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Mr Blobby in a wacky pose

Mr Blobby is a fictional character who featured on Noel Edmonds' Saturday night entertainment show Noel's House Party, which was often a ratings winner in the 1990s. Mr Blobby also appeared on the Jamie Rose show of 1997. He was designed as an outrageously over the top parody of a one-dimensional, mute novelty character, which ironically made him distinctive, absurd and popular. He was a large pink humanoid, covered with yellow spots, sporting a permanent toothy grin and jiggling eyes. He communicated by saying the word "blobby" in an electronically-altered voice, expressing his moods through tone of voice and repetition. Mr Blobby started out as part of the 'Gotcha' feature of the show (originally called 'Gotcha Oscars' until the threat of legal action from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), in which celebrities were caught out in a Candid Camera style prank. Celebrities such as dancer Wayne Sleep and rugby union player Will Carling would be enticed to take part in a fictitious children's programme based around their profession. Mr Blobby would clumsily take part in the activity, knocking over the set, causing mayhem and saying "blobby blobby blobby", until finally when the prank was revealed, the Blobby costume would be opened - revealing Noel inside. This was all the more surprising for the "victim" as during rehearsals Blobby would be played by an actor wearing only the arms and legs of the costume and speaking in a normal manner. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File linksMetadata BlobbyProud. ... Image File history File linksMetadata BlobbyProud. ... Noel Ernest Edmonds (born 22 December 1948 in Ilford, Essex) is a British television presenter, DJ, executive who made his name on BBC Radio 1 in the UK. He is more recently known as the presenter of the television gameshow Deal or No Deal. ... Noels House Party is a BBC television light entertainment show hosted by Noel Edmonds that was broadcast live on Saturday evenings throughout the 1990s. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study in Hollywood, California Founded on May 11, 1927 in California, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures. ... Candid Camera is a long-running television series, created and produced by Allen Funt, which initially began on radio as Candid Microphone June 28, 1947. ... Wayne Sleep (born 1948) is an English dancer. ... For other uses, see Rugby (disambiguation). ... William Carling OBE (born December 12, 1965) is a former Rugby union player, and captain of England from 1988 to 1996. ...

Popularity

Following his popularity, Mr Blobby eventually became a character in his own right. The Mr Blobby costumes were created by artist Joshua Snow.

Through Noel's House Party, Mr Blobby was seen in shorts, 'guest appearing' on other fictional TV programmes. Examples include Lovejoy, where he unintentionally broke antique furniture, and Keeping Up Appearances, where he was seen making an impromptu visit on Hyacinth and Richard Bucket, disrupting their kitchen. Mr Blobby occasionally had sexual affiars with fellow character's. There are other articles with similar names; see Lovejoy (disambiguation). ... Keeping Up Appearances is a British sitcom starring Patricia Routledge as social-climbing snob Hyacinth Bucket. ... Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced, the character claims, as Bouquet) is the main character in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances (1990 to 1995), played by Patricia Routledge. ...

Other appearances

Mr Blobby has also made regular appearances on Saturday morning show Live & Kicking and Saturday evening show Jim Davidson's Generation Game. He appeared on a Get Your Own Back Christmas special (17th December 1997), he went on the Gunk Dunk and because he could only say 'Blobby', he got all the questions wrong and was thrown in the gunge pool. He fell out of the pool shortly afterwards. Live & Kicking Logo Live and Kicking was a BBC Saturday morning variety programme that was aimed at kids and included a mix of competitions, comedy, music and cartoons such as the Rugrats. ... Jim Davidson as Buttons in Sinderella Comes Again. ... The Generation Game is a British game show produced by the BBC in which four teams of two (usually people from the same family, but different generations) compete to win prizes. ... Get Your Own Back was a childrens television gameshow produced by CBBC, which ran from 26 September 1991 to 31 March 2003. ... A Christmas television special is typically a one_time, 30 minute animated program aired during the Christmas season. ... Look up gunge in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

In 2002 Mr Blobby appeared in Panto in Croydon. The actor wearing the suit came to the rescue of "star" Stephen Mulhern when he found the panto audience difficult. The actor, Barry Killerby, pretended to be the female producer of the show and threatened to have the young people at the from of the auditorium "removed from the Theatre". In the press it stated the word Theatre was elongated in a very theatrical way. There was confusion as to whether Killerby was serious but Mulhern found he could work better with a silent Panto audience than a true panto audience. One group in question wrote to Killerby about this, no reply was forthcoming.

