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The Comedy Company was an Australian comedy television series first aired from 16 February 1988 - 11 November 1990 on Network Ten, Sunday night and was created and directed by Ian McFadyen, and co directed and produced by Jo Lane. The show largely consisted of sketch comedy in short segments, much in the tradition of earlier Sketch comedy shows, The Mavis Bramston Show, The Naked Vicar Show, Australia You're Standing In It, and The D-Generation with some of the cast even carrying over. The majority of the filming took place in Melbourne, Victoria. (A couple of Uncle Arthur sketches were filmed outside Melbourne at the 1988 Brisbane Expo and in the Victorian Snow Fields) The show had a significant effect on Australian culture, particularly on Australian youth. The Australian adoption of the word "Bogan" was first used in its existing context by the famous The Comedy Company character, Kylie Mole. Image File history File links The Logo from the 1989-1990 Australian Television series, The Comedy Company. ...
Image File history File links The Logo from the 1989-1990 Australian Television series, The Comedy Company. ...
February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII in Roman) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
November 11 is the 315th day of the year (316th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 50 days remaining. ...
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Network Ten is one of Australias three commercial television networks. ...
Ian McFadyen is a writer, actor, and director. ...
The Mavis Bramston Show was a popular satirical sketch comedy TV series broadcast on Australian television. ...
The Naked Vicar Show was a satirical Australian television series. ...
Australia Youre Standing In It was an Australian sketch comedy series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, first screened in 1983 with a second series made in 1984. ...
The Best & Second Best of the D-Generation (DVD) The D-Generation was a popular and influential Australian TV sketch comedy show, produced and broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) for two series, in 1986 (10 x 30mins) and 1987 (6 x 30mins). ...
Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ...
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Background In 1988 the Media Arts company was asked by Network Ten Australia to produce a one hour-a-week comedy program. Within a few months, The Comedy Company became the most successful comedy program of the decade being the highest rated weekly television program, particularly of note it ran against the Nine Network popular current events show 60 Minutes which shared its timeslot. Much of its success was due to it being the only family entertainment on television on a Sunday night. The Comedy Company remained the consistently highest rating weekly television program for two years. Image File history File links Promotional images from the 1989-1990 Australian Television series, The Comedy Company featureing the character Colin. ...
Image File history File links Promotional images from the 1989-1990 Australian Television series, The Comedy Company featureing the character Colin. ...
Image File history File links Promotional images from the 1989-1990 Australian Television series, The Comedy Company featureing the character Kylie. ...
Image File history File links Promotional images from the 1989-1990 Australian Television series, The Comedy Company featureing the character Kylie. ...
Image File history File links Promotional images from the 1989-1990 Australian Television series, The Comedy Company featureing the character Con the Fruiterer. ...
Image File history File links Promotional images from the 1989-1990 Australian Television series, The Comedy Company featureing the character Con the Fruiterer. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII in Roman) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Network Ten is one of Australias three commercial television networks. ...
The Nine Network is an Australian television network, available in major markets across Australia. ...
The ticking TAG Heuer stopwatch from 60 Minutes. ...
Many of the stars of The Comedy Company came from a 1985 Seven Network show called The Eleventh Hour, which starred Mary-Anne Fahey, Ian McFadyen, Mark Mitchell, Glenn Robbins, Peter Moon and Steve Vizard. Fahey, McFadyen, Mitchell and Robbins went to The Comedy Company and Moon and Vizard went to a Seven Network series called Fast Forward. This article is about the year. ...
The Seven Network is Australias largest television network, available in major markets across Australia. ...
Mary-Anne Fahey (born 19th August 1955 as Mary-Anne Waterman) is a talented and versatile Australian actor, comedienne and writer. ...
Ian McFadyen is a writer, actor, and director. ...
Glenn Robbins Glenn Robbins (born 1957) is an Australian comedy performer/writer. ...
Steve William Vizard, born 1956 in Richmond, Victoria and educated at Carey Baptist Grammar School is an Australian media personality and businessman. ...
The Seven Network is Australias largest television network, available in major markets across Australia. ...
Fast Forward was an Australian commercial television sketch comedy show that ran for 95 episodes from 12 April 1989 to 26 November 1992. ...
