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{{Infobox television | runtime = 22 minutes | first_aired = {{start date|1988}} | last_aired = {{end date|1993}} | starring = {{Plainlist| *[[Tommy Sexton]] *[[Greg Malone (actor)|Greg Malone]] *[[Cathy Jones]] *[[Mary Walsh (actress)|Mary Walsh]] *[[Andy Jones (comedian)|Andy Jones]] }} | country = Canada | location = [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]], [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]] (Production Studio) | network = [[CBC Television|CBC]] | num_seasons = 5 | num_episodes = 63 }} '''''CODCO''''' is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] comedy troupe from [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]], best known for a [[sketch comedy]] series which aired on [[CBC Television]] from 1988 to 1993.<ref name=mbc>[http://www.museum.tv/eotv/codco.htm ''CODCO''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426174139/http://www.museum.tv/eotv/codco.htm |date=2017-04-26 }} at the Museum of Broadcast Communication.</ref> Founded as a theatrical revue in 1973,<ref name=mbc /> ''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]]''.<ref name=mbc />
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