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Viz - Roger Mellie The Man On The Telly / Billy The Fish [1990]
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Dated, but still relevent and still funny
Review date: 2008-09-25 Rating: 8 out of 10
Having never read Viz before, I was coming at this with an entirely objective viewpoint, and it's a very funny cartoon, although I'm not sure how true it stays to the comic. The animation is crude (the way I like it) and so are a lot of the jokes, but it does so in a style thats a very clever paradoy that worked then, and still works even today.
Roger Mellie is a TV presenter who's rude, sexist and always swears, and Billy the Fish is a very daft story about a fish that plays for a football team. I've since been recently told by a friend however that this is a parody of comics for boys from the 1950's. So there, if I found it funny without even properly getting the joke, that's surely a good thing?!
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Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Harry Enfield
Peter Cook
Creators:
Peter Cook (Primary Contributor)
Harry Enfield (Primary Contributor)
Tony Barnes (Producer)
Robert Francis (Editor)
John Brown (Producer)
Chris Donald (Writer)
Graham Dury (Writer)
Simon Donald (Writer)
Simon Thorp (Writer)
Director(s):
Recording label: Universal Pictures UK
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UK
EAN: 5050582317398
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Animated, PAL,
Release date: 2004-11-29
Audience rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region code: 2
Running time: 67 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1990-06-30
Language: English (Original Language)