Comedy: Timeline

1668   First performance of Molière's comedy, ''Tartuffe''

1929   The radio Radio

Radio is the wireless transmission of signals [i], by modulation [i] of electromagnetic waves [i] ... 

 comedy show ''Amos and Andy'' makes its debut starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll.

1939   ''The Philadelphia Story'', a comedy by Philip Barry starring Katharine Hepburn Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Houghton Hepburn was an iconic four-time Academy Award [i]-winning American [i] ... 

, debuts at the Shubert Theater in New York City New York City

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1985   The sci-fi comedy ''Back To The Future'' is released in the U.S. It becomes the year's biggest box office hit, earning $210,000,000.