This is so true. And also insightful. And also, I assume, inspired by the LOGO list of top episodes? Btw, the thread on whedonesque for that is making me mad, so I'm staying away.

In my opinion, really great humor is character-driven. It's funny if you know the characters and their relationships and their quirks and their situation. The more character-dependent humor is, the more I'm going to like it. Which is why the list of sitcoms I love is very, very short. Most sitcoms either A) go for the joke first, character second or B) don't have that great of characters to begin with, just stereotypes.

Character pwns all.