Remember Col'n Carpenter? As a low-budget production, The Comedy Company faced the huge task of generating an hour’s worth of comedy with limited resources. This is apparent in the Col’n Carpenter ( (Kym Gyngell)) sketches – Col’n appears in different locations in different episodes but almost all of these locations are depicted using the same set – this blank wall with a slight shadow of venetian blinds. Though Mark Mitchell always appears, he plays different characters. See more classic comedy

Mary-Anne Fahey parodies the slang and preoccupations of late ‘80s high-school kids in The Comedy Company character Kylie Mole. In a way that brings to mind the more recent Kath and Kim (2002–07), Fahey makes a running joke out of Kylie’s jumbled cultural references and word mix-ups. The Comedy Company, with its array of familiar, daggy suburban characters, was a popular sensation. When it appeared in the late 1980s, sketch comedy was on the rise on Australian TV, much of it linked to a thriving

His aunt responded: "That is nothing" | Comedy Company

Dr. DeBakey leaned over and whispered to Morris the loudmouth mechanic. "Try doing it with the engine running." | Comedy Company