How is this guy meant to be funny?

I don't really see him as a true comedian, his early movies started out like that but he had a string of great intelligent movies in the 1970s and 80s that explored the human condition.

Allen may not be your cup of tea, but I urge you to see some of his mid 1970s and 1980s movies.

My fav is 'Crimes and Misdemeanors' (1989)

Allen "The last time we had sex was April 20th"

Spouse "You remember the date the last time we had sex?"

Allen - "How could I forget, it was Hitler's birthday.'

Antz wasn't really his movie, just one where they used him for the voice. I saw several of his films before he went out and started banging his partner's adopted daughter which was the point where I wrote off ever watching anything he made which was sometime in the early 90's. Prior to that I would say that some of his movies were just absolute crap, some were well made but it was a matter of taste as to whether most would consider them good or not. Now the by and large the ones where he decided to star in them movies are the worst, because as you pointed out he really isn't funny. Some people may find his type of humor funny but I never did. If you never watched a single movie he ever made you wouldn't be missing anything. Reality is there are so many movie in existence already that you could easily be entertained by movies from not until the day you die and never reach a point where the only thing left to watch was a Woody Allen movie.

You haven't seen any/many of his films? Yet judge? Moron

Play it Again, Sam (1971) was the best.

So you don't like him, but haven't seen any of his movies. That sounds like how people are voting for President.

His humor is of two types.

1. Pointing out how quirky people are. So, he creates movies about odd people and their struggles.

2. Many comedians do the "Did you ever notice..." comedy about goofy things in every day life. That is jewish "complaining" humor. He does a lot of that in movies but subtly due to the fact it's a movie and not a standup routine.

So, his humor is't "jokes" but rather observations about life and witty comments.

I think most comedians have a time when they are funny but in ten-fifteen-twenty years everyone has moved on and the perception of humour changes. I used to find his early routines and slapstick silly films funny but I probably wouldn't anymore. I guess if you want to find out why he is/was a comedian you're going to have to look up the really early stuff and see if it still holds up. Also perhaps neurotic worked better when he was a much younger man.

As someone who has not seen any of his movies (a voice role in one cartoon doesn't count), you are perfectly qualified to have an opinion about the quality of his humor.

"I haven't seen his work and I don't understand why people like it"

Idiot.