I'm surprised you didn't explain what Mr Blobby was created as, to give context. Noel invented him as a SPOOF character, used to trick celebrities into thinking they were helping make a new kids tv show. As the "tv shoot" went on, the fictional character's actions became increasingly farcical, to see if the unwitting celebrity would reach their breaking point. Eventually Noel, who was inside the suit the whole time, would remove the head and reveal himself, at which pointed would yell "gotcha," and present the celebrity with a gotcha oscar for being a good sport. Of course at first the prank worked as no one knew mr Blobby wasn't a real character, but as the Noel's House Party show became more well known, or became harder to trick celebrities as they had begun to hear about it. It was only from that point that Mr Blobby became more of a stand alone character, but his ridiculousness was intentional as he was originally devised as a parody "typical" children's tv character, whilst never having been real in the first place.
@Croz896 жыл бұрын
If you think about it, Noel's House Party was pretty much a pastiche/parody of Saturday morning kids magazine shows that were around at the time. Silly games, lots of gunge, a costumed character that acted as a sort of foil to the host? All the sort of things you'd probably see 12 hours earlier when the kids got out of bed. The biggest difference was there weren't any cartoons in between segments.
@chrisms_965 жыл бұрын
Thank you for explaining that. It makes a lot more sense now.
@beebopvroop52185 жыл бұрын
YOU MEAN HE'S NOT REAL?!?!?!?
@iaincowell97475 жыл бұрын
Noel Edmonds was not Mr Bobby. Mr Bobby never removed his head. He was used in some of the earlier "Gotcha" and became popular because of that.
@Despotic_Waffle5 жыл бұрын
@@beebopvroop5218 he wasnt originally, then the owners of the character decided to make anactual kids show called mr blobby and it was a hit
@maidenslayer5 жыл бұрын
I remember my Nan had a car sticker in the 90s that said "I've seen Noel's Crinkly Bottom".
@Charlie-pu9bx2 жыл бұрын
Haha, that's brilliant! 😂
@Hawkfire3606 жыл бұрын
the power went out in my neighborhood when the clip of the Mr. Blobby music video played. Truly he is a force of terror.
@MiuXiu2 жыл бұрын
I would have shit my pants lol
@lebastion78122 жыл бұрын
I just going to assume Mr. Blobby appeared after this comment and killed you.
@highstepnightowl6 жыл бұрын
When I discovered Mr. Blobby 6 years ago, I tweeted how terrifying he was... and he angrily tweeted back at me. It just made him scarier. Great videos, though.
@ExpeditionThemePark6 жыл бұрын
You can’t escape him!
@anneshields20106 жыл бұрын
OMG that pink blemonge with the yellow spots is still around God help us all
@hi99475 жыл бұрын
Mr.Bloby wants to know your location.
@Roadent12415 жыл бұрын
Dare I ask what the tweet said?
@beebopvroop52185 жыл бұрын
@@Roadent1241 I'm guessing something along the lines of BLOBBY BLOBBY BLOBBY
@Grumpydrawer6 жыл бұрын
I'll never understand how Mr. Blobby got popular. He terrified me as a kid, and admittedly still creeps me out a bit still today.
@commandingjudgedredd18416 жыл бұрын
Grumpydrawer Could've been worse. There might have been a Noseybonk theme park.
@stevedoubleu99B6 жыл бұрын
Grumpydrawer ha ha, check out Torchy the Battery Boy if you really wanna get scared!!
@grengd6 жыл бұрын
I get it. I was freaked by Larry Grayson !
@rootlessmisanthrope26116 жыл бұрын
steve doubleu And Twizzle. Scary stuff
@tozzilil6 жыл бұрын
I bought the vinyl record of his song 🤦🏻♀️
@jonathanhill30176 жыл бұрын
I remember going there as a child, cut my back on a slide an as a result met Noel himself who closed the thing straight away, apart from the blood it was a great day, such sadness seeing it in ruins
@crystalgemgirl7314 жыл бұрын
Yikes, I hope it wasn't serious.
@ek87103 жыл бұрын
Please elaborate, i have a strange desire to hear about any injuries related to Noel Edmonds.
@juliagoodwin95102 жыл бұрын
Yeesh... still if the man himself was there and closed it down, at least he cared about the tourists?
