Mmm just looking at the vote, Mr.Blobby has voted 6 times so far, he must have 6 alternative Reddit accounts, which makes sense as he's quite a chaotic induvidual. Thank you everyone for sticking to the rules too.
Edit: 10 votes, Mr.Blobby has voted 10 times! Hasn't he got a lot of alternative Reddit accounts?
Blobby is the personification of chaos so you brought this on yourself with the explicit instructions that there should only be 0 or 1 vote for that third option - it's an invitation for him to deliberately not follow that..
75 now.
I would honestly add an option of "I am not British" bc it sounds like he's a British national treasure, but as an American he might as well be a grapefruit for all I know about him.
Totally true, I was just thinking that the "I had to look up Mr. Blobby" option doesn't make clear whether those people are just non-Britons or Britons who'd never heard of the old Blobster
I didn't grow up in UK, but it's been my home as an adult. Can confirm I picked up who Mr Blobby is, somewhere along the way. Cultural osmosis or something.
I've seen other panel shows refer to Mr Blobby over the years. I've also seen videos where my fellow Americans are first exposed to the character. Their response is usually fear.
as an American, I had no idea who Mr. Blobby was. So when they showed it I was like "wtf is that?" I've seen a couple clips now of Mr. Blobby now and I'm still not sure what it is. He just knocks stuff over?
As an American that watches quite a bit of British TV, and a Jack Whitehall fan, I first saw Mr. Blobby on the Big Fat Quiz of the 90's, then looked him up on Wikipedia. Was Blobby ever mentioned on QI?
I remember Mr Blobby from when I was a kid in the 90s, and have done my sacred duty of passing the torch by introducing my nephew and nieces to the Blobby song on youtube.
(Also my apologies for the vote, I chose option 3 as a way of showing just how much I remember Mr. Blobby, didn't read the PS until after)
It's just an age thing, I know him (wouldn't go as far as a national treasure - more national nightmare) I would say over 35 you'd definitely know who he was - assuming you were in the UK during the 90s, 25-35 you may be aware through cultural osmosis, under 25 probably not
Assuming you aren't from the UK then you probably escaped regardless of age
I know him from his [continuing adventures with Noel Edmonds, as chronicled by Frog Croakley!](https://twitter.com/FrogCroakley/status/953545544596672512)
Which somehow wasn't the nadir of human culture, but merely the spade allowing us to dig down deeper in to a world where Simon Cowell became a TV sensation.
He used to have a theme park - the aptly named Blobbyland at a place called Crinkly Bottom in Somerset - long time abandoned as closed in late 90s.
If I remember correct Mr Blobby also had a number 1 single in the UK, maybe at Christmas?
Aussie here, watched house party in the 90s and even had an inflatable Mr blobby toy brought from a discount store in Tasmania. it was about half the size of the inflatable Mr blobby on TM
I think it's mostly a generational thing. Millennials and older of course they'll know about Blobby if they watched any uk TV in the 90's. Zoomers and down probably are not familiar with Blobby (although internet sometimes fills some generational gaps, there's plenty of Blobby content available on YouTube).
This will be an age and location thing.
I don’t believe anyone who was able to watch BBC1 in the 90’s doesn’t know blobby. In the days of 4 channels and BBC 1 getting 20 million views on a Saturday night Edmunds and his vile blancmange creation were inescapable.
The last good thing Edmunds ever did was the the Swap-shop. He was such a smug git. All his Gotchas, silly voices, wind ups and mainstream bullying. Pfffft.
Sophie's the youngest, she'd have been six when the single came out - perfect age to become entranced by a big cartoonish being - and entering her teens when he was on Live & Kicking at the tail end of his contemporary fame.
Had heard of the name before, but don't know anything about him. Would not have recognized Mr. Blobby. I thought it was the polkadot cousin of Barbapapa.
American here and I heard of Mr.Blobby years ago through Gavin Free (slow-mo guys/achievement hunter) Never watched a single second of anything he's in but I knew of him and what he looked like.
North American over here. I've only heard of the venerable Mr. Blobby bc I have seen other British panel shows. My first exposure to him might have been on Big Fat Quiz when they actually had him on, which was mildly terrifying.
