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Dennis Miller peeing on live TV and other insane tales from Comedy Central’s start

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“Constant Comedy: How I Started Comedy Central and Lost My Sense of Humor” (Ulysses Press).Bell started thinking about an all-comedy network consisting of short, funny clips from movies and TV shows while pursuing an MBA at Wharton.

While doing economic modeling for HBO in 1987, his dream became reality when he successfully pitched the idea to CEO Michael Fuchs.Bell named it The Comedy Channel, and HBO lawyers negotiated with the major entertainment unions for the rights to air clips.Fuchs announced the channel on May 17, 1989.

But two days later, Bell’s excitement was quashed when MTV announced their own all-comedy network, which would feature old sitcoms, called HA!

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