My guess is that the were working on a "laugh track" skill, that laughs with you when it hears laughter -- and either it was pushed too early, or was just too s

My guess is that the were working on a "laugh track" skill, that laughs with you when it hears laughter -- and either it was pushed too early, or was just too sensitive in its determination of what laughter is. Many dry sitcoms become funny with a proper laugh track. Why not your life?