Steven Levitan, creator of "Just Shoot Me!" (a multi-camera series that used live and taped audience reactions) and co-creator of "Modern Family" (which does not utilize live or recorded audience laughter as a single-camera series), commented, "When used properly, the laugh guy's job is to smooth out the soundtrack — nothing more." Phil Rosenthal confirmed that he "rarely manipulated the laughs" on "Everybody Loves Raymond". "I worked on shows in the past where the 'sweetener' was ladled on with a heavy hand, mainly because there were hardly any laughs from the living. The executive producers would say, 'Don't worry — you know who will love that joke? Mr. Sweet man.'" Bickelhaupt confirmed this observation, admitting there are many occasions he has created all audience responses.