My husband and I enjoy Andy, too. But the kids tend to roll their eyes skyward at the antics of Barney, Goober, and the rest of the Mayberry gang. Then, there's the gender thing. And there's almost always a punch line involved. Take The Three Stooges , for example.
Men seem to think they're the height of hilarity.
Now, I'm sure there are at least a few women in the world who find the Stooges bonking one another over the head to be insanely funny. Personally, though, I don't know a single one. Women's humor seems to be more subtle and multi-layered then men's. Less about laughing at what's happening to someone than about laughing with them. I think women are most amused by situations they relate to, so that ultimately, they're not only laughing at the character or the situation in a novel or movie, they're also laughing at themselves.