The bizarre return of Mr Blobby

A spoof documentary in the finale of Saturday Night Live UK’s debut season depicted Mr Blobby being disinterred at Nottinghamshire’s Grimethorpe Colliery in 1992 and unleashed on a murderous rampage — a sequence that described him as “an atom bomb made flesh.” In recent months the pink-and-yellow agent of chaos has reappeared across primetime TV, joined popstars onstage and driven a boom in nostalgia sales: Blobby costumes fetch thousands on eBay and themed biscuits and merchandise have become cult items.

United Kingdom, Nottinghamshire

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