Creator of Comedy Central, author of the book Constant Comedy

Notes and links: https://www.markgraban.com/mistake57

My guest for Episode #57 is Art Bell, the creator of The Comedy Channel (which later became Comedy Central). He's also the author of the book Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor, and co-host of the podcast “Constant Comedy.”

Today, we talk about Art's “favorite mistake” (it involves the comedian and talk show host Bill Maher) and topics and questions including:

• The ad campaign for “Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher” and how that ended up leading to an award