Fulton's last full performance on television came on New Year's Eve 1999 with the comedy special "It's a Jolly Life" and his final "Last Call" monologue as the Reverend I.M. Jolly. After saying his final goodbye to television, Fulton wrote and published his autobiography, "Is It That Time Already?". In 1994, Fulton was awarded an honorary Doctor of Arts from Abertay University, Dundee, in 1995 an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Strathclyde and in 2000 another honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of St Andrews.