[quote name=\'Modor\' post=\'120635\' date=\'Jun 7 2006, 07:37 PM\']
Ever watched The Price is Right? Whenever Bob makes his usual crack in Range Game, an audience track is inserted.
It's nothing new.
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Although on the show that aired last Monday, I didn't hear the obligatory canned laughter after "...for 37 hours"--maybe they've stopped doing that.
If you want a guide on where they sweeten on "TPIR," it's usually over most if not all of the applause (remember, there is no such thing as a television studio audience sounding *too* big), especially if they're covering tape edits, the shouting during one-bids (to cover the fact that generally only the section of the audience where the contestant that's up is the only part of the crowd shouting) and laughter on the lame jokes in the Showcases. And perhaps still "37 hours."