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People on here seem to think the show is terrible. Is the Big Bang Theory equally terrible? It similarly makes fun of stereotypes and many people love that show and many scientists often think it's atrocious. Maybe the same thing is happening here.. hitting a little to close to home for some people.

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>> "Is the Big Bang Theory equally terrible?"

I don't know about equally, but it is terrible. Watch a clip with the laugh track off (you can find them on YouTube) and you will realise how unfunny it is.

Yeah if they were talking during laugh track it would be so much better... (sarcasm..)

Big Bang Theory is shot with an actual audience, not a laugh tape.

Thats funny because it is the only comedy tv show I like.

And you all know the IT crowd?

The funniness diminishes when you do that because that is a live audience, not a laugh track. The actors have to adjust the timing of the dialog to fit around the laughs.

When you watch without the laughs, that leaves gaps that turn into weird pauses, and can destroy the timing of a joke or funny remark. Timing is often a big component to making a joke work.

> many people love that show and many scientists often think it's atrocious

Most people who don't like everything that's on TV think TBBT is atrocious. Not sure what it has to do with scientists, as it mostly tries to poke fun of nerd culture. And it fails even at that.

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