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Laugh track

Theme of family

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relatable and funny content

repetition of family related content

one story per episode

happy endings

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People still relate to some of the content even though the time has passed.

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exaggerated tone

engagement of audience's laughter

down to earth

cliche

easy to understand the plot for every age grouop

Why?

low cost (actors, settings)

direct dialogue --> easy to produce

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Comedy structure with daily situation

Easy to put into the situation

Funny and make people laugh

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• Familiarity and Comfort: Sitcoms offer recurring characters and settings that create a sense of home for viewers.

• Short, Digestible Episodes: Typically 22–24 minutes long, they fit easily into daily life and don’t demand heavy emotional investment.

• Relatable Humor: Comedy rooted in everyday situations makes them accessible across generations.

• Cultural Reflection: Sitcoms often mirror societal norms and changes, helping audiences process and laugh through real-life issues, such as some dumb women☕️ stuff that make people feel the same.

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connect to daily life

drama tone

the good Apperance of actress（audience would prefer good-looking，of course）

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It shows the ideology of woman should be a housewife in US 60s

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It shows the ideology of woman should be a housewife in US 60s

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“You are my wife and that's my house” Rob saying this and just ignored his wife opinion.

“I don't want her to look prettier because she is my mommy” by their son.

Both of them are ignoring Laura's opinion because Laura is a housewife

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The canned laughter that indicates where to laugh

A classic family scene that includes an open kitchen and kitchen island that allows wife and husband to interact

A traditional family structure, for instance, a housewife, a businessman husband, and a young son (plus a daughter)

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We think that it no matter it is coloured or not it doesn’t matter, the successful point is the way it interacts with audiences watching it. The content mostly relates to things happening to majority audience(children, teenagers, adults ) and the length of it is short , which effectively attracts audience attention and interest to watch .

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The actor facial expression

Happy ending

Traditional family setting

Audience can synchronize with the content (e.g. the pursuit of prettiness)

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Content relevant to daily lives, resonate with audience, create bonds and sense of belonging to the tv series’ universe

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the exaggerated and emotional expression of characters alongside a laughing track to make the show light hearted hooks audiences, while still having relatable themes such as communication between couples.

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the exaggerated and emotional expression of characters alongside a laughing track to make the show light hearted hooks audiences, while still having relatable themes such as communication between couples.

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The perpetuation of stereotypes like the roles of housewives being tolerant and obedient to the breadwinner of the family may resonate with many audiences

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its funny and entertaining to watch every minute, its relatable for families and married couples

it has the laughing sound effects

it’s natural and it doesn’t feel scripted, making it feel its a real story and intriguing to watch

it’s family friendly

the storyline is straight forward to understand without the need to think too much or know the details or background

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The content is not complicated, and it's close to people's normal lives - stories of a normal American family -at that time, which is not high culture, so it was durable and successful at that time.

But nowadays, as media has developed from TV to the internet, the element of interactivity has become a new focus to increase the experiences of popular culture. Instead of sitting in the theatre and watching the show as an audience, people are looking to interact with the content itself, so I think the show can be improved to invite random audiences to the stage to perform.

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Jazz music for intros/outros

— the norm music for that era, of the 60s-70s

Stereotypes:

Women are portrayed as housewifes, are “more emotional and overdramatic”, “can’t communicate”

inherently sexist? as the wife’s inability to communicate is played off as a joke

Men “hold more power”, quote, “This is my house, you are my wife…”

>>> characters exist to fill in roles, and they do not really have much personalities to them.

>>> self-fulfilling prophecy, people see these stereotypes on TV, take them as examples/models, and become molded into people like that

Laugh-tracks

Elevates the humour of jokes, be it verbal or practical

— “Honey are you mad at me or something?”, “No”, she says as she beats the eggs violently.

— Husband stares at the wife’s friend without words, showing that he didn’t understand her in the end

The acting is more “theatrical”, actors/tresses speak louder than today

— Men have this “old-school” voice and accent, women have high-pitched voices

>>> For their volume, it could be because technology for audio recording was weaker back then

>>> For their mannerisms, it was the norm and hence was to be shown for all people to continue to fit in

Camera-angles are usually the same few ones

— Repetition and Familiarity

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Special:1.its humorous tone,plot.

2.the exaggerated words,tone and the expression.

3.all content is based on some daily behaviours,and that’s why sitcoms make audiences feel empathetic and be familiar with sitcoms.

Q2.Actually it is a form of nostalgia.People and life were simple and peace at that time.And knowadays people who are under huge pressure imagine that kind of simple life happening on themselves.