The Comedy Company
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The Comedy Company
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Running Time
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Plot.
The Comedy Company was an Australian comedy television series first aired from 16 February 1988 until about 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. The majority of the filming took place in Melbourne, Victoria. 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 The Comedy Company character, Kylie Mole.
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Cast & Crew.
Glenn Robbins
Mark Mitchell
Ian McFadyen
Mary-Anne Fahey
Kim Gyngell
Peter Rowsthorn
Russell Gilbert
Christine Keogh
Various roles (1988-1989)
Siobhan Tuke
Various roles (1988-1989)
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The Comedy Company is an Australian sketch comedy television series that aired from 16 February 1988 until 11 November 1990 on Network Ten. It was created and directed by cast member 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 such as The Mavis Bramston Show, The Naked Vicar Show and The D-Generation and featured cast members from the latter two shows. The majority of the filming took place in Melbourne.
The show and characters had a significant effect on Australian pop culture, and had a cult following particularly with Australian youth.