1) "Your mother" is a generic response guaranteed to deliver amusement in response to any question, no matter how intellectual or complicated.
2) "Not funny ha-ha, funny queer, mmm-hmm." -
Karl Childers, Sling
Blade
3) "Futurama" is a comedy show that delivers the goods to the audience. "Everybody loves
Raymond" doesn't, and few comedy shows these days are capable of producing quality humour in their audience.