Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Coogan wuxuu xirfadiisa bilaabay majaajiliiste iyo sawirqaade, isagoo si joogto ah uga soo muuqday Ipswich, ka hor inta uusan u shaqeyn sidii farshaxan codka ah ee xayeysiinta telefishanka iyo bandhigga caruusadda ee "Spitting Image". Sanadkii 1989, wuxuu ka soo muuqday taxane taxane ah oo si gaar ah loo duubay wareegga Observation ee barnaamijka ciyaarta ITV ee "The Krypton Factor". 1992, Coogan wuxuu ku guuleystay
Abaalmarinta Perrier ee Bandhigga Fringe ee Edinburgh oo uu ku soo bandhigay waxqabadkiisa wada shaqeynta muddada dheer ee John Thomson, wuxuuna la ciyaaray isaga iyo Caroline Aherne oo ku jira bandhigga hal-mar ee Granada TV sketch show, "The Dead Good Show". Halyeeyadii ugu caansanaa ee uu soo saaray xilligan waxay ahaayeen Paul Calf, oo ah shaqaale caan ah oo Mancunian ah, iyo walaashiis Pauline, oo uu ku ciyaaray Coogan dharka dharka.