Part 2: Comedy Central Founder Art Bell, plus The News (ACS Nov 18)

Art Bell is on the line at the top of Part 2 of today’s podcast. The guys discuss the origins of The Comedy Channel, later Comedy Central. They also talk about some of the early hit shows, and then jump forward to how Art ultimately left the network. Adam then shows off a Comedy Central Cookie Jar, and the guys discuss the current state of the network. Later, Art talks about his time working at HBO, as well as the success of the Comedy Central Roasts. In the last part of the podcast, Gina reads news stories about Dolly Parton’s donation to the COVID-19 vaccine, Conan O’Brien taking his show to HBO Max, a bareknuckle boxing knockout going viral, people in France throwing their kids over the gates to attend school, and a Belgian Racing Pigeon sold for $1.9 million. Please support today’s sponsors: Lifelock.com enter ADAM Geico.com TommyJohn.com/ADAM MadisonReedMr.com enter ADAM10 Nutrafol.com enter ADAM See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.