Editing Buddy Cole (character) (section)

== 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]].<ref name=boyculture /> 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 1950s.

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, New York|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.