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Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor

Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor

Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor
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by Bell, Art

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  • Title Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor
  • Author Bell, Art
  • Binding Hardback
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ulysses Press
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 1646040899.G
  • ISBN 9781646040896 / 1646040899
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 6 x 1 in (23.11 x 15.24 x 2.54 cm)
  • Category Pop Arts / Pop Culture
  • Library of Congress subjects Autobiographies, Television producers and directors - United
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2020936436
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
  • Quantity available 1

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Reader reviews for Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor

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Discover the riveting, hilarious true story of the birth of Comedy Central in what New York Times bestselling author, Dan Lyons, calls the "funniest behind-the-scenes memoir I've ever read, full of crazy characters, plot twists, and suspense."

Award-Winning Finalist in the Narrative: Non-Fiction category of the 2020 Best Book Awards sponsored by American Book Fest

In 1988, a young, mid-level employee named Art Bell pitched a novel concept--a television channel focused 100% on just one thing: comedy--to the chairman of HBO. The station that would soon become Comedy Central, with celebrated programs like South Park, Chapelle's Show, The Daily Show, and The Colbert Report, was born.

Constant Comedy takes readers behind the scenes into the comedy startup on its way to becoming one of the most successful and creative purveyors of popular culture in the United States. From disastrous pitch meetings with comedians to the discovery of talents like Bill Maher and Jon Stewart, this intimate biography peers behind the curtain and reveals what it's really like to work, struggle, and ultimately succeed at the cutting edge of show business.

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 08/07/2020, Page 1

About the author

Art Bell is a former media executive best known for creating and building HBO's The Comedy Channel, which went on to become Comedy Central. After Comedy Central, Bell became the president of Court TV and was the guiding force behind one of the most successful brand evolutions in cable television. Bell is the author of Web Sightings: A Collection of Websites We'd Like to See. He lives with his family in Connecticut.

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