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Buddy Cole (character)
Fictional character
Charles Budderick "Buddy" Cole is a fictional character created and portrayed by Canadian actor-comedianScott Thompson. He is an effeminate, gaysocialite,[1] made famous on The Kids in the Hall, a popular Canadiansketch comedy series starring the troupe of the same name.
The character also had a recurring role on The Colbert Report.[2] He was loosely based on one of Thompson's romantic partners.
Buddy cole wiki Thompson has described Buddy as a " butch queen" and an "alpha fag ", pointing out that while extremely effeminate, Buddy is also very forceful and strong willed. Marquette University Press. Suggest an edit. Retrieved May 30,Fictional biography
According to the book Buddy Babylon, Cole was the youngest of 23 children born to pig farmers in Saint-Hubert-sur-le-Lac, Quebec.[3] His hard-partying lifestyle once led him into a brief lavender marriage with a Hollywood actress named Tandy; from that marriage, he is stepfather to conjoined twins named Suzanne and Pleshette.[3]
Buddy owns a gay bar, Buddy's, which he purchased with money saved during a brief stint of not smoking cigarettes.
According to the "Chalet " episode of The Kids in the Hall, a full-length adventure starring Buddy and friends, Buddy is the nephew of comedian Rip Taylor.
On The Kids in the Hall
Most of Buddy Cole's appearances in The Kids in the Hall are monologues delivered from his gay bar, Buddy's.
These monologues tend to involve reflections on his personal life and the gay community.[1] He also frequently drops celebrity names, insinuating that he has many close friendships with the rich and famous. A series of The Kids in the Hall sketches portrayed his deeply personal relationship with Queen Elizabeth II (also played by Thompson).
During the second season of The Kids in the Hall, Buddy began to star in more action-packed sketches.
In the first such appearance, he becomes the substitute coach of a lesbian softball team. From there on, his adventures became more outrageous and surreal, from accidentally murdering a drag queen (while on a bad acid trip) to purchasing his very own male slave in the s.
In the series' final episode, he is one in a handful of characters to get something of a resolution: Having lost his bar in a game of strip poker (he refused to remove his shirt having just put on ten pounds), he burns it down in order to win back his old boyfriend - "a firefighter from Buffalo".
Also in the last sketch is a childhood photo of Kurt Cobain (an acquaintance of Thompson's), sitting on the bar as it burns down.
After the TV series
Following the conclusion of the television series in , Buddy Cole made regular appearances in Scott Thompson's one-man stage show.[4] Buddy has been one of many characters revived for The Kids in the Hall reunion tours; he did not, however, appear in the troupe's film Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy or their reunion miniseries The Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town.
He did appear in a sketch in the Amazon Prime revival of The Kids in the Hall, reminiscing about the changes in the gay village over the years as he walks down the street with a friend, before they unexpectedly come across the last remaining glory hole.[5]
In , Thompson appeared in character as Buddy Cole in Bruce LaBruce's film Super 8½.
In , Thompson and Paul Bellini co-authored the book Buddy Babylon: The Autobiography of Buddy Cole.[6]
In early , Breakthrough Entertainment, the producers of the series Atomic Betty and Paradise Falls, announced that an animated comedy series based on the character was in development.[7]Buddy's was expected to air on CBC Television and the American LGBT channel Here!.[7] However, in a February 1, interview on Tom Green Live, Thompson announced that the series was no longer in development.
Buddy cole wiki fandom This page was last modified on 11 July , at Read Edit View history. On The Kids in the Hall [ edit ]. November 5, aged 47 Hollywood, California , U.No reason for the dissolution of the show was given, but Thompson did say that Buddy Cole now had his own blog instead, written and updated by Thompson himself.
On January 13, , Thompson posted a video blog as Cole. However, it was also his last; as announced in the video (titled "Adieu to EWE"), Cole simply did not have enough time to blog.
In February , Thompson appeared in character as Buddy Cole on several episodes of The Colbert Report, serving as the program's correspondent to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
His coverage focused on Russia's anti-gay laws, including interviewing openly gay Ambassador Daniel Baer of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.[2]
In , Thompson toured the stage show Après Le Déluge: The Buddy Cole Monologues,[8] and released a new reprint of Buddy Babylon.[9]
In , he appeared Netflix's LGBTQ+comedy special hosted by Billy Eichner Stand Out: An LGBTQ+ Celebration along with Bob the Drag Queen, Mae Martin, Margaret Cho, Trixie Mattel, Joel Kim Booster, Sam Jay, Tig Notaro, Gina Yashere, Matteo Lane, Eddie Izzard, Marsha Warfield, Patti Harrison, Guy Branum, Solomon Georgio, Judy Gold, Wanda Sykes, Lily Tomlin, Sandra Bernhard, and more.
Reception
Thompson has described Buddy as a "butch queen" and an "alpha fag", pointing out that while extremely effeminate, Buddy is also very forceful and strong willed. Thompson, who is openly gay, has always directly confronted charges that Buddy is a homophobic stereotype. "The whole idea of Buddy Cole being considered a terrible stereotype and a terrible throwback is, I think, just tragic," he told Orlando Weekly in "I mean, most gay men are more Buddy than Sly."[10]
References
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- ^ ab"Buddy Cole Learns About Russia's Anti-Gay Laws, Prepares To Visit Sochi For 'The Colbert Report'".Kids in the hall buddy cole quotes At the age of ten, he debuted on the theater piano, filling in for someone who had not turned up. Buddy Cole. References [ edit ]. Vulture , May 13,
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- ^ abCece Scott, "Buddy Babylon: The Autobiography of Buddy Cole, by Scott Thompson & Paul Bellini". Quill & Quire, July
- ^"Two 'Kids in the Hall' take a shot at stand-up". San Jose Mercury News, September 14,
- ^Kathryn VanArendonk, "The Kids in the Hall Make a Head-Crushing Return".
Vulture, May 13,
- ^"Scott Thompson Goes Straight With New Comic". Torontoist, March 16,
- ^ ab"Breakthrough for gay sitcom toon". C21 Media, April 12,
- ^"Kids in the Hall's Scott Thompson on reprising his role as Buddy Cole".Buddy cole wiki discography Retrieved May 30, He started his musical career in the theater playing between movies and his first keyboard job was as theater organist at Los Angeles' Figueroa Theater. November 5, aged 47 Hollywood, California , U. In early , Breakthrough Entertainment , the producers of the series Atomic Betty and Paradise Falls , announced that an animated comedy series based on the character was in development.
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- ^"Scott Thompson on Buddy Cole and the Plight of the Queer Comic". Village Voice, March 31,
- ^Manes, Billy (11 April ). "Hall Monitor". Orlando Weekly. Retrieved 7 June