There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.

That's why we launched The Big Take.

It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit

to give you some space to think.

I'm Wes Kosova.

Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.

Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.

Hey and welcome to the short stuff.

I'm Josh and there's Chuck and this is short stuff, a very special sandwiched edition

between our very special two-part episode on sitcoms, right Chuck?

Insert, laugh track, Jerry.

That's right.

Nicely done, Jerry.

We're talking about laugh tracks.

Everybody knows what a laugh track is.

It's also sometimes called canned laughter.

If you didn't realize that a lot of the sitcoms that you watch have laughter added in, prepare

to have your socks knocked off because that is a thing and it's been around for 70 years,

a little over.

It's a really cool story in that they discovered there was a problem early on with live studio

audiences.

Sometimes they laughed at the wrong time.

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