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''CODCO'' was a Canadian comedy troupe from Newfoundland, best known for a sketch comedy series which aired on CBC Television from 1987 to 1992.〔(''CODCO'' ) at the Museum of Broadcast Communication.〕 Founded as a theatrical revue in 1973,〔 ''CODCO'' drew on the province's cultural history of self-deprecating "Newfie" humour, frequently focusing on the cod fishing industry. The troupe's name was an abbreviation of "Cod Company". Following the end of ''CODCO'', two of the troupe's core members and an occasional guest collaborator, as well as some of their sketch characters, moved on to the new series ''This Hour Has 22 Minutes''.〔 ==Roots== In 1973, Tommy Sexton and Diane Olsen wrote a comedic show about Canadian stereotypes of Newfoundlanders, ''Cod on a Stick''. Originally launched in Toronto, the cast consisted of Sexton, Olsen, Greg Malone, Cathy Jones, Mary Walsh and Paul Sametz.〔(''CODCO'' at Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage ).〕 The show subsequently opened in St. John's, with Scott Strong replacing Sametz, and then toured the province with Robert Joy replacing Strong. When the show was taped by the National Film Board in 1974, Andy Jones appeared in the cast as well. Sexton, Olsen, Malone, Cathy Jones, Andy Jones, Walsh and Joy subsequently performed in the show ''Sickness, Death and Beyond the Grave'' in 1974. In 1975, all except Malone, who was on a brief sabbatical to study at the Toronto Dance Theatre, appeared in ''What Do You Want to See the Harbour For, Anyway?''; later that year, Malone rewrote the show as ''Das Capital''. In the fall of that year, the troupe compiled bits from their earlier shows for a week-long performance in Philadelphia, which was titled ''Philadelphia: Somewhere on the Hungry Coast of Newfoundland''. That show was also taped for broadcast on CBC Television's ''Peep Show'', as ''Festering Forefathers and Running Sons''. Joy and Olsen left the troupe in 1976. Mike Jones, Cathy and Andy Jones' brother, was not a performing member of the troupe, but was associated with them as a frequent director of their stage shows.〔"Codco show no place for reserve". ''The Globe and Mail'', September 22, 1979.〕 Over the next number of years, the troupe's members only rarely worked together as CODCO, but often collaborated with each other individually on various projects, including the film ''The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood'' and the television series ''The Root Seller'', ''The Wonderful Grand Band'' and ''The S and M Comic Book''.〔 Greg Thomey and Paul Steffler also frequently collaborated with the CODCO members on various projects. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CODCO」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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