@AmberTheFangirl2 жыл бұрын
I wanna know more
@AutMouseLabs6 жыл бұрын
Nice to know the 90s was just as weird in the U.K. as the U.S. :D
@katietaylor83145 жыл бұрын
And just as weird as it was here in Australia too - us 90s kids watched a show called Liftoff where one of the characters was a mute doll with no face. I had nightmares about that goddamn doll.
@nattybird11465 жыл бұрын
ikr
@metropod5 жыл бұрын
Can’t be that... (googles it)... the BBC should complain, that’s clearly an Auton from Doctor Who.
@amberanntn5 жыл бұрын
LOL I was thinking the same thing but sometimes I sure do wish I could go back to my childhood in the 90s.
@flanplan59033 жыл бұрын
@@katietaylor8314 that doll sounds like something out of a David lynch/Tim Burton movie.
@kate_cooper4 жыл бұрын
It’s difficult to explain Mr Blobby to someone too young to know him. “What did he actually do?” “Well, he ran around, bumped into people, knocked things over, and shouted ‘Blobby Blobby Blobby’ a lot.”
@user-yv2cz8oj1k2 жыл бұрын
Practically a BBC rip off of Mr Bump combined with Mr Tickle, from the Mr Men.
@foxylovelace26792 жыл бұрын
So he's a pokemon?
@kate_cooper2 жыл бұрын
@ʕ°ᴥ°ʔ I mean it’s difficult to explain why he got so popular when he didn’t actually do much.
@ireadysucks30262 жыл бұрын
@@kate_cooper he was a parody character
@user-yv2cz8oj1k2 жыл бұрын
It's extremely simple to explain, TV and media companies have a lot of drugs floating about. 🤣
@Lysander452 жыл бұрын
Interesting story, but my Uncle was one of the tradesmen hired to build Mr Blobby's house and the Noddy area. His biggest contribution was the thatched roof of Noddy's house because that is his specialisation; he is a thatcher. I visited that park many times throughout my childhood, so I remember each of the eras. The saddest day for me was when they had to close the sea lion show because of a lack of attendance.
@missiletoe996 жыл бұрын
8:14 "...and the Taylor family, trying to escape the shadow left by Mr. Blobby..." I gotta give you credit for managing to say that without cracking up.
@ExpeditionThemePark6 жыл бұрын
It was tough to say Mr Blobby so many times!
@otaking35826 жыл бұрын
Could Blobby's home be considered a haunted house attraction?
@mgthestrange90985 жыл бұрын
Lol, it could be! Imagine Mr Blobby chasing you about in the dark. 😱
@hi99475 жыл бұрын
+Mhairi Gibbons Holy shit. I would fucking scream,cry and run away. I would even give him all my money as long as he didn't kill me.
@brad_87115 жыл бұрын
I reckon the place was built by the KGB to freak out and traumatize kids. People actually had raves in that house. All I can say is, they must have been off their faces at the time.
@crystalgemgirl7314 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@orionm42544 жыл бұрын
Banjokazooie, mad monster mansion
@ErraticPT6 жыл бұрын
My friend used to courier the Mr Blobby suits used at the Morecambe park halfway across the country just to be cleaned. They were that paranoid that people would steal the suits, but it wouldn't stop the courier drivers messing about in the suits.
@emilyboyland26806 жыл бұрын
Haha, I used to work in the hotel there! In fact I visited the abandoned blobbyland with a friend, but I never went in. Can't say I'll ever go back. Creepy place!
@this_is_a_tiny_town2 жыл бұрын
With you surname being so similar to the name of the place you could probably have claimed it as your own and lived there lol
@andysorensen17376 жыл бұрын
90s British TV was an...interesting time between this and Teletubbies.
@ohwow76886 жыл бұрын
See the program for kids in the 60s or 70s-80s I may be a American with Mexican roots but I have done my research until the turn of the millennium great Britain did not know how to make a kid show that wasn't creepy as fuck but even then in 2003 you guys made boohbah
@chikennuggies5 жыл бұрын
I would like but its at 69
@rich_edwards794 жыл бұрын
@@cherieannehendrie4204 watch them in black & white. You'll change your mind.
@CreativeCreatorCreates3 жыл бұрын
I was captivated by Boo-bah....probably not in a good way. We played the website when my kids were little. That was something too...
