I don't mind harsh comedy per se. Lisa Lampanelli has given me a chuckle or two and she's downright brutal. But I like the wit of British humor - it's more "intelligent" than most American humor. I don't know how else to describe it than that ;o). While Jeff Foxworthy and the word intelligent don't seem to go in the same sentence, I use him as a way to describe that not only can you be funny without swearing (he rarely ever does) but even though he describes himself and his kin as "rednecks" - a term that implies a certain lower intelligence level by stereotype - his comedy is fraught with wit. One of the funniest things I ever heard was Foxworthy describing the birth of his daughter. "It looked like a wet St. Bernard trying to come in through the cat door". It's all in the metaphor ;o).

Laurie