Comments on: Big Bang Theory "flash mob" surprise dance-number

By: NynjaSquirrel

NynjaSquirrel — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 10:11:00 +0000

Wow, someone’s got really iffy taste then. Any more 14 yr olds you’d like to watch?

By: Wōđanaz Óðinn

Wōđanaz Óðinn — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 21:28:00 +0000

Bazinga!
Some of us like to be told what’s funny.

By: Kevin Liston

Kevin Liston — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 12:08:00 +0000

Oh hahaha, you’re so much smarter than everyone else, yippy! I’ll give Community one last chance this next season, but anyone, even the biggest fan, knows last season was absolute trash.

I’d love to know how all the Big Bang Theory haters are going to deal with the fact that there’s clearly a live studio audience sitting there.

By: Les Orchard

Les Orchard — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 05:43:00 +0000

Jeebus, who peed in your cheerios, Mr. Cranky McCrankypants?

By: shawn feller

shawn feller — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 01:31:00 +0000

wow…i find that show even less attractive now. who watches that freak’n show?!?!? oh yea everyone…canned laughter, jokes coming from a mile away, bad stereo types and a blonde that peaked at 14 years old.

By: Nytespryte

Nytespryte — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:55:00 +0000

I think the problem is that the pauses are making it awkward. If the lines were delivered with a more natural pacing,I think the jokes would work without the laughter. But the pauses make it painful.

By: Jardine

Jardine — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:34:00 +0000

Al Jolson does what now?

By: Paul Renault

Paul Renault — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:19:00 +0000

Thanks!

As I was watching this, it occurred to me that this was surprisingly well-choreographed and performed by all the crew. And that routine might be BBT’s daily rajio taisō, and they just decided share it with the audience.

By: EeyoreX

EeyoreX — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:48:00 +0000

I belive the standard practice these days is to record the studio audience during the shoot and then isolate and reuse the best bits of laughter to smooth out (and enhance) the editing. That way the audio fits together.

By: giantasterisk

giantasterisk — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:04:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKS3MGriZcs

By: Logolepsy

Logolepsy — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:39:00 +0000

Thank you. This explains the cast & crew position changes and Galecki’s reappearance from the right at the end of the short version.

By: Joseph Palermo

Joseph Palermo — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:06:00 +0000

I wouldn’t be surprised if even shows filmed before a live audience use a laugh track. The 10th take probably doesn’t generate many laughs. Remixing from the first time the joke was told could be done, but then you might as well use a laugh track.

By: Daryl Fritz

Daryl Fritz — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:59:00 +0000

Looks like CBS cut it short. Here’s the full 3-minute version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-j_ah0OZes

By: acerplatanoides

acerplatanoides — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:28:00 +0000

seems like everyone who joined had fun.

By: archanoid

archanoid — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:07:00 +0000

Has The Big Bang Theory always been filmed before a live studio audience? I saw that they used a laugh track a while back. There was a thing online somewhere that showed a clip with and without the laugh track. It made it painfully obvious that it wasn’t very funny and the laugh track was needed to help the viewer understand where the jokes were and when they were supposed to laugh.

I must investigate…

By: Jim Saul

Jim Saul — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:17:00 +0000

He gets up late, but he does join in the back left.

Are the floor tapes for camera angles, or were those the marks for the dance routine?

On a related note, I went back and watched The Guild again recently and was delighted to realize the game master Kevinator who stormed into their guild hall was Simon Helberg, the actor who plays Wolowitz.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:52:00 +0000

As fun as this was I’m a little disappointed that the cast was in on it. It might have been difficult to keep the secret, but I think it would have been fantastic if the crew had quietly set all this up and surprised both the audience and the cast.

That would have made Kaley Cuoco’s “What’s going on?” even more interesting.

By: Kirby_G

Kirby_G — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:44:00 +0000

Awww, Galecki and Parsons just sit on the couch and watch. I can see Parsons staying the character schtick, but I kept looking for Galecki in the crowd.

By: wildemar

wildemar — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:35:00 +0000

Catchphrase!

By: welcomeabored

welcomeabored — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:35:00 +0000

‘This one with feeling, guys, okay? Here we go and…action!’ A gift from the show’s cast and crew to their live audience, that was really sweet them.

By: giantasterisk

giantasterisk — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:22:00 +0000

Reminds me how much I love Community.

By: bcsizemo

bcsizemo — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:12:00 +0000

I love me some Big Bang Theory, but…how anticlimatic.