There is no right or wrong when it comes to comedy. In other words, different people are going to think different things are funny. When they showed "The Three Stooges" in the afternoon when we were kids, my sister and I would have totally different reactions. My mother later on described it all in some detail. She said that was the only thing on TV which caused me to laugh out loud really loud. In general, I have always been somewhat of a quiet person, especially when I was a child. She said my sister would sit there with a straight face never laughing. Later I asked my sister about all this and she said she didn't think anything the Three Stooges ever did was funny.
In more recent times, Seinfeld became my favorite situation comedy by far. It's dated now, fading into the past. But while it was on I really enjoyed it. My sister was always baffled that anyone would think Seinfeld is funny at all. She says she absolutely cannot relate to it at all. Yet I relate to it completely. I think it's brilliant. It's probably the funniest thing I have ever seen on TV.
Of course I think the real issue goes way beyond just what different people think is funny. Sticking with the example of my sister and me, we seem to differ on just about everything: food, movies, music, you name it. These are not just male/female differences, either, although that is quite a factor. I just think we're structured radically different as people. I'm sure the world as a whole has situations like this happening all the time. There would be literally billions of examples.
