That Time Britain Applauded a Grown Man Punching a Fictional Character

For those of you who have no idea who Mr Blobby is, you're probably surprised to find out he was a children's character. Probably not surprised someone punched him though...

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Original Article:
http://www.factfiend.com/time-britain...

Sources:
http://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/27/sty...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Blobby
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr_Blob...)
https://www.themeparktourist.com/feat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sm...)
The Internet is Dark and Full of Terrors:
https://fransthe.home.xs4all.nl/Blobby/

Videos:
Noel's House Party (1991 – 1999)
www.imdb.com/title/tt0101155/
Mr Blobby (1993)
Blobbyvision (1994)
THE BLOBBY WITCH PROJECT
   • LAST FOOTAGE FROM ABANDONED MR BLOBBY...  
Barney: Let's Play School! (1999)
www.imdb.com/title/tt3421254/
Mr Blobby Music Video [1993 Christmas Number 1]
   • Mr Blobby Music Video [1993 Christmas...  
Barney's Fun & Games (1996)
www.imdb.com/title/tt1846482/
The Big Fat Quiz of the 90s (2012)
www.imdb.com/title/tt2456966/

Images:
Mr Blobby, http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/am...
Sesame Street, https://www.sesamestreet.org/
Theme Park Map, https://www.themeparktourist.com/feat...
Barney the Dinosaur, http://barney.wikia.com/wiki/File:Bar...
Jack Whitehall, By Walterlan Papetti (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)], via Wikimedia Commons

Music:
"Two Finger Johnny" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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