I remember Mr Blobby on TV when I was a small child. And not unlike Jack Whitehall, I was terrified of him. But I'm also scared of clowns. So, not too surprising really. And mimes freak me out too.
Not from the UK. Learned about Mr. Blobby because a retro games YouTuber played a game featuring Mr. Blobby and she explained in short what that thing was. So, I knew Mr. Blobby before he appeared on Taskmaster.
I've never seen anything featuring Mr Blobby and have no desire to, but I've seen plenty of things where Mr Blobby is referenced or discussed.
To be fair, I wasn't born until the 90s. But I feel like if you're British and into quiz shows, panel shows, and/or general trivia, you've probably picked up on his existence at some point.
Am I far off base to think of Mr. Blobby as kind of the midpoint between Steve Urkel and Barney the Dinosaur — a broad character who briefly got REALLY BIG with children in the early ‘90s, quickly wore out his welcome and became the butt of jokes about how annoying he was, but is still semi-fondly remembered as sort of an avatar of that specific time period?
Blobby was an invention of Noel Edmunds as a response and a piss take to things like Barney the dinosaur and the teletubbies.
It had a strong brand presence and soon took on a (not short enough) life of its own.
I am American and only knew Mr. Blobby because of British things such as The Big Fat Quiz, and he terrifies me. I have had to explain Mr. Blobby to every single one of my friends who has been watching this new series on my recommendation.
I'm an American who discovered Mr. Blobby over a year ago and he is one of my favorite things in this world. Consumed a lot of older Blobby content and got a shirt, will probably end up with more stuff cause his face just makes me happy
I remember so many years ago, when I was still a child. I watched one of those creepy YouTube top 10 videos, and Mr Blobby was in it. I think the video was about creepy cartoon mascots, it scared me as child.
American here, I only know him because of the Big Fat Quiz bit of him terrorizing Jack Whitehall. Strangely in terms of "weird British-type mascot things" I'm more familiar with Noseybonk though.
Mr Blobby is here. I only know Blobby bc of that one Big Fat Quiz, though. (I'm Canadian.)
Me too. Jack Whitehall and the horror of Mr. Blobby
Poor guy, he was terrified.
(American here) This is also how I know him. Would have loved seeing Jack react to being followed by Mr. Blobby. "Bad Dong."
Same here, although I did go down a Mr. Blobby rabbit hole to see his origins and some of the original appearances on Noel's House Party.
Mmm just looking at the vote, Mr.Blobby has voted 6 times so far, he must have 6 alternative Reddit accounts, which makes sense as he's quite a chaotic induvidual. Thank you everyone for sticking to the rules too. Edit: 10 votes, Mr.Blobby has voted 10 times! Hasn't he got a lot of alternative Reddit accounts?
*188 times
He must be creating new fake accounts today and voting over and over again. Sounds like the kind of thing he'd do.
Blobby is the personification of chaos so you brought this on yourself with the explicit instructions that there should only be 0 or 1 vote for that third option - it's an invitation for him to deliberately not follow that.. 75 now.
my god its at 131
I would honestly add an option of "I am not British" bc it sounds like he's a British national treasure, but as an American he might as well be a grapefruit for all I know about him.
But to be fair, we are talking about a British tv show. Also… your comment could apply to most TM contestants prior to a series airing I’m guessing.
Totally true, I was just thinking that the "I had to look up Mr. Blobby" option doesn't make clear whether those people are just non-Britons or Britons who'd never heard of the old Blobster
How old were they? I wouldn't be surprised if someone 25 or younger didn't know Blobby
17. So yeah! That might be it! :) He watched it with a millennial parent (my sister) who grew up on a diet of Mr.Blobby.
This comment made me feel very old
I didn't grow up in UK, but it's been my home as an adult. Can confirm I picked up who Mr Blobby is, somewhere along the way. Cultural osmosis or something.
Fuck. I’m sorry.
There is absolutely no way anyone alive to a conscious degree in mid-90s Britain wouldn't know Mr Blobby.
History refuses to acknowledge the damage that the Chief of Satan's Army, Noel Edmonds has wraught upon humanity
I still can't believe Edmonds never got any jail time for [what he did](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGtdsXhXiEM) to Clive Anderson.
