Look, don't get me wrong, I like all of those things too...Well...I liked the first Home Alone when I was like 8 when it came out. And Cheech & Chong...enough said. Just hilarious that you look down your nose at Modern Family, Zach Galifanakis, Seth McFarlane, and the Simpsons as boorish, and then consider that high art. Or "refined".
And to include The Breakfast Club on such a short list of things you find funny is only laughable because it wasn't even a straight comedy.
I include the Breakfast Club because it doesn't fit any certain category. Parts of it WERE comedy.
I also include Fast Times at Ridgemont High -- one of my ten favorite movies. And I just realized that two of my top ten include Nicholas Cage which is
. You drag Kick Ass, The Rock and Valley Girl in and the sonofabitch is in five of my top 40. Damn.
Don't look down my nose, just don't find their schtick humorous in any way. I quit watching the Simpsons about 20 years ago. Amazes me that the damn thing is still on the air. It had nothing to say then.
Shouldn't have really included Modern Family because I've never watched it and won't ever watch it. There are limits to what I tolerate and that one crosses it.
I don't find Big Bang Theory funny either. I never liked the show with Urkel, whatever that was.
Thought Airplane and Police Squad were funny. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil was funny in parts.
Comedy is a difficult thing and it's usually very personal. Can't usually get a consensus on comedy.
Sort of like farts. Some people are amused by them. Others are not.