Laugh tracks actually make bad jokes suck less

 

A new study just proved what CBS sitcoms have been teaching us for decades.

 

Researchers at University College London found that a LAUGH TRACK really does make bad jokes seem funnier.

For the study, they had people listen to different “dad jokes” . . . some heard the jokes followed by a laugh track, some heard the jokes without one.  Here are a few examples of the jokes . . .

 

1.  What state has the smallest drinks?  Mini-soda.

2.  What does a dinosaur use to pay bills?  Tyrannosaurus checks.

3.  What’s orange and sounds like a parrot?  A carrot.  (Am I crazy or is that kind of a decent joke?)

 

And the researchers found that people found the jokes funnier when they had a laugh track.