Roger Mellie
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Roger Edward Paul Mellie ("The Man on the Telly - who says 'Bollocks!'") is a fictional character featured in Viz magazine.[1] His catchphrase was originally the same as David Frost's catchphrase "Hello, good evening, and welcome", but very soon degenerated into "Hello, good evening and bollocks!". 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). He is shown working on various TV networks and channels, the fictional Fulchester Television (FTV) and the BBC being his primary employers. He is the ostensible author of Roger's Profanisaurus (ISBN 1-902212-05-3), a parody of Roget's Thesaurus which is updated with extra entries in each edition of Viz and has been published several times under considerably risqué titles.
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Publisher | Viz |
First appearance | July 1981 |
Created by | Chris Donald |