Mayhem,
The phrase “a lot” is pretty subjective, In my mind.
I’m thinking about Rickles, Carlin, Wright, Dangerfield, and Seinfeld. In looking at their observational humor, I see more poking fun at the human condition and amplifying peoples’ quirks and idiosyncrasies than people getting hurt. Though, it could be easily argued that some of those routines could be hurtful.
On the other end of the spectrum, there’s the physical humor of Abbott & Costello’s (face slaps), and The Three Stooges (eye pokes and sledgehammer bits), which fall squarely into the someone getting hurt category.
I’m sure there’s more that i’m not wrapping my Friday brain around.
BT

