Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Coogan malitere ọrụ ya dị ka onye na-atọ ọchị na onye na-eme ihe ngosi, na-arụ ọrụ mgbe niile na Ipswich, tupu ya arụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-ese olu maka mgbasa ozi telivishọn na ihe ngosi ihe nkiri "Spitting Image". N'afọ 1989, ọ pụtara n'usoro ihe osise pụrụ iche na-agbapụ na nlele n'ogologo oge ITV na-egosi egwuregwu "The Krypton Factor". N'afọ 1992, Coogan nwetara ihe nrite Perrier Award
na Edinburgh Festival Fringe maka arụmọrụ ya na onye ya na ya rụkọrọ ọrụ ogologo oge John Thomson, ma soro ya na Caroline Aherne na ihe ngosi ihe ngosi Granada TV, "The Dead Good Show". Ihe odide ya kachasị pụta ìhè nke mepụtara n'oge a bụ Paul Calf, onye ọrụ klas Mancunian, na nwanne ya nwanyị Pauline, nke Coogan na-egwu.