Antedating of "Situation Comedy"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
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situation comedy (OED 1953)



1925 _Billboard_ 21 Feb. 52/3 (Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive)  The afterpiece ... was hokum pure and simple, filled with broad elemental situation comedy, and kept 'em laughing boisterously.



Fred Shapiro

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