind watching more episodes like this. It would be even more interesting without the pauses for the laughs, but even as it is I wouldn't mind watching to for the appreciation of the craft perspective. And yes I couldn't imagine doing this with many other shows.
@@jichaelmorgan3796im obsessed with it for some reason
Seinfeld didn’t have a laugh track. It was a live studio audience.
never actually saw the official Soup Nazi gag until now. glad to have seen it without the laughter for full effect to review. It has some comedy to it with the tenseness, but I can see why the laughter makes all your co-workers think it's the funniest thing in the world when it's a pretty simple gag.
Honestly if they didn’t do the awkward pauses when there’s supposed to be a laugh track I’d prefer it over the original. Seinfeld is awesome regardless.
Same here. I used to love this show in junior high and I was one of the only one out of my friends that actually got the comedy and understood it. It remember a friend telling me how he hated it. I think it's cause he didn't get it. Masterpiece of a show.
Yes but times where different then.
Half the scenes were filmed in front of a live audience so they decided to use a laugh track in scenes that weren’t filmed in front of an audience so that it was consistent
Originally that's what Seinfeld wanted, it was a studio decision
@@cajuncoonass5053 no, we get the comedy, it's just shite.
This is how Larry and Jerry originally wanted this, like Curb, but the studio refused to budge on the laugh track. I always hated fake laughs. EDIT: Since no one is capable of searching online...All shows with a "live studio audience" are accompanied by a laugh track, Seinfeld included. 100% of the NYC streets shoots did not have a live audience and are only laugh tracks...something Larry and Jerry didn't want, but gave into in order to sell the show. Not hard to find this information out, it's all online.
It's not all fake. Most "canned laughter" is used more for editing than to tell you something is funny. Say you have an almost perfect take of a scene. But at the end one of the actors messes up. So you want to keep the first half but need to use a different take for the end. Seems easy, but when you edit the shots together the studio audience laughter cuts in and out between takes. So you use a clean archived laugh track to smooth out the audio in the edit.
They very rarely used laugh tracks. Even outdoors areas were constructed sets with a studio audience
Source: I own the series and watched the shit out of the DVD bonus features
I can see why.
you mean the ghost of the dead right?
The laughs weren’t fake...
A lot of shows aren't funny when you remove the laughs, but this is still hilarious. It's like watching Curb Your Enthusiasm.
I never knew how much i needed the laugh track,without it i didnt know when i was supposed to laugh.
Just for the record, unlike some other shows, Seinfeld was shot in front of an audience -- I know absolutely because I was there for "The Opposite." While I'm sure they messed around with the sound in post for maximum impact, I can tell you that people were laughing for real -- even on repeated takes and without having to stretch. They were good.
Classic episode
I read that they did film in front of an audience in the beginning but went without for the last several seasons.
@@stainless1175ablethe interview with Jason says that they performed in front of the audience for every season, right up until the finale. He also said that yes, all the laughter is the audiences. A laugh track is used only when a scene has different takes, and thus different laughter, to smooth it out for the viewer.
Dude, all sitcoms are shot in front of the audience, I’ve been To one for a modern show
Big Bang Theory is mostly live as well. They have a person whose job it is to keep the audience relaxed and entertained between breaks and resets. So it may be impossible/very hard to successfully remove the laugh tracks without screwing up the audio.
Its darker but funnier without the laugh track
Lol i agree
Milka Milkha I'm with you.
It becomes similar to it's always sunny in Philadelphia when the laugh track is removed
Yeah I think a lot of my friends who don't like Seinfeld don't understand that it's technically dark and dry humor
@James
"Sunny sucks" are you sure we watched the same show
It's a testament to everyone involved that the dialogue still flows relatively naturally
Thank you for proving once and for all what I've always suspected.
I still laughed real hard when Jerry ignored his gf
All of the preceding "Schmoopy" stuff (not in this video) was a buildup to that scene.
This isn’t Friends , so it’s still funny. Somehow it even feels edgier without the laugh track.
What's wrong with Friends?
@@javalavadingdong It's not funny
Ouch!!!
I actually saw a scene of Friends edited to replace the laugh track with camera zooms on Ross’s face, and it was damned hilarious.
@@JohnnyNatrium ah kk, well that's your opinion
Me and most people my age enjoyed it a lot whilst growing up, I remember watching it on E4 everyday after school/college/uni with my sister or mates and it was funny as fuck
It's also one of the highest rated/watched shows of all time so I'd guess most people find it funny
But I get it, everyone is a normie except you 😂
I appreciate they don't do really long pauses like other shows. I only noticed one, in the beginning, when Jerry said about the knees buckling. It must've been a big laugh he had to pause for. But other than the soup nazi's cold stares which are part of his personality, there were no awkward pauses.
That first time you see the Soup Nazi's face always makes me laugh. He was so well cast for such a preposterous role.
You have almost a million subs and nobody thumbed up this comment. Allow me 😅
Survives laugh track test proving seinfelds genius
jeuu know it
Soooo true!
