How does Spanish humor differ from American humor?

I think that the Spanish humour has something quite unique; "surrealism". This is wide spread in the Spanish culture and a good example of it is in the cinema. I recommend you to see (don't know if you can fetch a translated version though) "Amanece, que no es poco". read more

For me, living in Spain, there is a noticeable difference between Spanish humour and English based humour. The Spanish seem to like a lot more in your face slapstick. The English seem to try and add in sophistication. However, these are generalisations and the question is really far greater than this quick paragraph can answer. read more

Mexican humor is more about using bad words or sex, but not explicit. A lot of mexicans jokes use something that in spanish is called "Albur" and is a joke that has double sense always related to sex. read more

Spanish humour is the result of a mix of sarcasm, irony and exaggeration, being sometimes grotesque. For me it is very funny! But I am Spanish so may be it does not work for you. read more