Producer's Confidential

The Man Who Created Comedy Central: Art Bell - Ep 11


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How does an economist decide that what the country needs most is laughter? Well that is the story of ART BELL, the man who created COMEDY CENTRAL and helped to catapult the career of a young JON STEWART. He talks to Leslie & Dorothy about the day he had the revelation that entertainment was his calling, how he talked HBO executives into taking a chance on an all comedy channel, and how writing it all down in his new memoir, CONSTANT COMEDY, set the record straight.
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Producer's ConfidentialBy Leslie Farrell and Dorothy Toran