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. Smith Goes to Washington (TV series) singer Red Foley as the senator's Uncle Cooter, Rita Lynn as Smith's secretary, Miss Kelly, and Stan Irwin as Smith's chauffeur, Arnie. The series, a Screen Gems Production (Screen Gems was owned by Columbia Pictures, which produced the film), aired at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Saturday. It followed ABC's short-lived "The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show", a Western comedy and variety show, and preceded the long-running "The Lawrence Welk Show". Its competition on CBS was the legal drama "The Defenders" and NBC's "The Joey Bishop Show". Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (TV series) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington