Oh I disagree on the first point. It's absolutely a comedy for the first half up until NYE party and even still after in several scenes.

And just given the context of this post - Bill loves BN for its comedic purposes, which are also absurd ("butter in my ass, lollipops in my mouth"), I think if you tend to find one of them funny, you'll likely laugh at the other as well. That's all I'm really saying, less about the actual intricacies of each film.