Ia tusia se faaauauina o lenei palakalafa - Na amata lana galuega o Coogan o se tagata fai tala malie ma se tagata faʻafiafia, e masani ona faʻatino i Ipswich, ae leʻi galue o se tagata fai leo mo faʻasalalauga i le televise ma le faʻaaliga faʻataʻitaʻi faʻataʻitaʻi "Spitting Image". I le 1989, na ia faʻaalia i se faʻasologa o ata faʻapitoa na puʻeina i le Observation round i le ITV game show "The Krypton Factor". I le 1992, na manumalo ai Coogan i le Perrier Award
i le Edinburgh Festival Fringe mo lana faatinoga ma lana paaga o John Thomson, ma sa taaalo faatasi ma ia ma Caroline Aherne i se ata faʻataʻitaʻi a le Granada TV, "The Dead Good Show". O ana tagata sili ona iloga na atiaʻe i lenei taimi o Paul Calf, o se tagata faigaluega masani a Mancunian, ma lona tuafafine o Pauline, na faia e Coogan i le ofu.