VIDEO: Walt congratulates Private Eye on its 60th anniversary

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to Ian Hislop and all the clever writers and artists who've been putting out the British satirical magazine Private Eye for 60 years this month. 

Walt started reading the Eye in 1963, while recovering from surgery in London's Paddington General Hospital. The hospital closed in 1986, I can truthfully say that there'll always be a part of me in England.

Private Eye carries on, and is occasionally mentioned or quoted here as a prime example of the healthy skepticism which is the the only belief system appropriate to the state of the world today. In this video -- the first of seven, and counting -- editor Ian Hislop talks about the history of the Eye and some of the news stories and personalities they savaged during the hippy-dippy 60s.

   

A nice selection of early Eyes, mostly from the 60s, and including a pdf facsimile of Issue No. 1, is available from our friends ar Canuckjims Magazines. When you order, tell `em Walt sent ya!