Hard lessons learned in Comedy box office

I never write here because I am not a writer but I did come across this article that I thought you comedy writers might appreciate.
The story is actually about Universal loosing money on films BUT I think it has an excellent message about comedy writing and picking a demographic to write too. They do this by contrasting the family friendly 'Land of the Lost' big loss compared to the raunchy R rated 'The Hangover'.
I really liked the article and here it is: The Lost weekend Universal would like to Forget

They were always taking a risk on that John Candy/Chris Farley buddy comedy. First lesson of comedy movie-making - make sure you're leads are still alive.

Quote: Tim Walker @ June 9 2009, 4:08 PM BST

First lesson of comedy movie-making - make sure you're leads are still alive.

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What about The Farrley Brothers big summer hit 'These Two Dead Guys', starring John Belushi and Richard Pryor?

Quote: Matthew Stott @ June 9 2009, 4:14 PM BST

What about The Farrley Brothers big summer hit 'These Two Dead Guys', starring John Belushi and Richard Pryor?

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I'm looking forward to their Middle-Eastern sequel to Stuck On You about two Sudanese insurgent cojoined twin brothers - one of whom dreams of becoming a suicide bomber, whilst the other just seeks a quiet life making IEDs. Cue hilarious arguments between the pair. Stuck On Yusef is the working title.

Yeah, I kind of wondered who Land Of The Lost was marketed at. I mean, it's PG-13 but I read lots of the jokes are R-Rated or whatever.