CODCO - The End of CODCO

The End of CODCO

In 1991, the CBC refused to air Pleasant Irish Priests in Conversation, a sketch involving three Catholic priests discussing their sexual experiences. The Mount Cashel Orphanage child abuse controversy was very much in the news at the time, and as Newfoundlanders, the CODCO crew quite naturally had very strong opinions on the matter. As a result, Andy Jones quit the show in protest. Although the series carried on for one more year, his departure was widely perceived to have weakened the show, which subsequently ended in 1992. Ironically, the CBC subsequently aired Pleasant Irish Priests in a Best of CODCO special just a few months after the regular series ended.

Following the end of CODCO, Walsh and Cathy Jones worked with Thomey and Rick Mercer to create This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Several CODCO characters, including Dakey Dunn and Jerry Boyle, were carried over to the new series.

Sexton died in 1993 of complications from AIDS.

Malone ran as a New Democratic Party candidate for Parliament in a Newfoundland byelection in 2000, losing narrowly to Loyola Hearn.