What does 'live to tape' mean?

What does 'live to tape' mean?

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Live to tape is if something happens, if something isn't right, you just go with it. It essentially has that danger and that energy of a live show. If a mistake is made, instead of stopping and redoing it, especially in front of a live audience, the audience has heard the joke already. What are you going to do? Are you going to redo the thing and expect to get a natural reaction? I'm not a big fan of it.