Where is mr blobby now

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One of the wildest moments he remembers was when they armed Blobby with a catapult. At the time, Saturday night TV was a big deal. People would stay in to watch the show. At its peak, it drew in 15 million viewers.

It started with merchandise — pasta shapes, lunchboxes, teapots, ties, mugs, bubble bath, knitting patterns, lampshades, cans of lemonade. According to Pascoe, research from the 90s showed that, at the time, almost every household in the country had at least one piece of Blobby merchandise.

As a BBC employee, Leggo was not allowed to profit from the constant stream of merch. On day, his young son freaked out over an inflatable Blobby he brought home. In , Leggo got a call. Would Mr Blobby be interested in doing a single? But at the time, with Blobbymania sweeping the nation, it was a hit.

Two weeks before Christmas, the song was number one. Blobby gets given a sponge bath, smashes up a drum kit and has Jeremy Clarkson as his chauffeur. Over the years, Mr Blobby lost his shine.

Between and , Unique licensed the brand to open three Mr Blobby theme parks. Yes, three. By , they were all shut down. Then, after a few quiet years, he started to get wheeled out as a 90s cultural reference point. But the requests for Mr Blobby were still trickling in. Hold open auditions? Not exactly.

Paul Denson, 35, was working for Unique as a video editor when someone mentioned to him that the Mr Blobby costume was still in storage. Denson was asked if he would run the Mr Blobby YouTube channel and occasionally wear the suit to make video content.

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