Mr Blobby attract substantial criticism. Mr Blobby first appeared in 1992 in the 'Gotcha' segment of the second series of "Noel's House Party", in which celebrities were caught out in a "Candid Camera" style prank. Mr Blobby was presented to the celebrities as if he were a real and established children's television character, in order to record an episode centred around the guests' profession. In truth, there was no "Mr. Blobby" TV series, and he was created purely for the prank. Mr Blobby would clumsily take part in the activity, knocking over the set, causing mayhem, and saying "blobby blobby blobby." His
Mr Blobby (song) is often named as such. Rupert Hawksley of "The Telegraph" ranked it as the worst Christmas number one in history, arguing that Blobby "set the bar so low with this bizarre single, it's hard to imagine that it could ever be usurped". "Daily Record" writer Euan McColm named it the third-worst Top 10 single of all time, while Gemma Wheatley of the "Daily Star" called it the third most-annoying track ever written. It placed first in an HMV public poll of the worst-ever festive songs, and second in a VH1 viewer survey of the worst number one singles of all