Do feminists have a sense of humor? Yes.
I think up until the point when we started in the business which was in the early '70s most of the humor was political. The smart humor was political satire.
Sure the comedians who swear or use scatological humor can get laughs but they're uncomfortable laughs.
A farce or slapstick humor does well universally.
Joe Barbera's s always complaining that he can't get humor into cartoons anymore. Just do it. You've got your money. Why do they let the networks run their lives?
I'll let you in on a secret: I can't stand Jay Ward. I hate being compared to Rocky and Bullwinkle. It's just a different style of humor.
We are really living the American dream to be a successful brand in the States and in Europe and to steep ourselves in our heritage. But we do it with a sense of humor. We don't take ourselves too seriously in fashion.
However frat-boy humor is funny and it always will be.
I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating.
I mean yeah I'm sure that Python and the other things have paved the way for a greater understanding of the British sense of humor but I don't think it's all that different than the American sense of humor.