The character Krotchy in the 2003 PC game Postal² seems to be a visual parody of Mr Blobby. Krotchy Krotchy is one of the logo of the PC FPS game Postal². It is originally a doll in the game, which the player(Dude)s wife told you to get one for her as a mission on Thursday chapter. ... Postal² is a 2003 computer game by Running With Scissors (RWS). ...

He has also appeared in the music video for Peter Kay's 2005 charity single "Is This the Way to Amarillo", where he was played by actor Martin Jarvis. He was also a celebrity Bungalowhead on Dick and Dom in da Bungalow. He also appeared in the cellar cage in the final episode of series four. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... A charity record (also known as a charity single) is a release of a song for a specific charitable cause. ... Is This the Way to Amarillo is a song written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, referring to Amarillo, Texas. ... Martin Jarvis (born August 4, 1941 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England) is an English actor. ... Dick and Dom in da Bungalow was an Award winning CBBC childrens television series presented by Richard McCourt (Dick) and Dominic Wood (Dom). In the final series, Series 5, five children and one celebrity guest (known as Bungalow Heads) came to stay the weekend in their bungalow. Throughout the...

In a form of in-joke, Barry Killerby appeared on the 8 May 2006 edition of Dead Ringers as a contestant on a sketch spoofing Deal or No Deal. He appeared again on the 29 May edition, this time in the Mr Blobby costume. is the 128th day of the year (129th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Dead Ringers is a UK radio and television comedy impressions show broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Two. ... Deal or No Deal is a gameshow which has been broadcast in the UK on Channel 4 since October 31, 2005. ... is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

On 27th January 2007 Mr Blobby made an appearance on Harry Hill's TV Burp^[1] in an EastEnders joke, where character Dot Branning is in Pauline's kitchen, thinking an intruder is coming, grabs a saucepan as weaponry and resorts to the corner of the kitchen. The door opens and Dot says "You!" in disbelief. The camera cuts to the door and Mr Blobby is standing there, starts screaming in his characteristic voice and proceeds to smash up the kitchen. This is instead of Joe, who in the episode was the one to come into the kitchen. Later in the episode he had a fight with Phil Mitchell, to decide who was best at not opening doors. (Redirected from 27th January) January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Harry Hills TV Burp is a popular British television comedy programme, produced by Avalon Television for ITV, and is hosted by the comedian Harry Hill. ... Albert Square in the 1980s. ... Dorothy Dot Branning (née Colwell; previously Cotton) is a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera EastEnders. ...

Mr Blobby also made a surprise appearance at the Witnness music festival, Fairyhouse Racecourse, County Meath, Ireland in the summer of 2002. Blobby took to the stage and attempted to down a pint of Guinness. He stopped while the glass was still half full to the jeers of the crowd but quickly recovered to finish his pint and win the hearts and affections of the crowd back. Witnness was a music festival sponsored by Guinness which ran in the Republic of Ireland from 2000 to 2003. ... Fairyhouse racecourse is one of Irelands premier horse racing venues. ... Statistics Province: Leinster County Town: Navan Code: MH Area: 2,342 km² Population (2006) 162,831 Website: www. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Guinness logo Guinness is Good for You Irish language advertisement. ...

He appeared on Dave, in the impression based sketch series "Dead Ringers", on February 29, 2008. Dead Ringers is a UK radio and television comedy impressions show broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Two. ... For other uses, see February (disambiguation). ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

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References

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External links

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/years/1993/toys3.shtml