Comedy cliches

The contemporary comedy is generally about a young man who is a jerk, a loser or a shmuch. He shares a filthy apartment with jerks, goes to Las Vegas with jerks, plays dodgeball with jerks, works with jerks, gets into trouble with jerks, and often has a father is a jerk. The contemporary comedy deals with the loser who must part company with his loser friends in order to become a man. Little boys in comedies tend to be mop-topped weenies who pout a lot and want their dads to take them to see the Yankees the way he promised to, but didn't. They are whiney and really deserve to have pies stuffed in their faces. Comedies must have a gimmick. A person wakes up in the morning and some seismic shift has occurred in his life. He is no longer capable of telling the truth. Or he can no longer tell a lie. He has won a lottery ticket but can't cash it in until the weekend is over. He can now use a remote control to stop life dead in its tracks. He can communicate with the dead. He can see ghosts. He is a ghost. He can become a completely different person. He can pass a woman. He can communicate with God. He is God He can go into the future or go back in time. He can also go to heaven. Once the premise has been established, though, the movie will proceed according to the same, tried-and-true comedy template that has existed for decades. Lots of stuff about bodily function. Lots of physical comedy.