1. Mr Blobby is a character originally featured on the British Saturday night variety show Noel's House Party, broadcast on BBC One.
29 Facts About Mr Blobby
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Mr Blobby topped the UK Singles Chart with the 1993 Christmas release "Mr Blobby".
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Mr Blobby first appeared in 1992 in the 'Gotcha' segment of the second series of Noel's House Party, in which celebrities were caught out in a Candid Camera style prank.
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Mr Blobby was presented to the celebrities as if he were a real and established children's television character, in order to record a feature about the guests' professions - in reality, the setup was completely fictitious, and the character of Mr Blobby, portrayed by Barry Killerby in a costume created by artist Joshua Snow, focused on acting childishly and unprofessionally, to irritate the celebrities taking part.
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Mr Blobby was dropped from Noel's House Party for its final series, but was brought back for the programme's final episode.
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Mr Blobby was a regular character on the Danish TV show Greven pa Hittegodset on TV 2.
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In December 1997, Mr Blobby made a guest appearance on the children's game show Get Your Own Back where he was the losing grown-up and was gunged.
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Mr Blobby made a return the following year and gunged presenter Dave Benson Phillips as revenge for the previous year.
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Mr Blobby has toured around the UK making public appearances at events such as university balls and in pantomime, and has made short videos and sketches exclusively for his official YouTube channel.
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Mr Blobby came seventh out of ten candidates, with 105 votes.
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In 2012, Mr Blobby made a guest appearance on the 23 September episode of The Big Fat Quiz of the Year "The Big Fat Quiz of the '90s".
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Mr Blobby appeared on The Last Leg, where he was declared as leader of "The 90s Party", a political party formed by the show's hosts.
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On 14 October 2017, Mr Blobby made a guest appearance on Sam Delaney's News Thing.
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In January and February 2019, Mr Blobby appeared in an advertising campaign celebrating the 100th birthday of supermarket Tesco.
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On 6 September 2019, Mr Blobby appeared on the 20th Anniversary episode of Loose Women where he grappled Carol McGiffin, losing an eye in the process.
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In November 2019, Mr Blobby appeared in Virgin Trains West Coast's "Final Whistle" music video, celebrating the end of the franchise.
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On 7 November 2021, Mr Blobby attempted to take part in the Children in Need's Puppet Aid musical, but was locked out of the studio while the rest of Britain's famous puppets sang Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now".
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Mr Blobby then broke into the studio three hours later and delivered the final note.
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From 4 December 2021, Mr Blobby starred in The Chrysalis Theatre, Milton Keynes' pantomime Peter Pan.
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Mr Blobby appeared on BBC News and was interviewed by Christian Fraser to discuss his pantomime appearance.
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In September 2022, Mr Blobby appeared on The Big Breakfast and rode a mechanical bull.
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In November 2022, Mr Blobby appeared in a celebrity call centre mockumentary segment for Children in Need 2022.
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In January 2023, Mr Blobby appeared on This Morning again, this time during a segment with Alice Beer as part of a discussion about the unused original Mr Blobby costume that had been listed on eBay.
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In February 2023, Mr Blobby made a guest appearance on the ITV skating series Dancing on Ice, to present part of the competition segment, in which he caused chaos in the studio and made snow angels on the ice.
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In May 2023, Mr Blobby auditioned for the sixteenth series of Britain's Got Talent where he performed a magic act.
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On 17 June 2024, Mr Blobby appeared on Good Morning Britain with Noel Edmonds.
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Mr Blobby appeared at three Crinkley Bottom-themed attractions in pre-existing British theme parks during the 1990s.
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Attractions included a walk-through Mr Blobby House named Dunblobbin, a dark ride based around classic children's television characters, and an animated Noddy exhibit.
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The original man in the Mr Blobby suit, Barry Killerby, is a classically trained Shakespearean actor from Bradford, West Yorkshire.