@Godmodorah4442 Жыл бұрын
Also tinky winky is 10 feet tall
@cptsteele915 жыл бұрын
"I think crinkley bottom will outlive Noel's house party and even outlive Noel's Edmonds" well we can cross fortune teller off Noel's CV now can't we
@LumiaVT5 жыл бұрын
I remember begging my parents to take me there back in... 95 I think? We had such a long drive and honestly I found the place pretty boring, my parents were trying to keep a cheerful facade but you could tell they knew it wasn't worth the effort. Despite being a weekday it was pretty darn quiet for a tourist attraction during summer holidays (especially during the height of Mr Blobby's popularity), just a few people milling around, and with no real rides if you missed the show timings (which we did) and didn't care about Noddy or the zoo part there was little to nothing to do. At this point all I really remember is the train ride and some brightly coloured area, don't think I even saw Mr Blobby at all, I still have a carrier bag from the gift shop emblazened with Crinkley Bottom though - gotta keep some proof such a place even existed.
@haraldlorentzen406 жыл бұрын
What a weird park. I think it was destined to fail however, as the Blobby character simply could not hold interest for long. The park also seemed to miss attractions like roller coasters and other things to keep it interesting outside the Blobby character, and a zoo will not do that in the long run...
@smesmeh29186 жыл бұрын
Harald Lorentzen yeah I agree. British parks aren’t exactly known for their riveting nature (bar a few). A local to me theme park’s first ‘attraction’ was a show on cow milking. Just can’t make it up.
@miskatonic62106 жыл бұрын
No smaller park could afford a fucking rollercoaster at that time. And for smaller kids and families animals and this water ride and trains stuff works perfectly fine. There isn't many places to visit with small kids. Problem is you either need to attract international tourists, too or keep it cheap enough so local customers would go there regularly. And this mix of being in the middle of nowhere in the UK AND focussing on a UK phenomenon AND some local publicity problems was just too odd.
@haraldlorentzen406 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I know coasters were and are expensive, but either way, the park lacked staying power to put it blunlty. There was nothing to keep the park going in the long term. We only have one park here in Norway that's a pure theme park, and they had to invest in more coasters and other stuff to keep things going, or they would have gone under...
@carminecdinoproductions5 жыл бұрын
Harald Lorentzen I could be rebooted into a similar park to Busch Gardens Tampa!
@crystalgemgirl7315 жыл бұрын
I would have liked to see more of the Animals Of Farthing Wood part of the park.
@merseyviking6 жыл бұрын
For those who grew up in the HTV region in the 80's, every time I hear "Cricket St Thomas", I automatically add "near Chard". The TV ads just kept with that phrase. "Come to Cricket St Thomas near Chard ... see the animals at Cricket St Thomas near Chard... fun for all the family at Cricket St Thomas near Chard." 35 years on and it is still burned into my memory. Thing is, we never went there, we were all just too annoyed by the ads.
@mgthestrange90985 жыл бұрын
In central Scotland it was Sterling furniture in Tillicoultry near Stirling. That’s totally drummed into me.
@facepalmerchaos5637 Жыл бұрын
I wasn’t a 90s kid but this is a sad story. I hope whoever grew up playing at this park has great memories of it ❤
@Melanie-de5iq4 ай бұрын
You scare me. Im sorry
@jeppebayagerholm85646 жыл бұрын
This is the scariest idea ever, for a theme park
@davidt-rex20626 жыл бұрын
The best days were the ones where the Christmas No 1 would be totally bonkers and not an X-factor/BGT winner. Mr Blobby is a national treasure. Believe it or not Mr Blobby used to be scripted. Graeme Gardner used to write scripts for him
@nikonfan24076 жыл бұрын
I really thought that after 20 years, i would never have to think about that show or Mr Blobby again. Thanks a bunch for ruining my day by ensuring that that fucking song will be stuck in my head! You're still awesome though :)
@ExpeditionThemePark6 жыл бұрын
Blobby mr blobbbbyyy
@mordokch6 жыл бұрын
I live about half a mile from the Lancashire 'blobbyland' - it was in a local PUBLIC park called happymount. The whole thing was a fiasco from start to finish, not least because they tried to grab a well loved and used public park and turn it into a private for profit space. From the very start they (both edmonds and our local group of crooks known as Lancaster council) seemed to delight in winding up the locals (that would be me) and the whole thing was resented greatly. Once edmonds had moved in and spent a ton of cash, and so was considered to be in too deep to just pull out, the council tried to extort large payments from the blobby company for various things. A long legal battle ensued, and edmonds sued the council over and over again, each time walking away with MY cash. We learned pretty quickly what mr edmonds is really like when not on tv - he is a very angry, arrogant selfish and really quite nasty character who would not last 5 minutes on the streets of Morecambe and he knows it - I invite him to come and try ! In the end he closed up and sloped off to abuse someone else, and we got our park back - it now has, amongst such things as an olden days merry go round and a ghost train, a small but well put together water park which is FREE for everyone. Blobbyland was without doubt the stupidest idea anyone ever had for a theme park, and noel edmonds is a nasty little so and so whom I will be happy never to lay eyes on again. Good riddance !
