Mr Blobby childish and unprofessional behaviour was calculated to irritate the celebrities taking part. When the prank was finally revealed the Blobby costume would be opened, revealing Noel Edmonds inside. Once the first 'Gotcha' segments had aired, Mr Blobby was no longer usable as part of the 'Gotcha' sequences. He continued to make appearances on "Noel's House Party" with various members of the production team donning the costume created by artist Joshua Snow. Through "Noel's House Party", Mr Blobby was seen in short comedy sketches, 'guest-appearing' on other TV programmes. Examples include "Lovejoy", where he unintentionally broke antique furniture, and "Keeping Up
First appearance datum section, located in western Newfoundland, as well as in geologically correlated strata in many parts of the world. First appearance datum First appearance datum is a term used by geologists and paleontologists to designate the first (oldest) appearance of a species in the geologic record. In other words, FADs represent the geologically oldest fossil of a particular species that has so far been discovered. FADs are frequently used to designate segments in the geologic time scale. For example, the beginning of the Tremadocian Stage of the Ordovician Period is marked by the first appearance (FAD) of the conodont "Iapetognathus fluctivagus"