Vausch said:
Sir Thomas Sean Connery said:
Put simply, it isn't funny in the slightest and the writing is astoundingly lazy.
I'm one of the biggest proponents of the "humor is subjective" point of view, but considering how widely and pasionately despised it is, it must be doing something truly wrong.
This video is a good example. If you still find it funny, good on you. Most of us do not.
Using the no laugh track as proof it's not funny doesn't work if you think about it for any amount of time.
The most important element in humour is timing. Even low-brow humour can be made funny if the timing is done right. With the no-laugh track, you're just adding awkward pauses between the sentences. That doesn't prove that the show isn't funny because it doesn't have a laugh track, it suggests any sitcom without a laugh track won't work as well because of the timing.
Timing is an aspect of comedy, but it isn't everything.
Also, any writer that builds the timing of their jokes around audience laughter is crappy anyway. Laugh tracks/live audiences are the bane of good comedy.
I have seen this done to other shows and the shows are still funny. I wish I could remember where the video was.
Besides, even if you're completely right, the show is still a terribly written piece of garbage.