<![CDATA[There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans.]]>There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/07c968db-950d-42af-ae80-f013c3503881/there-are-few-things-that-bring-greater-joy-to-a-british-person-than-trying-to-explain-mr-blobby-to-americans.RSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 01:27:56 GMTFri, 24 Apr 2026 22:25:07 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:45:36 GMT]]>@masp @astronomerritt At some point during the Covid lockdowns the BBC released a bunch of wallpaper/backgrounds for use in Zoom calls. You can keep your Tardises and Only Fools sets, this one is still my favourite (although the 80s-era Weather Presenter board comes a close second).

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.chatty.monster/users/losttourist/statuses/116470365328866812https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.chatty.monster/users/losttourist/statuses/116470365328866812Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:45:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:27:01 GMT]]>@astronomerritt to his credit: Swap Shop was a genius idea, and an absolute must-watch.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/masp/statuses/116469584461290357https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/masp/statuses/116469584461290357Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:27:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:23:59 GMT]]>@astronomerritt a good warm-up exercise is to try to explain Noel Edmunds to Americans šŸ™‚

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/masp/statuses/116469572543012740https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://wandering.shop/users/masp/statuses/116469572543012740Sun, 26 Apr 2026 06:23:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:03:59 GMT]]>@c_dan4th Nobody can explain cricket. I think they make it up as they go along.

Hurling is just an excuse to attempt to murder a bunch of lads from the next county over.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/astronomerritt/statuses/116465011222789608https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/astronomerritt/statuses/116465011222789608Sat, 25 Apr 2026 11:03:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 06:01:42 GMT]]>@astronomerritt The Australian version is getting Americans to taste vegemite or hand pass an AFL ball

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/evcricket/statuses/116463822593865962https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/evcricket/statuses/116463822593865962Sat, 25 Apr 2026 06:01:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:22:56 GMT]]>@c_dan4th @astronomerritt Cricket is just baseball but the bat is flat, and all the fielding positions have ludicrous names like Fourth Slip and Silly Mid Off.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/Two9A/statuses/116463670190749275https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/Two9A/statuses/116463670190749275Sat, 25 Apr 2026 05:22:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:17:38 GMT]]>@astronomerritt The #1 Christmas song from 1993 is guaranteed to break brains on both sides of the pond.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://petrous.vislae.town/users/rosenbergite/statuses/116463413398595840https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://petrous.vislae.town/users/rosenbergite/statuses/116463413398595840Sat, 25 Apr 2026 04:17:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:44:26 GMT]]>@astronomerritt What about cricket? Can you explain that one to an uncultured American? Or hurling. They were doing a lot of that when we were in Ireland last year.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/c_dan4th/statuses/116462810974846192https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/c_dan4th/statuses/116462810974846192Sat, 25 Apr 2026 01:44:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:40:09 GMT]]>@reillypascal @simonbp We tend to be weirdly fond of him these days. Heā€™s terrible but heā€™s ours.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/astronomerritt/statuses/116462322313664752https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/astronomerritt/statuses/116462322313664752Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:40:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:39:32 GMT]]>@NuclearOatmeal Barney is the exact opposite of Mr Blobby. Barney was supposed to be a beloved childrenā€™s character and was instead both irritating and disturbing to adults. Mr Blobby was created to be irritating and disturbing to adults and became a beloved childrenā€™s character šŸ˜†

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/astronomerritt/statuses/116462319854068344https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/astronomerritt/statuses/116462319854068344Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:39:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:30:49 GMT]]>@astronomerritt @simonbp oh, I would have loved him as a kid (and I do now!)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/reillypascal/statuses/116462285564920181https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/reillypascal/statuses/116462285564920181Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:30:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:30:28 GMT]]>@astronomerritt

I half get it. We had (maybe still have?) Barney the Dinosaur. Less said about that, the better.

The true horror to me is that he has a child, or a spawn, or something, and HE BRED TRUE There will never be an escape from his dark rule.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/NuclearOatmeal/statuses/116462284219155182https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/NuclearOatmeal/statuses/116462284219155182Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:30:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:29:00 GMT]]>@astronomerritt that's amazingly deranged lmao

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/reillypascal/statuses/116462278454325111https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/reillypascal/statuses/116462278454325111Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:29:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:15:31 GMT]]>@simonbp @reillypascal Genuinely. Thereā€™s something truly unsettling about him.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/astronomerritt/statuses/116462225456993243https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/astronomerritt/statuses/116462225456993243Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:15:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:11:30 GMT]]>@croptopjin @reillypascal Right?? Nightmarish for the parents, honestly.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/astronomerritt/statuses/116462209599494039https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/astronomerritt/statuses/116462209599494039Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:11:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:08:54 GMT]]>@astronomerritt @reillypascal That is somehow the least creepy image of Mr Blobby

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/simonbp/statuses/116462199411917949https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.linux.pizza/users/simonbp/statuses/116462199411917949Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:08:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:04:06 GMT]]>@astronomerritt @reillypascal I feel bad for their parents, Imagine having terrifying posters of Mr. Blobby in your child's bedroom. šŸ˜Ø

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://blorbo.social/users/croptopjin/statuses/116462180553936666https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://blorbo.social/users/croptopjin/statuses/116462180553936666Fri, 24 Apr 2026 23:04:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:59:01 GMT]]>@croptopjin @reillypascal I feel I need to add, children LOVED Mr Blobby. He was supposed to be a joke, an obviously ridiculous and slightly sinister parody of kidsā€™ TV mascots. Turns out kids fucking love ā€œobviously ridiculous and slightly sinisterā€. Blobbymania at its height was massive. He was inescapable.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/astronomerritt/statuses/116462160557177927https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/astronomerritt/statuses/116462160557177927Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:59:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:56:36 GMT]]>@croptopjin @reillypascal Yeah, thatā€™s about right.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/astronomerritt/statuses/116462151014422269https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/astronomerritt/statuses/116462151014422269Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:56:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:52:51 GMT]]>@astronomerritt @reillypascal I found this lovely comic

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Attached: 2 images As this was the last big thing I posted on bird site, I feel I would be being somewhat neglectful if I didn't post it here too. Monday the 14th of November was Mr Blobby's 30th Birthday. And I wrote a horrible little comic about the time I met him. 1/2 #mrblobby #comics #horror

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://blorbo.social/users/croptopjin/statuses/116462136327192971https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://blorbo.social/users/croptopjin/statuses/116462136327192971Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:52:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:47:50 GMT]]>@reillypascal The thing to understand about Mr Blobby is that he is both a beloved figure of British TV for people of a certain age, and also, that he is utterly disturbing.

He was created as a fake childrenā€™s show character as a candid camera prank for a Saturday night TV show where he would interact with celebrities and behave unprofessionally, and from that he somehow ended up with a number one single and a theme park. He would often make cameos on other British TV shows, usually involving someone getting ā€œgungedā€ (covered in slime).

He can only say his own name in a bizarrely distorted computerised voice.

We love him. And sometimes we hate him. But we cannot deny him. Mr Blobby is eternal.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/astronomerritt/statuses/116462116541512611https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/astronomerritt/statuses/116462116541512611Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:47:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to There are few things that bring greater joy to a British person than trying to explain Mr Blobby to Americans. on Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:34:53 GMT]]>@astronomerritt I'm an American and I've never heard of Mr. Blobby and now I'm very curious!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/reillypascal/statuses/116462065619473239https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/reillypascal/statuses/116462065619473239Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:34:53 GMT