This has absolutely done me
In March 1994, Elizabeth Kolbert of The New York Times wrote: “Mr Blobby’s rise to stardom has provoked anguished commentaries about just what he stands for… Some commentators have called him a metaphor for a nation gone soft in the head. Others have seen him as proof of Britain’s deep-seated attraction to trash.”[1] A Sun article published the previous month had reported that Blobby reduced a young girl to tears after throwing her birthday cake onto the floor during a show in Luton, causing the girl’s father to mount the stage and assault Blobby.[1][3][7] Neville Crumpton, who owns the rights to the character, said: “If the press can knock him, they’ll knock him whenever they can.”[1] A trio of failed Mr Blobby theme parks also resulted in considerable negative press and scandal.