@ExpeditionThemePark6 жыл бұрын
I’m going to cover it In the future
@whyisgamora68686 жыл бұрын
mr blobby was a disaster for morecambe, the money would of been better spent on frontierland but lancaster council prefer to squander money away on crap noone wants. the fiasco of blobbyland is leaving me apprehensive about the eden project at the old bubbles site.
@Minx58926 жыл бұрын
mordokch Gosh never knew what Noel Edmund's was like until I read your comment. That's a real shame, was pretty entertaining and likable on tv. Its sad he wasn't like that off screen..
@mordokch6 жыл бұрын
Something else to add ... Happymount park has the sea to the front, a golf course to the left, semi posh houses to the right and forest/land to the rear which is a big very steep hill with public rights of way and is totally inaccessible by car. So ... where were all these visitors supposed to park ? There is literally no place to put any sort of car park, never mind one of the size needed to service such an attraction. Although happymount park is walkable from Morecambe (about 10 mins for an adult), I doubt kids would have been thrilled at the prospect, and in any case even Morecambe does not have the parking space required. Ill thought out doesn't even start to cover this disaster.
@mordokch6 жыл бұрын
A note to Expedition Theme Park If you do decide to cover this one I'd be happy to grab you some footage of the park now - I have very good equipment but only to 1080p :)
@PoisonousPen5 жыл бұрын
Do you ever see footage from some random South American or Eastern European Tv show and think “what the hell is going on over there?” That’s what the rest of the world must’ve been thinking about the UK during the 90’s.
@brad_87115 жыл бұрын
I remember being dragged there as a kid, would have only been six, my sister loved Mr Blobby, I however found him to be a freakishly terrifying mix between the joker and Anne Whidicome. I much preferred the animals of farthing wood attraction. Now there was a true gem from my childhood!
@1973Washu5 жыл бұрын
Mr Blobby is a dark and vengeful elder god.
@levihan37773 жыл бұрын
I believe it.
@ujustgotpwned20082 жыл бұрын
Blobbathlu
@stevekitt522 жыл бұрын
5 Nights at Freddys pales compared to this!
@missybarbour68856 жыл бұрын
As an American, I am horrified
@Hessed37126 жыл бұрын
Missy Barbour Same. I liken it to Barney. I hate Barney. Even as a kid I hated Barney.
@scrambled59486 жыл бұрын
Hessed3712 in fact many British people at the time said mr blobby was "Britain's answer to barney the dinosaur."
@missybarbour68856 жыл бұрын
See, I get why people think Barney's creepy too, but I am not viscerally terrified of him the way I am of this jaundiced potato
@scrambled59486 жыл бұрын
Missy Barbour yeah, barney's not creepy. He's just so nice and mundane that he's annoying.
@katharinew42186 жыл бұрын
The English are horrified too dont worry
@alexfenton2292 жыл бұрын
Very good documentation on the history of this strange place. A lesson in why not to deify a fleeting icon. Blobbys time had come as soon as his temple was finished. Alas, poor Blobby 😣
@jordanstuart64705 жыл бұрын
The fact that no one has made a horror movie based on this is astonishing!
@deanfinder5035 жыл бұрын
I know right
@scrambled59486 жыл бұрын
This place will haunt Jack Whitehall's nightmares.
@rayblack20046 жыл бұрын
good.
@scrambled59486 жыл бұрын
rayblack2004 I'm not sure whether you hate Jack Whitehall, or you don't get the reference.
@rayblack20046 жыл бұрын
Both. >:D
@rayblack20046 жыл бұрын
Muhahaha
@scrambled59486 жыл бұрын
rayblack2004 okay, the reference is that at the end of big fat quiz of the 90s, they had mr.blobby as a special guest and Jack Whitehall was so scared, he hid under the desk and cowerd in fear at the sight of him.