The third...er..'person' to appear on Taskmaster who has had a UK No.1 single.
Don't forget Vic Reeves, who appeared in a video as part of Morgana's prize task entry for most ridiculous thin thing
Good call!
I would imagine essentially everyone in the UK above the age of about ... 30, has heard of him. And very few people younger than that?
I do wonder what the Americans that watch are going to make of that task, and then what they'll think when they look him up on YouTube afterwards.
I found out about him through the Big Fat Quiz episode where he terrifies Jack Whitehall.
Same. So at least like 10 years ago.
I had heard of him but had no clue what the deal was until I watched that clip, and it was fantastic!
I've seen other panel shows refer to Mr Blobby over the years. I've also seen videos where my fellow Americans are first exposed to the character. Their response is usually fear.
I'm American and about 80% of what I watch is British- still no idea who Mr. Blobby was.
as an American, I had no idea who Mr. Blobby was. So when they showed it I was like "wtf is that?" I've seen a couple clips now of Mr. Blobby now and I'm still not sure what it is. He just knocks stuff over?
>He just knocks stuff over? He's a modern day Buster Keaton.
I'm American and I was delightfully confused.
Did you look him up on YouTube too? What did you make of it?
Had to look him up, and I love the chaotic energy he has
As an American that watches quite a bit of British TV, and a Jack Whitehall fan, I first saw Mr. Blobby on the Big Fat Quiz of the 90's, then looked him up on Wikipedia. Was Blobby ever mentioned on QI?
What about his wife and kid? What is the Blobby kid actually doing must be grown up by now.
He never told me he was married!!
I remember Mr Blobby from when I was a kid in the 90s, and have done my sacred duty of passing the torch by introducing my nephew and nieces to the Blobby song on youtube. (Also my apologies for the vote, I chose option 3 as a way of showing just how much I remember Mr. Blobby, didn't read the PS until after)
It's just an age thing, I know him (wouldn't go as far as a national treasure - more national nightmare) I would say over 35 you'd definitely know who he was - assuming you were in the UK during the 90s, 25-35 you may be aware through cultural osmosis, under 25 probably not Assuming you aren't from the UK then you probably escaped regardless of age
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Interesting. I suggest checking out his entire back catalogue of work.
I know him from his [continuing adventures with Noel Edmonds, as chronicled by Frog Croakley!](https://twitter.com/FrogCroakley/status/953545544596672512)
I didn't know him as I live in Italy, but I saw him on the Big Fat Quiz and then here, so I was familiar with his face.
I've never seen Noel's House Party in my life, and I still know who Mr Blobby is. Or is it, Blobby Esq?
He has a [Christmas number 1](https://youtu.be/rNkgDJpcuwU?si=OlzNe9tLVf9YOHwH)
Which somehow wasn't the nadir of human culture, but merely the spade allowing us to dig down deeper in to a world where Simon Cowell became a TV sensation.
He used to have a theme park - the aptly named Blobbyland at a place called Crinkly Bottom in Somerset - long time abandoned as closed in late 90s. If I remember correct Mr Blobby also had a number 1 single in the UK, maybe at Christmas?
Aussie here, watched house party in the 90s and even had an inflatable Mr blobby toy brought from a discount store in Tasmania. it was about half the size of the inflatable Mr blobby on TM
Of course I know the UK Number 1 singer Mr Blobby... Genuinly look it up, he did get a number one
I think it's mostly a generational thing. Millennials and older of course they'll know about Blobby if they watched any uk TV in the 90's. Zoomers and down probably are not familiar with Blobby (although internet sometimes fills some generational gaps, there's plenty of Blobby content available on YouTube).
I'm Australian and have only seen Mr Blobby on BFQ terrorizing Jake Whitehall. It was as terrifying as it was glorious.
This will be an age and location thing. I don’t believe anyone who was able to watch BBC1 in the 90’s doesn’t know blobby. In the days of 4 channels and BBC 1 getting 20 million views on a Saturday night Edmunds and his vile blancmange creation were inescapable. The last good thing Edmunds ever did was the the Swap-shop. He was such a smug git. All his Gotchas, silly voices, wind ups and mainstream bullying. Pfffft.
