Viz in Other Media
Some of the characters have had their own television cartoon series on Channel 4. They are:
- The Fat Slags (voiced by Kathy Burke and Jenny Eclair)
- Roger Mellie (voiced by Peter Cook)
- Sid the Sexist (voiced by Sammy Johnson)
- Billy the Fish (voiced by Harry Enfield)
In December 2011, Viz produced three animated shorts for Channel 4's Comedy Blaps with Baby Cow, voiced by Steve Coogan, Sarah Millican, Simon Greenall and Gavin Webster.
A one-off TV programme "Viz - The Documentary" was shown on Britain's Channel 4 in 1990, spoofing serious investigative TV shows like Panorama or Dispatches while telling the story of Viz.
A computer game using Viz characters was produced in 1991 by Virgin Interactive.
The Fat Slags appeared in TV ads for Lucozade, a drink which they hate with a passion. These ads included a mixture of cartoon characters (the slags) and live actors (the men who drink Lucozade).
A movie based on The Fat Slags was produced in 2004, but was disowned by the magazine's editors who threatened to stop running the strip in response.
A novelty single was released in 1987 for Viz and its Buster Gonad character by the band XTC as "Johnny Japes and His Jesticles". The A-side was "Bags of Fun With Buster" b/w "Scrotal Scratch Mix".
During the Gulf War of 1991, Sepecat Jaguar GR1A bombers of the Royal Air Force featured such Viz characters as Johnny Fartpants, the Fat Slags and Buster Gonad as nose art.
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