His full title was Sir William Topaz McGonagall, Knight of the White Elephant of Burma.

I did a series of McGonagall Nights as an antithesis to Burns nights with my band. We did it as a backwards night with a meal being served cheese and biscuits first, then the dessert, then the main course, then the Soup (Tay Whale) The men dressed as Paw Broon, the ladies as Maw Broon. The tables all set up the wrong way round, with salt in the pepper pot and pepper in the salt pot. A Sunday post on every table. We started with the vote of thanks and we did our set backwards, with a pal of mine appearing as McGonagall, reciting his poems. We also had toasts and replies to toasts from the floor and we piped in the main course with kazoos. We also asked the clubs who booked us to put on a show from the floor. The best one was where two guys came on in G Strings and put their clothes back on to "The Stripper" We finished with the introduction and welcome.

The posters were good too. "On the 15th July, Nothing is happening, it will not cost you £5 a ticket, and there is no food"

We performed it several times in central Scotland and still get asked to repeat it, but my pal isn't up for it, and I'm a lot more sane nowadays since my treatment!