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While I dislike South Park, I think it is funny. Beavis and Butthead were inspired and made me laugh harder than nearly anything (thanks Mike Judge), Mike Myers is still funny as hell. All these things have good, sharp writing in common.
also, I look to Europe for funny movies. One of the funniest I have seen in many years was the Fifth Element, granted it was sci fi, but it was meant to be satiric and worked very well.