The Rise and Fall of Mr Blobby and Noel Edmonds (Part 3)
Josh Widdicombe's Archive of Pop Culture
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🗓️ 3 January 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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The Rise and Fall of Mr Blobby (and Noel Edmonds)
Episode 3: Done Blobbin' - Mr Blobby's Downfall
In the penultimate episode of the series, Josh Widdicombe and comedian Tom Craine explore the incredible rise and fall of Mr Blobby and Noel Edmonds.
When we left him at the end of episode 2, Mr Blobby's fame and notoriety had hit giddy stratospheres…
He topped the music charts with a Christmas #1 single...
His face was on countless lunchboxes, pencil cases, and allegedly - lampshades all across the nation…
But his giant rubber reach was about to exceed his grasp, and as Blobby fatigue set in across the nation his fall from grace was imminent…
We also take a lovely nostalgic detour through the archives of iconic British TV puppets via everyone's favourite rodent, Roland Rat.
And we discuss the birth of breakfast television on BBC and ITV.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Crinkly Bottom Radio, where AirBair means fine music and AM means morning. |
| 0:14.1 | I'm Tony Blackburn, and this is the part of my show I call My Favorite Records. |
| 0:18.4 | This is where we have a guest in the studio who tells us about the music he just have to take |
| 0:22.8 | with him if he had to go somewhere for a very long time, like, uh, DM 25, or the queue for |
| 0:29.1 | Power Rangers at Toys or Us. |
| 0:31.7 | And today, I'm honored to have as my guest, Mr. Blobby. |
| 0:34.6 | Oh, Bloopy! |
| 0:36.6 | Bloopy, Bloopy, Bloopy! Oh, Blop! Welcome back. You joinby. Oh, Blobby! Blobby, Blobby, Blobby! Oh, Blop! Welcome back. You join us with Mr. Blobby, top of the pop charts. Sorry. I'm a bit conscious about my weight at the moment, Josh. It's a bit... Just call me Tom Crane, please. With Tom Crane, top of the pop charts. I'm joined by Tom Crane for episode three, which is basically, I suppose, the fall of Mr. Blobby. |
| 0:58.5 | Yeah. We've had the rise of Noel Edinburgh. Which is something he loved to do, actually. Exactly. A lot of Pratt falling down. But he was less funny this time. That's actually quite sad, you. We've had the rise of Noel Edwards, then the rise of Mr. Blobby. |
| 1:09.2 | He's Christmas number one. |
| 1:10.7 | But Mr. Blobby doesn't exist in a vacuum. |
| 1:14.0 | Britain loves... We've had the rise of Noel Edmunds, then the rise of Mr. Blobby. He's Christmas number one. But Mr. Blobby doesn't exist in a vacuum. |
| 1:14.0 | Britain loves a puppet. |
| 1:15.5 | So I'd like to start, go back just to another case study of quite how obsessed Britain |
| 1:21.6 | and their entertainment industry can be with the power of puppets. |
| 1:28.4 | Welcome back, Ratfans, to Roland Lives. |
| 1:32.5 | Now, I would like you to meet now my special guest star, Christopher Biggins from Unzafari. |
| 1:37.7 | Good morning. |
| 1:39.7 | Welcome, Christopher. |
| 1:41.0 | That was very nice you to have me on the show, Roland. |
| 1:43.0 | How are you today? |
| 1:43.9 | I'm fine, thank you. Good. Would you like my autograph? I would, actually. Yes was very nice. You to have me on the show, Roland. How are you today? I'm fine, thank you. |
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