@Toastrackman2 жыл бұрын
Such a shame! Cricket St Thomas was such a beautiful place to visit. Although i visited it before the Blobby attractions were there, sad to hear it's all gone.
@Iaredantastic6 жыл бұрын
9:53 "Mr Blobby touched me here" Are you sure there isn't a darker reason behind this parks closure?
@aeddiefarmer5 жыл бұрын
Nah just edgelords! I think there's also one calling Noel Edmonds a pedophile as well, from the UrbEx stuff I've seen. Like...these jokes aren't exactly clever. They should have referenced that creepypasta and written 'abandoned by god' because if there was ever a place that really was abandoned by god it was Blobbyland!
@idkwhattoputhere46955 жыл бұрын
OhnO
@christopherwall21215 жыл бұрын
@@aeddiefarmer "Abandoned by Blobby"
@Taspeed5 жыл бұрын
Honestly it's just standard shit for the people from the closest town. It's full of dickheads
@sikufox6 жыл бұрын
Nothing says lets take the kids like a farthingwood section "come on kids, lets see some animals die"
@aliciapearson31205 жыл бұрын
I loved that show but it broke my heart.
@lemmyspeaks8 ай бұрын
Wish they had that at Disneyland you know how much they like to kill parents in their movies
@hicknopunk6 жыл бұрын
Mr Blobby looks like something from Slenderman's nightmares
@LordProteus5 жыл бұрын
I admit to liking Mr Blobby when I was a kid... I honestly forgot both he and Noddy existed until I was reminded about them by this video...
@harrystevens38856 жыл бұрын
My kids use to love Mr Blobby I remember buying them the VHS tape as well, really was a popular figure at the time but like a lot of other popular figures they burn bright and then fade away,,,,,,,,,,,,,Really interesting video.
@CCTippers6 жыл бұрын
That brings back memories, went 3 times as it’s not far from my home my daughter was three at the time and loved it! Such a great day out it was such a shame to see it close, saw Mr Blobby! , Noel Edmunds and two actors from the Bill tv series, such great fun and lots of happy memories.
@ReviewTyme6 жыл бұрын
This may win the award for the strangest theming choice for a Theme Park ever, I swear Mr Blobby is just some British joke you guys pull on everyone else around the World! Great video as always though!
@ExpeditionThemePark6 жыл бұрын
Thanks and I can assure you he was a real thing and very popular lol
@lewisfilby23946 жыл бұрын
Noel's House Party was to Saturday nights what The Big Breakfast was to weekday mornings
@smesmeh29186 жыл бұрын
Nice video! I was born in 1999 so I missed all the Mr Blobby-ness but I remember the park fairly well. I visited it a lot in the early 2000s, but even then it was very run down and very very empty. There were very few animals and the (mossy and rusty) zebra train only ran about 5 times a day. The line of shops was opposite the station I think, and I have vague memories that things in Dun Blobbin (like the dog at 4:12) were put in the shop windows. I talked to my mum about it, and she said it was always unkempt and dirty, even in the 80s and 90s.
@joshprice48552 жыл бұрын
US viewer here, I listen to these podcast style but sometimes watch when I get a second. When you said Noddy was a timeless classic vs Mr Blobby I was curious about what could make such a big difference. Well, it really took one look and I can see why the contrast is insane.
@coyoteartist6 жыл бұрын
It's the kind of thing that even now at nearly 40, I'd have happily enjoyed seeing. Maybe not specifically Mr Blobby because well he's kind of creepy, but the idea is always appealing. Noddy was something I got to see over here as well and enjoyed reading old Noddy books in the library so that part would have really been woot to me. It's just sad that places like this regardless of whether popularity of the character wanes, don't seem to be what people care about anymore even when they say oh it was great as a kid.
@johnnoiom4 жыл бұрын
Gotta respect the "Mr Blobby touched me here." Ahh British culture!
@user-wl4ex5fd6j3 жыл бұрын
The 90s and early 2000s is just one big acid trip.
@neverxnice35772 жыл бұрын
Blobbyland was what started my fascination with abandoned places!! I saw a video of it in 2013, and ever since then i’ve loved abandoned exploration, and even explore places myself.
@ScorpionsFatality6 жыл бұрын
Wow. KZbin recommended me this video and i am absolutely in love! Its always nice to see people who do their research and arent clickbait. You had my subscription 5 minutes in xD But seriously! Amazing video!
