Jennifer Aniston Reveals Lisa Kudrow ‘Hated When the Audience Laughed’ While Filming Friends

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1. > “Lisa Kudrow, by the way, hated when the audience laughed,” Aniston admitted,

   > “She did?” Brunson, 34, replied, surprised.

   > “She’d be like, ‘I’m not done! It’s not that funny!’” Aniston joked.

   > Brunson told Aniston that the rhythm of the script in Friends was part of what made it so funny. Still, she said she doesn’t foresee herself filming with multiple cameras, which is required to film with a live audience.

2. Tbf the audience laughter is different from what ends up in the final edit. If you’ve watched the behind the scenes of this show, the real laughs can go on forever or be wayyy too loud. In the making of doc they show how they have a library of audience laughter that they sometimes switch out.

3. She knew the show wasn’t funny.

4. I hated hearing the laughs on Friends and all other comedies in that format.

5. Because it’s really not funny. At all. I can’t even crack a smile watching this flaming garbage show

6. Can confirm. Saw a live taping, and she was the only “Friend” who would not interact with the audience in between scenes. It’s a long time for a 30 minute show (like 6+ hours from what I remember) and she was dedicated in her distain for the audience.

7. She’s talked about it in Conan O’Brien needs a friend podcast.

   If she thought a line wasn’t as funny and the writers could come up with something better, then she would give the audience a look.

8. On the one hand, I totally get it. It can be distracting and ruin a take as much as enhance it.

   On the other, she was a Groundling so she should have been used to awful audiences.