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In reply to the discussion: Why are almost all TV comedy "idiots, buffoons and dumbasses" male? [View all]LWolf
(46,179 posts)More men than women are writing them and handing them out. Whose careers go further? I don't really know, but I'm thinking that some of those guys in your list were pretty successful AFTER the stoopid character. Kelso, for example. I've seen more of him than any of the LESS stupid 70s show characters.
Also, in my admittedly limited experience, more men seem to enjoy that kind of comedy than women. I'm thinking back to high school, when Saturday night was not complete without a couple of the guys rolling around on the floor, lighting their farts, and laughing hysterically. I'm thinking about my middle school students. You know, none of the girls ever get to school and can't wait to tell me how they crashed the tractor, blew up the barn, sat up in a tree and peed on their brothers as they passed, unknowing, underneath, took the new guy snipe hunting, rode their bicycle off the roof, etc., etc., etc...