Cleese is 70 today and Viz is, astonishingly, 30. The juvenile magazine has been a part of my life for 20 of those years although I stopped buying it some years ago - in fact probably about the same time they sold out to John Brown and admitted that it wasn't 'as funny as it used to be'.
But the thing is, it still is - it's kept me entertained through my Sixth Form (where it was required reading and I was too stupid to realise it was lampooning people like me), University and many years of work.
But among my legion high-profile media achievments - column at the student newspaper, appearance on Radio Essex lunchtime show, having a text read out on Adam & Joe Show, this amazing blog - I've never managed to get a submission included in Roger's Profanisaurus.
For this reason I'm going to resolve myself to buying it until I do.
Cleese's comedy is equally enduring - I even like Clockwise - and traces back to the days when it was OK to abuse Andrew Sachs. Anyway, the point of this post is to wish a happy birthday to both.
