The Life and Adventures of Lenny, a Smurf.

Indeed.

Richard Dawkins is at Oxford, and at Durham we have Bill Bryson as our Chancellor (I don't think he actually does much, rather it's more of a ceremonial position... I'll have to look it up, just to be sure).

EDIT: Yeah, the Chancellor is just a figurehead, with the real work done by the Vice-Chancellor.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_(education)