Corky and the Juice Pigs began performing on a comedy show on the University of Windsor's CJAM campus radio station.
Costa left the group early into their career to pursue a teaching occupation, and was replaced by Greg Neale.
One of their early national Canadian TV appearances was on the MuchMusic program Much West in the late 1980s, during which they performed a parody of kabuki theatre.
They also attracted a loyal fan base in Australia thanks to touring in the early 1990s, an appearance on The Big Gig and airplay on radio stations such as 3PBS and 3RRR where they were regularly played on magazine-style comedy show The Cheese Shop.
As a result, they still attracted sell out crowds at their last appearances at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival towards the end of their career.