hbc07 said:
From posters on r/livefromnewyork who were there, that's not accurate. Che apparently told ticket holders in the lobby/lounge to not laugh, but never told the standby line and those were the few people who were laughing.
https://www.reddit.com/r/LiveFromNewYork/comments/129d8y3/ches_april_fools_prank/ has comments from both ticket holders and standby line waiters
Reading through those comments and there are some people who say it was dead silent when they watched live, but there's a laugh track added on there now.
I really don't know what to believe, because I didn't watch it live. Watching it on YouTube, it's clear that Colin noticed the lack of laughter, but I don't really notice it in the YouTube video. Maybe it's a bit less, bud nothing remarkable to me. Also, though, I don't understand why SNL would add a laugh track, because it ruins what was clearly the best joke on there in forever.