I tried watching reruns of "Lotsa Luck!" on YouTube. After all, I've enjoyed watching reruns of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and three of the folks responsible for that show created "Lotsa Luck!". However, the main one responsible for the success of "The Dick Van Dyke Show", Carl Reiner, only helped create "Lotsa Luck!" and Bill Persky and Sam Denoff (who wrote and produced some of the episodes of "The Dick Van Dyke Show") were in charge of "Lotsa Luck!".
After seeing it, I wonder if any of these three gifted men or someone was responsible for the laugh track on "Lotsa Luck!". It was godawful, very invasive and unwanted. This is odd, as all but two of the episodes of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" were filmed before a live audience with no obvious tampering by adding a laugh track. But here, with the newer series, you hear guffaws at EVERYTHING...often things that aren't the least bit funny and were never meant to be. In my opinion, this completely destroyed "Lotsa Luck!" and the show might have worked and gone beyond one season without having one of the most invasive laugh tracks I've ever heard. Heck...it's so bad that when folks say other folks' names, you hear laughter! Uggh! Ruined by an idiot with a laugh track obsession!
It's really a shame, as Dom DeLuise starred in this show and his performance was surprisingly restrained and decent. Overall, a show long forgotten...and best to stay that way. As for the rest of the cast, however, they were BRASH and LOUD...too much so.
After seeing it, I wonder if any of these three gifted men or someone was responsible for the laugh track on "Lotsa Luck!". It was godawful, very invasive and unwanted. This is odd, as all but two of the episodes of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" were filmed before a live audience with no obvious tampering by adding a laugh track. But here, with the newer series, you hear guffaws at EVERYTHING...often things that aren't the least bit funny and were never meant to be. In my opinion, this completely destroyed "Lotsa Luck!" and the show might have worked and gone beyond one season without having one of the most invasive laugh tracks I've ever heard. Heck...it's so bad that when folks say other folks' names, you hear laughter! Uggh! Ruined by an idiot with a laugh track obsession!
It's really a shame, as Dom DeLuise starred in this show and his performance was surprisingly restrained and decent. Overall, a show long forgotten...and best to stay that way. As for the rest of the cast, however, they were BRASH and LOUD...too much so.