The Comedy Company premiered many famous characters such as Kylie Mole, Con The Fruiterer, Colin Carpenter and Uncle Arthur. Some of these characters still remain minor Australian icons. Particularly Con The Fruiterer played by Mark Mitchell. Con The Friuterer even met the then Prime Minister Bob Hawke, on the show. Con the Fruiterer appears even to this day on a variety of shows, as does his wife Marika. Kym Gyngell also created a spin off series called Col'n Carpenter (1990-1991) based on his character of the same name. Kylie Mole was also featured on the Series 2 of the ABC's Kittson, Fahey (1993). Notably, Glenn Robbins often did public appearances as Uncle Arthur and today on the show The Panel often references his days on The Comedy Company playing the character and has been known to slip in and out of character, as well as appearing in full costume as the character for The Panel Christmas 2005 special . Robert James Lee Hawke (born 9 December 1929) was an Australian trade union leader and politician and the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia. ...
Glenn Robbins Glenn Robbins (born 1957) is an Australian comedy performer/writer. ...
The Panel is an Australian television show, first aired in 1998, and was very popular in its first few years. ...
When the show became The New Comedy Company it featured some of the original cast and characters alongside new comedians. This series lasted one year.
In 2002, 60 minutes of footage of The Comedy Company was edited into a special called The Comedy Company: So Excellent, with the subtitle referencing a famed line by the Kylie Mole character.
Quite a large amount of merchandise was produced for a sketch comedy series, such as a flood of spin-off books and audio cassettes and records with extracts from the series, and lunch boxes featuring Kylie Mole and T-Shirts with Con the Fruiterer displaying his famous catch phrase "Couple a Days..". There was also a Con the Fruiterer doll which would randomly say one of an assortment of the character's catchphrases when a string was pulled.
Kylie Mole had a top 10 hit with So Exellent in 1988. The 'B' side of the single was the song 'I Go, I Go.'
Kylie Mole also interviewed many famous people including Julian Lennon, Sylvester Stallone, INXS and Kylie Minogue on the show.
Kylie Minogue also appeared in some sketches playing Kylie Mole's second best friend, Rebecca.
The Comedy Company is now in re-runs.
Critical acclaim - The series won itself quite a large number of awards, however of most note is the two consecutive Logie Awards (1989 - 1990) it received for Most Popular Light Entertainment/Comedy Program.
- Mary-Anne Fahey also won a Logie Award for Most Popular Light Entertainment/Comedy Personality for her appearance on The Comedy Company in 1989.
The Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. ...
Mary-Anne Fahey (born 19th August 1955 as Mary-Anne Waterman) is a talented and versatile Australian actor, comedienne and writer. ...
1989 (MCMLXXXIX in Roman) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Notable characters - Mark Mitchell as Con Dikaletis the Fruiterer/Stuart Parkington-Loafe/Marika Dikaletis
- Mary-Anne Fahey as Kylie Mole, Josephine, Sharon
- Ian McFadyen as David Rabbitborough
- Glenn Robbins as Uncle Arthur/Gary Dare, Darren
- Kym Gyngell as Col'n Carpenter
- Russell Gilbert as Russ the Postie
Mary-Anne Fahey (born 19th August 1955 as Mary-Anne Waterman) is a talented and versatile Australian actor, comedienne and writer. ...
Ian McFadyen is a writer, actor, and director. ...
Glenn Robbins Glenn Robbins (born 1957) is an Australian comedy performer/writer. ...
Russell Gilbert (born 17 October, 1959), is an Australian comedian and comedy actor from Footscray, Victoria. ...
Writers Mary-Anne Fahey (born 19th August 1955 as Mary-Anne Waterman) is a talented and versatile Australian actor, comedienne and writer. ...
Russell Gilbert (born 17 October, 1959), is an Australian comedian and comedy actor from Footscray, Victoria. ...
Ian McFadyen is a writer, actor, and director. ...
Mick Molloy (born July 11, 1966) is a popular Australian comedian, writer and producer who has been active in the fields of radio, television, stand-up and film. ...
Glenn Robbins Glenn Robbins (born 1957) is an Australian comedy performer/writer. ...
Tim Smith Timothy Aiden Smith (born January 13, 1985 in Runaway Bay, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian Rugby League player for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League competition. ...
Jason Stephens is an Australian actor and comedian who starred in The Late Show. ...
DVD A DVD box set has been released including four DVD's with select clips from the series, the four DVD's are; DVD-R writing/reading side DVD-R with purple dye, 4. ...
A box set (or boxed set) refers to one or more recordings, movies and television programs that are contained in a box made generally out of cardboard. ...
- The Best of the Comedy Company Volume 1
- The Best of the Comedy Company Volume 2
- The Best of Con the Fruiterer
- The Best of Colin Carpenter
See also This is a list of Australian television series and television programs. ...
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