@ExpeditionThemePark6 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the kind words!
@Htiler5 жыл бұрын
Alan Partridge doesn't like Noel Edmonds, he said "I dislike Noel and his stupid Ewok head".
@overthebridge46146 жыл бұрын
Great videos - love them so much! Got any plans for Oakwood Park in Wales? Or perhaps Flambards in cornwall?
@ExpeditionThemePark6 жыл бұрын
Maybe in he future! Nothing currently though
@mrgothicman2 жыл бұрын
I visited as a child, my grandparents stopped there on our way to butlins Minehead in summerset. This video has given me me a huge nostalgia episode, thank you so much for covering this.
@welcomestranger6 жыл бұрын
The 90's were a hell of a drug.
@SimonPhillipsPhoto5 жыл бұрын
So nice to hear more into the history of the place and what's been going on over the years, I looked up about the place about 2 years ago but nothing like this so I really appreciate the work you put into this! I went here as a kid on quite a few occasions, it looks bad today but as a kid in the 90's it was awesome and I have fond memories of it still to this day, those where the good old days. Thank you once again!
@Fireglo4 жыл бұрын
I have very faint memories of being there as a small child. The house at 3:51 I recognised immediately on the thumbnail. I remember my brother was too scared to go in for some reason. I remember going on the train as well but that's all I can recall. I was very young like younger than 5 I think.
@asa-punkatsouthvinland71452 жыл бұрын
I'm from the US so I neither knew of the characters nor the park. So coming from a complete outsiders point of view I'll say it was still a facinating video! I grew up in Atlanta Georgia & in the late 70s there was an indoor theme park downtown baises on the Side & Marty Croft shows of the era. (Land of the Lost, H.R. Pufnstuf, Sigmund & the Sea Monsters, etc) I don't think I ever was there, but I'd have been too young to remember. But the site still exists & it's the world headquarters for CNN I believe. The long escalator that was the entrance to the park is still there
@gameraddy99266 жыл бұрын
I heard about how creepy Mr.Blobby is.
@LindaFromSeaAtTull6 жыл бұрын
Gamer Addy 99 He looks like Grimace's cousin.
@ollie22442 жыл бұрын
3:15 "for some reason". That's the moment I realised this kid wasn't around in the 90's. Mr Bobby was huge! I had Mr Blobby's CD and my now wife went to Bobby land as a child. You had to be there man!
@Chunks766 жыл бұрын
I love your channel. You tell me about stuff I had no idea about. I want to find episodes of this show it looks odd to say the least. But I want to see what was all the fuss was about. Thank you!!!
@ExpeditionThemePark6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@lukegreen53415 жыл бұрын
7:29 I've Used To Love Watching Noddy's Toyland Adventures On BBC Television When I Was A Kid And Since Then I Was A Huge Noddy Fan Along With Pingu. Thanks Expedition Theme Park Mate. X
@edvaira68915 жыл бұрын
Wow, I thought the US’s love of Barney was ludicrous! Between Mr Blobby and the freaking Teletubbies...you guys must LOVE you some LSD!
@63Malda5 жыл бұрын
That's nothing. Watch H.R. Pufnstuf. It's like someone took some LSD, went to see "The Magic Flute" and decided to turn it into a children's show. Creepy. (The magic flute became Freddy, and the Queen of the Night became Witchiepoo, etc.)
@christopherwall21215 жыл бұрын
Teletubbies are joyful things! Blobby is evil!
@nickpompeii6 жыл бұрын
Excellent video, made me want to look up more pictures of Mr. Blobby lol!
@hoggy2much9996 жыл бұрын
Here is a funny perfectly true story for everyone. In one episode of Telly Addicts (for those that are too young to remember this or have never watched it) it was a game show based on TV knowledge hosted by Noel. In one episode one of the contestants was wearing Mr Blobby socks (black socks with Blooby's face on it) and Noel stormed over to the contestant and basically ripped his socks off. Noel was having none of it. He wanted at least one place where he could get away from The Blobster. The contestant had to sit bare foot through out the episode.
@Zulf855 жыл бұрын
I wonder if he has a PO box? I would love to send him some Mr. Blobby fan work to remember him by 😂
@HayLeesHomeMade5 жыл бұрын
Blooby
@jadeyxboox5 жыл бұрын
That’s hilarious 😂
@kolonarulez52226 жыл бұрын
3:28 I think that song just became the background music to my nightmares.
