Birthday Cat is a notoriously tough crowd.

So apparently GQ’s latest issue is the comedy issue, and they assembled Tracy Morgan, Zach Galifianakis, and Paul Rudd to talk about what they find humorous. And while I like the entire article because it’s a bunch of funny dudes making jokes, I thought I’d share this exchange about which TV shows they think are funny:

GQ: What TV show do you think is funny?
TRACY: Brandy & Ray J.
PAUL: Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, that’s really funny. [especially when Rudd's on it -Ed.]
ZACH: I think if they put a laugh track on Intervention, it would be funny.
PAUL: Have you seen Hoarders?
TRACY: Hoarders is serious stuff, man.
GQ: There’s enough there, enough hoarders in the world, for there to be a whole season on TV about it?
PAUL: You have no idea how many hoarders there are. You could throw a stick and hit a hoarder anywhere.
TRACY: You gotta look at Lockup.
GQ: What’s Lockup?
TRACY: Oh man, this is subculture. Interesting. Guys washing their T-shirts out in toilet bowls.
ZACH: I don’t know if this is being racist or something, but there’re never any Asians on that show.
TRACY: Never! They don’t go to jail.
ZACH: Why? Why?
PAUL: They’re all too busy hoarding.

Oh man, “Intervention” with a laugh track. Internet: make it so.

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Intervention (A&E) — Richard, a crack addict, is tonight’s subject. I got a bunch of pistachios yesterday, and I couldn’t quite decide if pistachios are the heroin, the meth, or the crack of the nut world. I think maybe all three combined. No other nut comes close to the addictive power of pistachios. Except, of course, DEEZ NUTS.

CSI: Miami (CBS) — A soccer mom gets murdered, uncovering a dark family secret (image via).

Chuck (NBC) — Christopher Lloyd guest stars as Chuck’s shrink. Apparently, putting superpower-endowing computer chips inside of a person’s brain may have side effects. Who knew?

The Big Bang Theory (CBS) — Judy Greer guest stars as a famous physicist. That’s okay, Judy — I still respect your for “Arrested Development” and “Archer.” By the way, FX needs to play a lot less Hitman and lot more “Archer” reruns. I don’t want to have to go to Hulu any more than I already do.

Dancing with the Stars (ABC) — F you, tubby housewives.

How I Met Your Mother (CBS) — Arianna Huffington and New York Times crossword editor Will Shortz guest star as themselves at a fancy-pants party. Of course, the last time I saw Will Shortz, he was wearing sweat pants and playing ping-pong. I hope he dressed up a little for the role.

One Tree Hill (CW) — What is this show? Is it still on? I thought it was on ABC Family? Was Jessica Biel ever on it?

By my account, Fred Armisen has never done anything funny, though I think I cracked a half smile with his “yazz flute” character in Anchorman and maybe once at the “I’m jos’ keeeeding” guy on SNL. But his Obama impression is an embarrassment, so in retrospect I hate those things now. With that in mind, I was a little shocked by this “Intervention” parody he did for Funny or Die. Not because it’s particularly funny, mind you, because it’s not, but because it’s somewhat clever and it’s a rare instance when Armisen isn’t relying on goofy accents to get a laugh. Baby steps, Fred.