Roger and Tom have crossed over into the Billy the Fish strip occasionally before realising they are in the wrong page. In one strip, Tom imagines Roger has arrived on time only to discover that it is a life-size cardboard cut-out. Roger usually arrives announcing 'Sorry I'm late, Tom'. One of Roger's defining features is that he will always arrive very late, regardless of if its to a job or simply a meeting despite Tom making desperate attempts to make sure he understands the importance of being on time (leading to Tom's catchphrase of 'Where the Hell is Roger?'). In one issue, he has a sign reading 'Tom - Straight Man'. Roger's straight man is Tom, in early strips, a director or producer, later a portmanteau figure, an agent for Roger or a television executive, to suit the script. He has had five previous wives (two 'accidentally' murdered) and is a convicted rapist, undischarged bankrupt, a hopeless alcoholic, extremely sexist, very right-wing, a bigot and a recovering cocaine addict. He often stays at his favourite lap-dancing club until gone three in the morning but lives in Fulchester with his 17-year-old Thai wife and 15 Staffordshire Bull Terriers.
#ROGER MELLIE PROFANISAURUS ONLINE TV#
Recruited by Fulchester Television he became a popular TV personality and established his own production company, MellieVision. He began his broadcasting career as a cub reporter on the news with Robert Dougall and shot to fame doing genital mutilation routines at the London Palladium. It was said on a few occasions that Roger drove a Suzuki Swift 1.3GTi.īorn Roger Edward Paul Mellie in 1937 in North Shields, Roger was educated at Fulchester Mixed Infants, Bartlepool Grammar School, and the Oxford Remand Centre. Roger also appeared in the 1991 Viz video game as the commentator for all the races.
#ROGER MELLIE PROFANISAURUS ONLINE SERIES#
One issue gave Roger's name as "Roger Michael Neville Mellie".Īn animated TV series was released on VHS and also broadcast on Channel 4 in 1991, with Peter Cook providing the voice of Roger, and Harry Enfield doing all of the other voices. Viz's founder and main contributor Chris Donald has said that the character of Roger Mellie was inspired by the off-screen behaviour of Rod Griffith, a 1980s Tyne Tees Television presenter but that Mellie is nothing like Griffith and other presenters have been worked into the character, including Look North presenter Mike Neville. He is the ostensible author of Roger's Profanisaurus ( ISBN 1-90), a parody of Roget's Thesaurus. He is shown working on various TV networks and channels, the fictional Fulchester Television (FTV) and the BBC being his primary employers. The character first appeared in Issue 6 in July 1981 and (like many other characters in Viz) is a foul-mouthed and obnoxious misogynist who manages to maintain a career as a television presenter, in spite of his objectionable personality and incompetence (he sees himself as highly professional, despite abundant evidence to the contrary). His catchphrase is "Hello, good evening and bollocks!", satirising David Frost's catchphrase "Hello, good evening, and welcome". Roger Mellie ("The Man on the Telly") is a fictional character featured in Viz magazine. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) JSTOR ( September 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
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