The Very Best Of C̶o̶l̶n̶ C̶o̶l̶o̶n̶ Colin Carpenter

Kim Gyngell has appeared in countless Australian feature films and TV series but it was on The Comedy Company show that he established his most timeless character - the hapless Colin Carpenter.
Colin, permanently unemployed, forever on the dole, is one of life's casualties bewildered by the complexities of everyday life.
Yet somehow Colin always seems to survive by his own unique brand of logic. When authority challenges Colin it always loses.
Maybe there's a little bit of Colin in all of us.
Originally released on DVD in 2004.
0:00 Introduction
0:16 Unemployment
2:27 Word Association
4:21 The Rent
6:33 The Job
8:48 The Doctor
11:33 The Priest
14:27 Prawn Shop
17:03 The Car
20:07 Chairs
24:10 The Psychologist
27:18 Father
30:34 The Audition
34:11 Scrabble
39:43 Police
43:22 Dating Agency
47:24 The Room
50:18 The Fight
53:47 The Survey
57:06 End Credits

[@MrDHWong1989]

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[@billdarby289]

It was great Aussie show!give us a rerun please

[@sandrafortin1764]

​14t$😅😅😅=😅2344445tg;trfqt😅i⁸99ⁿ😅❤😅?2

[@SusanBarkle-ik9ne]

That was a great, great Australian comedy show. Loved it.

[@Splits-man]

Kim Gyngell was and still is a genius comedic actor.

[@tombaycka]

Mark Mitchell too

[@peterjansen3846]

He's also a very fine character actor.

[@swissmaid]

I laughed the whole way ! This is pure comedy for me! What does he do now?

[@gabrielwood9345]

It’s great for these to be back on❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@bossdog1480]

@@swissmaid He's 71 now.

[@JasonBlack66]

If I (and many others) didn't grow up with that kind of Comedy in our life then we probably would have become a danger to society. Comedy Company and Fast Forward provided a miraculous service to the community!

[@user-sf5hc4ro1e]

Fully Agree 👍

[@kimsherlock8969]

Yes indeed To joyously laugh at a brilliant comedy is a relief a sense of humour is a great gift 🎁 😊😊 We can laugh 😃 and 🤔 also learn Everything has complicate reactions. Viva Comedy Viva belly laughing xxxx

[@Miss.Moth.666]

I had the great pleasure of working with Kim Gyngell many years ago. Not only a great actor but a truly fabulous man. 🕸💕👽🐈‍⬛

[@rustykilt]

Colin is just he best. Kim Gyngell is just brilliant.

[@chuckmaddison2924]

This is the best that has been made In Australia. Pity they can't make more of the same quality.

[@user-ki8if1jj4o]

Mark Mitchell holding his composure. Time to pull out...😂. And Kym Gyngell is just rock solid

[@KAJAMAJA122]

This beats the garbage they create today . Thank you , great comedy .

[@davemustaki134]

We need another colin carpenter nowadays!

[@siyaindagulag.]

Why ? You buildin a timber shit -chute ?

[@davemustaki134]

@@siyaindagulag. lol spelt it itself lol

[@siyaindagulag.]

@@davemustaki134 Wait till A.I. starts doin that shit. 🤣

[@heels-villeshoerepairs8613]

We have plenty,... politicians.

[@JasonBlack66]

How is this the funniest shit I've heard in my entire life?! Im constantly searching and needing comedy. No body understands how bad I need it. but I'm never satisfied. Take a trip down memory lane and it all comes flooding back.

[@joebloe3146]

RIP Australian Comedy

[@kathrynbillinghurst188]

Yeh…ikr? ✨ 😞 🙏 ✨ 🇦🇺

[@chuckmaddison2924]

Did you see that thing on 10, I believe. Must have lasted a couple of weeks.

[@victorpeirce4753]

@@chuckmaddison2924*The show you are thinking about is called "We Interrupt This Broadcast" We have seen the first season in Australia earlier this year and Second Season is coming out soon iirc. It's a mixture of Comedy Company and Full Frontal. Two great Australian comedy shows we had in the mid to late Nineties.*

[@michaelnaisbitt7926]

I have had the pleasure of seeing Kym Cymgell on set the number of takes it took without bursting into laughter was amazing he was a very talented comic and the other m evening Myers likeways

[@kathrynbillinghurst188]

😮What? WOW… this is a treasure! As kids, I remember our family rolling with laughter…great times, great times indeed! Colin, the smartest dumb guy!! Maybe I should say…the luckiest dumb guy, or funniest or most humble…I’ll shut up now and watch!!🤓👍🏻

[@brianmorris8045]

Gyngell was brilliant in this role. He once was once criticised by someone because he was belittling not so bright folks. Political correctness reared it's ugly head even then.

[@heels-villeshoerepairs8613]

I think he was complementing some of them.

[@horseshoe182]

coln is like the australian frank spencer, (some mothers do have 'em)

[@davouchi1]

😂omg thank you for putting this together. It's giving me flashbacks to when I was a kid.

[@pjmcconachy4023]

Classic comedy indeed!!! Cheers

[@paulbrennan3091]

Priceless !

