Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoTIL Emperor Nero's most everlasting legacy was that he invented the laugh trackwww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down11
arrow-up1-1arrow-down1external-linkTIL Emperor Nero's most everlasting legacy was that he invented the laugh trackwww.youtube.comCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.ee to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoNo he didn’t, the laugh track requires recorded sound. He did not have that technology. Charley Douglass invented the Laugh Track.
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoHe invented the concept.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoNo, he didn’t do that either. He had no concept of the possibility of recorded sound. Don’t get your history information from YouTube videos.
minus-squareCall me Lenny/Leni@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThe concept did not require recorded sound. Like why put in a source if nobody is going to use it, especially when it’s the one named for the Today I Learned community?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoHow exactly would you invent the laugh track if you didn’t understand the concept of recorded sound since it literally requires recorded sound? This is like saying the Mayans came up with the car despite not understanding the wheel.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoThey obviously understood the wheel, engine would be a better comparison. You are correct otherwise.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agohttps://bigthink.com/the-past/aztec-inca-maya-wheel-invention/
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoAs your article says, they understood them. How could they make toys with them otherwise?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoI think you’re being a bit pedantic. They didn’t understand that they had any utility.
No he didn’t, the laugh track requires recorded sound. He did not have that technology.
Charley Douglass invented the Laugh Track.
He invented the concept.
No, he didn’t do that either. He had no concept of the possibility of recorded sound. Don’t get your history information from YouTube videos.
The concept did not require recorded sound. Like why put in a source if nobody is going to use it, especially when it’s the one named for the Today I Learned community?
How exactly would you invent the laugh track if you didn’t understand the concept of recorded sound since it literally requires recorded sound?
This is like saying the Mayans came up with the car despite not understanding the wheel.
They obviously understood the wheel, engine would be a better comparison. You are correct otherwise.
https://bigthink.com/the-past/aztec-inca-maya-wheel-invention/
As your article says, they understood them. How could they make toys with them otherwise?
I think you’re being a bit pedantic. They didn’t understand that they had any utility.