Characters Glenn Robbins often did public appearances as his Comedy Company character Uncle Arthur and on The Panel he often referenced The Comedy Company by periodically slipping in and out of the character, as well as appearing in full costume as Arthur for The Panel Christmas Special in 2005. TV special In 2002, an hour of clips from 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. Merchandising Quite a large amount of merchandise was produced for a comedy show, including "The Comedy Company Holiday Book", "My Diary by Kylie Mole", "Con's Bewdiful Australia", T-shirts, dolls and albums (see below). Discography Albums Singles DVD A DVD box set has been released including four DVDs with select clips from the series, the four DVDs are; 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 Col'n Carpenter Awards ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. The Comedy Company won one awards from two nominations. |- | 1989 | The Comedy Company Album | rowspan="2"| ARIA Award for Best Comedy Release | |- | 1990 | Comedy Company Classics | |- Celebrity guests Many well-known national and international stars appeared as guests throughout the series including: Julian Lennon, INXS, Kylie Minogue, Jason Donovan and Sigrid Thornton. Con the Fruiterer, played by Mark Mitchell on one episode even met the then Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke, on the show. Cast and characters Mark Mitchell as Con the Fruiterer, Marika, Glenn Gelding Mary-Anne Fahey as Kylie Mole, Jophesine, Sharon Maclaren Ian McFadyen as David Rabbitborough Glenn Robbins as Uncle Arthur/Gary Dare, Darren Maclaren Kym Gyngell as Col'n Carpenter Russell Gilbert as Russ the Postie Tim Smith, various characters Col'n Carpenter Col'n Carpenter is a 1990 Australian sitcom spinoff, starring Kym Gyngell, reprising his character from The Comedy Company, it ran for two series, co-starring Stig Wemyss and featured singer Kaarin Fairfax and featured former Prisoner star Monica Maughan in a comedy role as Carpenter's Mum. See also List of Australian television series References External links The Comedy Company at the National Film and Sound Archive ARIA Award winners 1988 Australian television series debuts 1990 Australian