[@freedomofchoicelover3734]

Mark did extremely well not to break out laughing or tears...great duo...Kim my all time favourite, Russell not far behind

[@JasonBlack66]

The "CES" for the kids was called the Commonwealth Employment Service. It was not unlike modern Job service centers except is was the only one in the whole country and it was an awesome way to get a job. Then, the clever Howard gov sacked the CES and privatised the whole thing and now this is why you can absolutely get a job, but not the job you want :P

[@opiumtrail7032]

centres*

[@gregoryray9920]

Or you could fill in your dole form with the same 2 fictitious jobs every fortnight and be a lifelong bludger, hence the need for reform

[@geoffmccoll4640]

You wonder why in 2023. If only we were all as rich as Colin Carpenter?

[@cobar5342]

Great stuff. Loved it then and love it now!

[@Awhi]

Jason Donovan? Wow that's a flash back to the past

[@mondop5270]

My early childhood right here

[@tombaycka]

Russell Gilbert was vastly underused Shame he didn’t have a signature character

[@leadean5931]

I only just found this

[@Plethorality]

@@leadean5931 better late than never.

[@danialcrockett614]

The postman

[@suzanneoshannessy7666]

Brilliant

[@wizzard5442]

Kim Gyngell is the son of Australian television pioneer Bruce Gyngell and the best man and former flatmate of James Packer, whom he first met at Cranbrook School, the former owner of the Nine Network.

[@elizabethscott7660]

I was really hoping Coln in the army was in this. Ah well, I'll just have to ROFL at these

[@stuartcrigan482]

The car sketch is my favourite one

[@rodl2005]

Brilliant. Clever stuff. It's not easy to be ruly thick

[@philliphowson1937]

Old school rules 👍📺📺📺📺📺📺

[@mak7587]

OMG He reminds me of my first boyfriend. I’m now 67 years old. Yup, we didn’t last. 😂🤣

[@DaveWhoa]

lol, correct title 👍

[@khoale4755]

Even better than Laurel and Hardy. 😆

[@markissboi3583]

Met Kim gyngell in st kilda working next door & Mark Mitchell ata doveton farm festivale ( con the Friuter) Beautiful cupla dayzz i quote con when looking at the fruit section look at him cupla days beautiful @@ the looks i get

[@kathrynbillinghurst188]

My mum still reminds me of how funny Con was…she says… ‘ aaah cuppla daze!’ 🤣 💖hi mum, I love you! 💕✌️🤗🌼

[@happivaras]

It was Coln.

[@kathrynbillinghurst188]

@@happivaras 🤣🤣👏👏’…yeahhh!!’ He’s so funny!!!

[@happivaras]

@kathrynbillinghurst188 Coln and Con both are hilarious.

[@kathrynbillinghurst188]

@@happivaras ✌️😁👍🏻

[@user-sf5hc4ro1e]

Bag's 🐐😂🤣😂🤣👏👏👏

[@greatkingrat]

71 now!

[@runningwithscissors7715]

$45 a week...wow how times have changed....my mum would pay $17 for a pack of 50s (cigis) now that packet cost over $70...

[@siyaindagulag.]

Yeah, ah...g'day Colon....

[@Plethorality]

Coln.

[@JasonBlack66]

BRING BACK THE CES!

[@juz2sxc651]

I ALWAYS THINK OF THIS SHOW AND NOW IT POPS UP ON MY SUGGESTIONS... KZbin CAN READ MY MIND. I MISS THIS SOOO MUCH. I CANT BEGIN TO EXPLAIN. I DONT KNOW IF I CAN WATCH IT ALL 😢 I WANT TO CRY. AUSTRALIAN TV HAS GONE DOWNHILL. COMEDY IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE. I MISS THIS. IM 41, I WANT TO GO BACK TO WHEN THIS WAS ON😢😢😢😢😢

[@carolegreen9938]

Colin Carpenter for P.M.

[@tombaycka]

I wonder if they should’ve made spin off movies or cartoon series of any characters like SNL?

[@MrDHWong1989]

There was a live action spin-off series focusing around Colin Carpenter that ran for two series in the early 90s.

[@tombaycka]

@@MrDHWong1989 Yes I used to watch it Also in 1997 Con had his own cooking show Nostalgia is my daughter’s name

[@kathrynbillinghurst188]

@@tombaycka … and a guppy! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@DerhamPaul-vo8fr]

Colin

[@jaypercy5974]

Yep Colin and Kylie mole on tv today the tv station would be getting hate mail. Thank god we were good enough to laugh at things back then

[@theGoldWolf]

Colon, Colon Powel .....

[@therooffairy5979]

Kim loved the smack.

[@rustle2]

Its Collanduh.

[@timothyhowie6171]

This was set in SA😅

[@bellajayne7442]

😂

[@hopebear06]

Did he ever manage to get off the gear permanently?

[@juz2sxc651]

Did you? Lol

[@johnfleming3422]

bo bo pete & gunja

[@matthewmcclure5218]

Friendly Jordie is💯💯💯💯💯💯💯 accurate

[@leelee2350]

So you can't pay your rent because both of your parents died yesterday from BACK CANCER.....lmao this one really killed me.

[@terrieleoleos2612]

Ĺ

[@mezame1626]

He was sooo good on the hoges show

[@robinmabbott7334]

Whats kim doing these days

[@dosomething7930]

😂