Editing Laugh track (section)

====Multi-camera shows====
Soon after the rise of the laugh track, [[Lucille Ball]] and [[Desi Arnaz]] devised a method of filming with a live audience using a [[Multiple-camera setup|setup of multiple film cameras]]. This process was originally employed for their sitcom ''[[I Love Lucy]]'', which used a live [[television studio|studio]] audience and no laugh track.<ref name="Levin"/> Multi-camera shows with live audiences sometimes used recorded laughs to supplement responses. [[Sketch comedy]] and [[variety show]]s eventually migrated from live broadcasting to [[videotape]], which allowed for editing before a show was aired. Physically editing a taped audience show (then using [[quadruplex videotape]]) before electronic dubbing arrived caused bumps and gaps on the soundtrack;<ref name="New Yorker">{{cite magazine |title=The Talk of the Town: Laughs |magazine=The New Yorker |date=September 10, 1984}}</ref> Douglass was then called upon to bridge these gaps.

Both performers and producers gradually began to realize the power behind prerecorded laughter.<ref name="Hobson Help"/> While witnessing an early post-production editing session, comedian [[Milton Berle]] once pointed out a particular joke and said, "as long as we're here doing this, that joke didn't get the response we wanted". After Douglass inserted a hearty laugh following the failed joke, Berle reportedly commented, "See? I told you it was funny".<ref name="Kitman"/> The comedian [[Bob Hope]], while working on one of his television specials, took Douglass's hands in his own and began rubbing them to create the effect of limbering up Douglass's fingers, saying "OK, now, give me some good laughs."<ref name=neveda>{{cite news | first = Ed | last = Cohen | title = The Last Laugh | work = [[University of Nevada, Reno|Nevada Silver & Blue Magazine]] | date = Spring 2007 | url = http://epubs.nsla.nv.gov/statepubs/epubs/671946-2007Spring.pdf | access-date = December 10, 2015}}</ref>