[alabastervlog]

MASH is available without the laugh track.

Really changes the tone, though in that case it doesn't ruin it, just makes it different.

[KerrAvon]

I feel like removing it removes some noise, but doesn't affect the tone. Story is, the MASH showrunners didn't want a laugh track, but the network insisted, so they used the lowest-fidelity one they could get away with.

[dingaling]

Thankfully it was broadcast in the UK without the laugh track.

Obviously it still wasn't as darkly observant as the movie, but it did have a edge.

[chuckadams]

Alan Alda has mentioned in interviews that he prefers it that way.