Talk:Mr Blobby

message: Great big pink guy with loads of yellow dots. What more can i say
::That "Great big pink guy with loads of yellow dots" cost me and a lot of other taxpayers over 1,000,000GBP. Thats a lot to say!Pinster2001 17:44, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Then you shouldn't have voted for the bloody Tories, should you. AllGloryToTheHypnotoad (talk) 00:14, 24 June 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  Are you suggesting that Mr Blobby is real? You may as well say that Mickey Mouse is real because there are people wearing Mickey Mouse costumes at the various Disney theme parks.  Mr Blobby is a fictional character that was created for a television series.  He's no more real than the Muppets.David French (talk) 12:43, 19 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Is Mr Blobby still alive? Or does he in fact live on forever through the "magic of television"? Martinevans123 (talk) 22:40, 17 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tense 

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thread_title:  External links modified (February 2018) 

message: The "true identity" of Mr Blobby, as "Bradford-born Shakespearean actor" Barry Killerby is currently supported in the article by The Sun. But Noel "true celebrity" Edmonds has just reported, to OK! magazine that "old sidekick Mr Blobby is now an alcoholic struggling to make ends meet":  Killerby is also reported in the Daily Mirror which says "was working as a compere for an entertainment company":  Not sure if any of these sources should be used. Any thoughts? Martinevans123 (talk) 18:29, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Use all of them.   Then add photos of John and JzG to spontaneous human combustion. Andy Dingley (talk) 18:39, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Ah yes. We might even get an entry at WP:ITNR that way. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:48, 26 November 2018 (UTC)

text: Meanwhile, folks may be interested in commenting at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard#RfC: The Sun. Martinevans123 (talk) 18:52, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Barry Killerby 

message: It seems there is a secret plan. Martinevans123 (talk) 09:59, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  "The Blobby is dead. Long live Mr Blobby" 

message: In the lead it says " originally portrayed by George McGill from Glasgow, Scotland" but in the very next section when describing his firs appearances it says "When the prank was finally revealed the Mr Blobby costume would be opened, revealing Noel Edmonds inside." Also, the source cited does not mention George McGill at all and says it was one Barry Killerby. So.... something's not adding up there. Beeblebrox (talk) 21:30, 23 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: The change from the sourced Barry Killerby to the unknown "George McGill" appears to be vandalism that went unnoticed . I'll revert. As for Edmonds, I think him being "revealed" at the end was just a gag and it was McGill who actually did the work of being inside the costume the rest of the time - the David Prowse to Edmond's Sebastian Shaw, if you like. In any case, Edmonds being inside would only have been for the initial "Gotcha" segment in the first few shows, not for the rest of the run.-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:12, 24 August 2021 (UTC)

text: Actually thinking about it, the change to McGill may have been good-faith - it's possible McGill did do the role briefly before Killerby took over (this source says so, but is the only one I've found, and I wouldn't be surprised if they copied Wikipedia) but Killerby was certainly the man in the costume for the vast majority of the run, so deserves to be the one mentioned in the lead.-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 17:37, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, now I'm determined to get to the bottom of this. Watching some videos of the early "Gotchas" - in which a celebrity thinks they are on a genuine kids TV show only for Edmonds to reveal it's a prank at the end - it's clear that unless the celebrity was in on it the whole time, there was no opportunity for a switch and it's Edmonds in the costume the whole time. They only needed an actor like Killerby to do it once they dropped the "Gotcha" format and Mr Blobby was just a guest on the  main Noel's House Party show - with Edmonds presenting, he couldn't do both roles. The article needs to make this clear.-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 19:08, 24 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  article contradicts itself 

message: There are available citations for either Michael Leggo or Charlie Adams to be the creator. More reliable souring shows Leggo, although those are paywalled so am unable to verify.--☾Loriendrew☽ ☏(ring-ring) 01:33, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for clarifying this and explaining about the Talk page. MGJD (talk) 07:22, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Creator contradiction 

message: The opening paragraph of this Wiki page credits Charlie Adams as creating Mr Bobby, but the info box states 'Creator: Michael Leggo'.
So which is it? 88.98.246.162 (talk) 23:57, 24 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Creator Contradiction