Cole Porter wrote comedic musicals for Broadway in the 1930's ^^
Musical comedies were popular back then because after the great depression, people needed happy entertainment to distract them from the country's economy. Lots of funny shows were written at that time
Some of Porter's famous ones are Kiss Me Kate and Anything Goes

Same!

I just got home, so I'll get started on my reply after I have some food

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EDIT: Wow had some writer's block for that post for some reason. That took way too long xD