@bumblebeemoran2 жыл бұрын
I loved me blobby and was in this park in 1994 looking at photos I have of me with blobby face painting, teddy and balloon, brings a tear to my eye seeing anything rot like this 😕 still I have lovely memories and photos here with my parents 🫶 thanks for sharing this
@GiGi-ot5ik5 жыл бұрын
I had never heard of Mr Blobby until recently and I just can't get enough of him. I love him 'cause he's so weird. I can't be the only one.
@steviesteelprivatedetectiv3892 жыл бұрын
Iv been there, got pictures taken in Mr blobbys house I loved it!!! One of my fav childhood holiday memorys!
@garyabbott6516 жыл бұрын
Great videos, really enjoying your channel. I'd love to see you do the history of blackgang chine on the isle of Wight, such an old park with so many abandoned features due to landslides over the years.
@ExpeditionThemePark6 жыл бұрын
Interesting I actually went there when I was really young and prob have some footage of it. I will look into it! Thanks
@MrWighteagle6 жыл бұрын
It is a fascinating place, however there are not really any abandoned parts to it..... those no longer in use are because they have slid down the 400 foot cliffs! The only abandoned part that is still there is the old adventure land which used to contain Mission Control and a play park. All the other things that were there have been relocated to other areas, or the other park owned by the same company, Robin Hill near Arreton.
@maddieroxx4eva6 жыл бұрын
This video reminded me how much I used to enjoy Noddy as a kid. Great nostalgia! I had never heard of Mr. Blobby before but he kind of reminds me of Polkaroo. Its weird that he got a whole theme park.
@rjc02346 жыл бұрын
I remember going here. my sister banged on Mr blobbys house window, and then baby blobby started crying. strange place. always remember how odd the train was, becuse it looked like a house
@duranduran201334 жыл бұрын
I loved Mr blobby and I remember pleasurewood Hills doing a theme area for him I still remember it
@gunmunz2 жыл бұрын
Everytime I hear about Mr Blobby, everyone points out how no one knows how or why he became popular. Like he was some eldrich god that Dr. Who defeated
@RaferJeffersonIII Жыл бұрын
What people don’t understand is that Blobby had much more depth as a character than people give him credit for. He did some really deep analysis on modern culture in the 90s and there’s a real spectrum of satire in some of his work. I think he’s been credited in a lot of post 90s philosophical work.
@TrainsOfTheSouthWest1236 жыл бұрын
I live in chard. Can confirm nothing fun is left inside the grounds. Just a fancy hotel.
@itsturt5 жыл бұрын
I love your channel because you cover parks I've never heard of or seen anyone cover. Thank you for the interesting stuff!
@scarlettamison55502 жыл бұрын
if you can could you do a expedition extinct on a children’s theme park located in devon called once upon a time? 😍 it’s sadly been closed for years now and they’ve built houses where the park used to be. it was built around an old railway station. i would love to see a video about it!
@rodia30395 жыл бұрын
I'd only ever heard the Mr Blobby song before and had no idea that there was even a TV show, never mind a theme park. Cool video.
@robinkomin6 жыл бұрын
Cool video and a great insight in British culture: Loved it!!
@ExpeditionThemePark6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@robinkomin6 жыл бұрын
Expedition Theme Park No, thank YOU
@GrilloTheFlightless2 жыл бұрын
Cricket St Thomas was a lovely place to visit before Crinkley Bottom arrived.
@Gambit7716 жыл бұрын
I remember Hulk Hogan threatening mr blobby as the Hulkster had a single coming out at the same time
@iluvephramy5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for doing this video- I was born in 1990 and I always wanted to go and since stories emerged about it's fate, I wondered what it was like in it's heyday.
@sycoraxrock5 жыл бұрын
(From a US viewer who knows little of this “Mr. Blobby”...) Wow... you guys *really* liked Ecstacy in the ‘90s, didn’t ya? Like... a *lot*.
