1993 in British music BBC One show "Noel's House Party", with "Mr. Blobby" (the first ever eponymously titled number 1 single). In the final week before Christmas, he was knocked off by Take That's "Babe", making Mr. Blobby the first one-week #1 since U2's "The Fly" in November 1991, and making Take That the first act to have three singles in a row all enter at #1. However, the following week (Christmas week) saw Mr. Blobby climb back up to the top, the first time this had happened since January 1969, and officially become this year's Christmas number 1. Take That's "Babe" became the
Mr. Show with Bob and David "Arrested Development" features David Cross as regular character Tobias Fünke; the series also had guest spots filled by "Mr. Show" alumni, such as Bob Odenkirk as a marriage counselor, Jerry Minor and Jay Johnston as gay cops, and John Ennis as a mall security guard. Jack Black had supporting roles in "Mr. Show". Cross and Odenkirk would go on to work with Black on producing a show for HBO for the comedy band Tenacious D which would also feature "Mr. Show" alumnus Paul F. Tompkins. In January 2011, IFC began airing 90-minute blocks of "Mr. Show", "The Ben Stiller Show",