Exactly. Friends without the laugh track just sounds like lazy small talk mixed in with gibberish
Larry David also
@@damanhagene1736 I think he meant the genius of the show including Larry, not Jerry himself
It doesn't sound all pervy and weird like "friends" always does without the laugh track
Euro American yea In Friends the actors overact aswell with exaggerated facial expressions which look so weird without the laughtrack
That's because Seinfeld was made by competent professionals.
That’s because the whole method of shooting / timing changes if you’re not using a laugh track
Ross is a legit psycho
You right
Most sitcoms are bloody awful. The laugh track disguises how awful they truly are.
I kind of love it haha. I’d watch an entire season of this
i’ll admit i almost smiled when jerry seinfeld said “do i know you?” to his own girlfriend in exchange for high quality soup.
Sigma grindset
It was not the first time he had to make a choice like that. And he never chose the women.
@@4403323 because everything evens out for him
Reminds me of Jerry’s “who is this?” he pulled on George on the phone.
Soup is forever
I think this accents not just how good Seinfeld’s comedy is, but how the laughtrack can be done at least in an non-obnoxious way. Most of these videos taking the laugh track out of sitcoms have huge, long pauses between the laughtrack, but this is keeps more or less the same pacing. It’s incredible how tightly the scripts are written, even with the laugh track
That’s likely Seinfeld’s part in the screenwriting process. Jerry’s lifelong project has been getting comedy down to almost a science. He’s always writing and refining every part of his material and delivery. So while Larry David undoubtedly came up with the spark that was ideas and jokes it was likely Jerry who winnowed it down to something workable on set.
How do you find this funny?
@@jayshotton Well first you need a sense of humor.
@@jayshotton it's one of the best shows ever. if not the best
@@jayshotton why are you watching this on RUclips if you don't find it funny
Without the laugh track it really feels like Jerry, George, and Elaine are all alone in an apartment - which is eerie somehow
It is strange, like the overbearing laughter always prevented me from asking "why?"
If you have a ten second skip thing on, you realise that the sounds in the background of the ordering scene are literally just a ten second loop.
Good catch.
This feels so much more like reality without the laugh track
Also reminds me of movies before the 1980s somehow.
Steve Owen there is a laugh track. When they have bloopers and have to use two different takes there’s NEVER a cut in the audience laughter Neanderthal
@@BagzAndPresident This series used both.
Right
Only thing really sounding "off" about it is that the background score is silent during the dialogue and replaced with alternating laugh track and funk groove. Taking those out leaves it essentially silent and creepy like soap operas.
I just realised the ambience in the background of the soup kitchen is the same 4 second sample on a loop the entire time ha. Listen closely you can't unhear it.
And another thing, I saw a taping of Newhart. They did a joke, the audience laughed. They had to do a retake, the audience had a slight giggle. On the third take, the audience did not laugh because we just saw the same joke three times in a row. But the original laughter from the first take was edited in to the third and final take that they did use.
Just order the soup and move on. Its not that difficult.
everything is difficult in Seinfeld, thats the premise of the show
But what if I want bread
@@lobsterairsoft499 You want bread?
Xezlec yes please
Borat Sagdiyev three dollars extra. Easy.
Friends without laugh track: unfunny.
Seinfeld without laugh track: even more funny
Friends with the laugh track is still unfunny
PositiveLastAction you got me there
I’ll enjoy both. You guys can pursue your Hipster ‘’Friends is unfunny’’ debate.
Rich Allegretti well we would but there’s no debate. The show sucks.
Friends is funnier without the laugh track, but you are not laughing at the jokes
Holds up very well!
This is just like the first episodes. You really get a pure sense of what's going on without it.
Looks like a solid conversation to me
Yep
Watched this to compare to Friends without laughter track, and this is infinitely better. Better acting, better dialogue, better chemistry and better camera-work.
I would agree. Howeve, I'm glad we've progressed to the point where laugh tracks of dead people are not needed any longer.
better does not mean good
@@___blaggard999___8 No
Nobodys comparing the 2 lol everybody loves raymond is better than both those shows
@@kaiden840 my 67 year old mom loves Raymond. Does yours too? 😆👍
Its such a sad realisation when you see how easily we as people are ushered into doing things 😒
Out of all the sitcom clips I've watched with the laugh track removed, this is the only one that's still funny.
I’m so glad this wasn’t cringe inducing
@Ty Walston the fuck is that supposed to mean?
It's not cringe.
It was cringe
Alot of other episodes would be cringe
Its definitely cringy to people that haven't seen it before.
Seinfeld holds up without a laugh track. It’s more tense than usual, but it’s still funny.
Its not funny
I think that makes it funnier tbh
Oblio1942 no it does not
@@yiosomething its okay to be wrong
@@Oblio1942Being wrong is harmful, dumb people fail to realize that
I love how Elaine channeled in the energy of a demonic eldritch god with that "NEXT" at the end
This is a great episode. Maybe because I know about the laughter. It would be interesting to have a person who hasn't seen it, watch without the laughs