Well, there are (at least) two interesting bits of human behaviour which help to give men an edge in providing comic relief:
  • Women are predisposed to laugh about & towards men. Men don't generally exhibit the same reflex towards other men, but...
  • ... men are more willing (and more readily do) make a fool of themselves, which helps with any audience. People (and maybe especially men) like seeing other people make a fool of themselves.


... but by the same measure, men are also more often the ones who come up with jokes no-one finds funny.