@cstross I was in Germany between 1991 and 1995 and was very confused when I came back to the UK, saw this strange blobby *thing* and had absolutely no idea what it was or why people seemed to like the idiotic thing.

Now it's thirty years later and I still don't understand.

@edchivers @cstross It's deliberately cringe in order to make fun of the celebs who got duped into earnestly trying to join in. Like Brass Eye, but without the pretence at a serious message underneath, to highlight how wilfully blind to red flags some people can be to be in the spotlight. So Blobby can be funny in the same way that "cake is a made up drug" is funny. Being nonsensical is the point.

As for the people who think Blobby is genuinely, non-ironically funny... yeah, beats me 🤷

@delanthear @aspragg @edchivers @cstross

We've had a long tradition of jesters and fools and clowns, and really Blobby is just more of the same. It's just that I don't think that we had them on the telly with such saturation until Edmonds came along. We didn't have them making records, or invading other people's stuff, or merchandising.

By the way: If U.S.A. people tell you that they never had this, politely remind them that The Banana Splits existed 25 years before Blobby was invented.

♪ Tra La-La. La-la La La.
♪ Tra La-La. La-la La La.

You know that you just winced, U.S.A. people. (-:

@JamesPadraicR

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