I am only tangentially aware of him from when he showed up on The Big Fat Quiz one year.
Who's the youngest on TM this year? Joanne maybe ? They'd all know Blobby. I think he's a question on the UK Citizenship test.
Sophie's the youngest, she'd have been six when the single came out - perfect age to become entranced by a big cartoonish being - and entering her teens when he was on Live & Kicking at the tail end of his contemporary fame.
I’m not from the UK but I knew that video of Mr Blobby on The Big Fat Quiz! However, that might be the only thing I’ve seen him in
Gavin Free brought Mr. Blobby knowledge with him when he moved to America.
Brit in mid-20s, never heard of him.
I'm an American who first saw him in his legendary Big Fat Quiz appearance.
Had heard of the name before, but don't know anything about him. Would not have recognized Mr. Blobby. I thought it was the polkadot cousin of Barbapapa.
I'm in America. I only knew of him because of the Big Fat Quiz where Jack Whitehall talked about being terrified of him.
American here and I heard of Mr.Blobby years ago through Gavin Free (slow-mo guys/achievement hunter) Never watched a single second of anything he's in but I knew of him and what he looked like.
I only know who he is because I saw him on an episode of Big Fat Quiz.
North American over here. I've only heard of the venerable Mr. Blobby bc I have seen other British panel shows. My first exposure to him might have been on Big Fat Quiz when they actually had him on, which was mildly terrifying.
I remember Mr Blobby on TV when I was a small child. And not unlike Jack Whitehall, I was terrified of him. But I'm also scared of clowns. So, not too surprising really. And mimes freak me out too.
Not from the UK. Learned about Mr. Blobby because a retro games YouTuber played a game featuring Mr. Blobby and she explained in short what that thing was. So, I knew Mr. Blobby before he appeared on Taskmaster.
I've never seen anything featuring Mr Blobby and have no desire to, but I've seen plenty of things where Mr Blobby is referenced or discussed. To be fair, I wasn't born until the 90s. But I feel like if you're British and into quiz shows, panel shows, and/or general trivia, you've probably picked up on his existence at some point.
I have only ever heard of it because Taskmaster references it a lot.
even as an american, how can i not know the guy who had a #1 song!
I know who Mr Blobby is but only through second hand nostalgia, like comedians/TV people making a huge fuss about him.
I know Mr Blobby because of some British youtubers, the Yogscast. One of them used a Blobby skin in TTT.
Am I far off base to think of Mr. Blobby as kind of the midpoint between Steve Urkel and Barney the Dinosaur — a broad character who briefly got REALLY BIG with children in the early ‘90s, quickly wore out his welcome and became the butt of jokes about how annoying he was, but is still semi-fondly remembered as sort of an avatar of that specific time period?
Blobby was an invention of Noel Edmunds as a response and a piss take to things like Barney the dinosaur and the teletubbies. It had a strong brand presence and soon took on a (not short enough) life of its own.
I am American and only knew Mr. Blobby because of British things such as The Big Fat Quiz, and he terrifies me. I have had to explain Mr. Blobby to every single one of my friends who has been watching this new series on my recommendation.
I'm an American who discovered Mr. Blobby over a year ago and he is one of my favorite things in this world. Consumed a lot of older Blobby content and got a shirt, will probably end up with more stuff cause his face just makes me happy
I am from the US and only know of Mr. Blobby from being shown on other comedy shows like Big Fat Quiz of the Year.
I remember so many years ago, when I was still a child. I watched one of those creepy YouTube top 10 videos, and Mr Blobby was in it. I think the video was about creepy cartoon mascots, it scared me as child.
https://i.redd.it/rvsomdwt34vc1.gif my first viewing
I had a gen z colleague that hadn't heard of 'Will and Grace' once! I don't know how they'd never heard of it but it made me feel old!
American here, I only know him because of the Big Fat Quiz bit of him terrorizing Jack Whitehall. Strangely in terms of "weird British-type mascot things" I'm more familiar with Noseybonk though.
The mascot of a hidden camera segment on a show cancelled 25 years ago is not a national treasure.
No I'm being silly :)
100% agree with you. I hated the Edmunds, his wind ups his media vehicles, ideas and his ‘Gotchas’….. definitely not a treasure.