Col Elliott

Col Elliott was part of a generation of Australian standup comedians, along with Rodney Rude and Kevin "Bloody" Wilson, who portrayed the larrikin image -- a crude and irreverent Australian character given to plenty of fart gags and casually racist jokes. In his live shows, Elliott played characters that included a failed kamikaze pilot, a Pakistani Elvis impersonator, and an Italian ambassador named Guisseppe Lasagne. Other characters of his satirized Australian stereotypes, like bush poet Slugger Mulligan and rocker roadie Chooka Dennis. Of all his generation of comedians, E...