@holnrew5 жыл бұрын
My dad got free family entry because cricket's st thomas owned the dairy he was a milkman for. This video brought back some memories
@freakfoxvevo79156 жыл бұрын
This is such a sad story
@CarryOnChronically6 жыл бұрын
I remember really enjoying house party as a kid but also remember being utterly freaked out by blobby. Not much has changed, he gives me the heebie jeebies 😂
@-abacchus6 жыл бұрын
DUNBLOBBIN
@iankemp11312 жыл бұрын
Basically it became irrelevant when Mr Blobby disappeared from TV. Some character-based theme parks become irrelevant. Other interesting losses are Windsor Safari Park (now Legoland) and Tucktonia (giant model village) in Christchurch, Dorset which I saw when it opened in about 1975. I did enjoy finding out recently in Tom Scott's video on "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells" that a Scottish variant was "Mr Blobby - Did a jobby - On the motorway ..." - the mind boggles.
@sophiarios81736 жыл бұрын
I was going to make a comment about how weird that show looked but I watched bear in the big blue house so I think I’ll shut up.
@Bubbless5556 жыл бұрын
bear in the big blue house was a cute cuddly bear that sang songs... this thing is a weird pink blob. I wouldn't compare them!
@emilygilbeyful6 жыл бұрын
So noels house party was a family/adult show. It was on at prime time 7.30 on a Saturday evening and Mr blobby wasn't for kids it was ironic. It was actually sort of satire really! It was silly family fun and stupid names and games. It wasn't really to be taken seriously but it just became very popular!
@bryantsteury89103 жыл бұрын
I could hear you stifling a laugh as you read "they could hear the doorbell shouting 'blobby blobby blobby' from their homes" lol
@jamess17056 жыл бұрын
4:13 Just some random ghost feet next to the dog.
@lotts26746 жыл бұрын
Killing The Pro I was looking to see if anyone else had noticed... what is that?
@Keaturr6 жыл бұрын
It’s a reflection of someone’s feet. I think there was a plastic/glass window there.
@jonsummers93025 жыл бұрын
I saw that and became so frightened my arse was sick.
@Roblilley9996 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing Philip schofield getting a gotcha from Noel Edmonds at the radio 1 road show in Cleethorpes. Noels house party was a stable Saturday night viewing through its entire run
@EddieGaster5 жыл бұрын
...and Noel Edmonds is located 200km away from sanity.
@thehootsforce42014 жыл бұрын
Noel Edmonds used to live near me in Preston St. Mary and he called his house Dingley Dell and used to visit Lavenham often.
@mrworldwide58115 жыл бұрын
Remember when some guy twatted blobby and people cheered
@marksmith24124 жыл бұрын
Thanks for including the song. I'll be humming that for days now!
@Masterge775 жыл бұрын
So this was basically Disneyland but for BBC TV shows.
@marleybu3022 жыл бұрын
I loved the Gotcha part of House Party. The one with John Regis in space was ridiculous and hilarious!! 🤣
@chewy55636 жыл бұрын
9:55 Mr Blobby touch me here pmsl, who said graffiti wasn't funny
@ExpeditionThemePark6 жыл бұрын
There were better ones also but I though I better not put them in ha
@matsocool6 жыл бұрын
Mr Blobby used to scare the shit out of me. That fucking noise he made! It always seemed like a threat when Noel said the party might come to you
@kenetickups61466 жыл бұрын
Maybe this is something the uk should’ve shipped off to australia
@slyfoxie556 жыл бұрын
Kenetic Kups we don't want him.
@mgthestrange90985 жыл бұрын
That’s uncanny, Noel Edmonds has just been in i’m A celebrity...and your comment was 6 months ago...
@littleschmoo2 жыл бұрын
My parents took me to Crinkly Bottom and somewhere I have a picture on me sat next to Mr Blobby. Great memories!! I’m pretty sure that raves used to go on in Dun Blobbin in the early 2000s which is why the house got so damaged
@tomhaskett51612 жыл бұрын
I always wondered how this presenter was able to use a program on BBC (ie paid for by the license fees plus gov subsidy) to spin off a commercial enterprise like this. Answers on a postcard, please.
@TerryTheNewsGirl2 жыл бұрын
I went to Cricket when To the Manor Born was popular (before Blobby) as I really wanted to see Grantley Manor. So begged my Dad to take me. It was beautiful. All of it, the estate the house, everything. Then Noel got hold of it and it has been down hill ever since. Noel started it's downfall. Warner Holidays finished it.
@alandavies552 жыл бұрын
I was glad to see the back of noel edmunds, how he got away with the stupid stunts towards the end where one person was badly hurt in a car stunt and another killed after falling from a crane I will never know.