Constant Comedy

How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor

By: Art Bell

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Hardcover | 15 September 2020

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Discover the riveting, hilarious true story of the birth of Comedy Central in whatNew York Timesbestselling 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 likeSouth Park,Chapelle's Show, The Daily Show, andThe Colbert Report, was born.

Constant Comedytakes readers behindthescenes 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 ultimatelysucceed at the cutting edge of show business.

Industry Reviews

"Constant Comedy is an incredibly fun read about the art of silliness struggling to survive in the corporate world; or is it about a corporation struggling to survive in a world of silliness? Either way, it's a very, very funny book about an amazing piece of comedy history. Now stop reading the blurbs and buy the book! "--Jerry Zucker, co-writer and director of Airplane!, co-writer of The Naked Gun and director of Ghost
"As comedy writers know, the rarest of all creatures is the comedy exec who's actually funny. Art Bell is funny as hell, he understands comedy, and that's why Comedy Central was born and why it thrived. Constant Comedy is a great, fun read."--Michael Weithorn, Creator and Executive Producer of The King of Queens
"Buy this book. Right now. Don't even finish reading this blurb. Just walk to the counter and buy the book. Constant Comedy is the funniest behind-the-scenes memoir I've ever read, full of crazy characters, plot twists, and suspense. It's the story of how Art Bell built Comedy Central into one of cable TV's most successful channels, which meant dealing with insane comedians and even more insane TV executives in a rough-and-tumble workplace. Somehow he made it all work. Did I mention that this book is funny?"--Dan Lyons, New York Times bestselling author of DISRUPTED

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