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Well, other than the dis of David Sedaris, I am completely in agreement with you on type of comedy I respond to. For me, Sedaris has such strange powers of observing the absurd, which is one of the things I find funny. There are times when Woody Allen fits into this broad generalization and I greatly enjoy him at those times as well.
As far as AFI's list, there are films on the list I absolutely LOVE but I don't think of them as "comedies" in the strict sense. My list would include:
The Philadelphia Story
Arsenic and Old Lace
Sullivan's Travels
The Lady Eve (Love Sturges)
The Thin Man
Fargo and
Groundhog Day
When pressed to find other films that make me laugh, Whit Stillman comes to mind (Barcelona has scenes which kill me every time), but I also like Gilliam's Brazil but, again, it is absurdist.
Now, the common argument is that, if I like the absurd, why don't I like Python? I don't know. I find it annoying. I prefer the comedy to sneak into a scene in a subtle way rather than be hit over the head with it.
The comment I always get is that, it is odd that someone who laughes so often is not a fan of comedy.
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