#2: Movies With Animal Abuse as Comedy

Oh, look! Someone just threw a cat across the room and it made a screeching "reow!" noise as it flew by. How hilarious! It just never gets old!

Ugh.

I've never found simulated animal abuse even remotely funny. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, Joe's Apartment, Problem Child, Idle Hands, There's Something About Mary, Dumb & Dumber, A Christmas Story, the list of (really crappy) films featuring animal abuse goes on and on. My dad can't be the only one laughing here if this is repeated in film after film as a comedic element. What's the deal? Granted, these types of films are often lowbrow, ridiculous physical comedies. But still. Why is this supposed to be funny?

(Feel free to suggest other films featuring "funny" animal abuse. I know there are tons of others, but oddly enough, I Googled and couldn't find a list of them anywhere.)