strange facts about Noel's House Party

[rectorofstiffkey]

Both Mr Blobby and the sponge are lying on their backs, whereas the 'back scrubbing brush', ironically, is lying on its front.

I don't want to start a heated debate but how does one tell the difference between the back and the front of a sponge?

[rectorofstiffkey]

Searching for other Blobby merchandise, I just saw this balloon on Amazon.  Don't think the placement of the filling aperture was totally thought through....

[The Bumlord]

No wonder he's always smiling

[TheMonk]

[notjosh]

I don't want to start a heated debate but how does one tell the difference between the back and the front of a sponge?

It's not hard, they're on completely opposite sides.

[Chriddof]

Still surprised by St John Peel's involvement in the horrific death crash sequence - was he a regular contributor to the show?

Yes he did a few of the outside broadcasts - a role taken up by Mike Smith in the later series culminating in you know what.

That event was, apparently, the last time Peel had anything to do with Noel. Which isn't surprising considering he almost got killed at one point. I think the weird way Peel tries to play it off can be put down to sheer shock - the way he repeats "Nobody's hurt, nobody's hurt" feels more like he's trying to reassure himself everything's okay. Also there's this comment from Youtube:

I was there on that fateful day back in '83, and was stood next to John Peel - we both jumped backwards down a ditch in order to avoid the car which was coming towards us and I distinctly remember John Peel praying afterwards!

[TommyTurnips]

Searching for other Blobby merchandise, I just saw this balloon on Amazon.  Don't think the placement of the filling aperture was totally thought through....

Where else is it meant to go, a bit further round the back? You dirty old bollocks.

[rectorofstiffkey]

Where else is it meant to go, a bit further round the back? You dirty old bollocks.

hmm fair point.   Just ...not there.  Or if they had to put it there, why not make it white, or indeed anything apart from bright pink with a gold tip.

[pigamus]

Enjoyed this reference

What does it mean?

[gilbertharding]

That event was, apparently, the last time Peel had anything to do with Noel. Which isn't surprising considering he almost got killed at one point.

I had an idea, from something I read about the incident that Mike Smith also felt as though he'd been thrown under the bus somehow, following the death of Mike Lush.

I think the weird way Peel tries to play it off can be put down to sheer shock - the way he repeats "Nobody's hurt, nobody's hurt" feels more like he's trying to reassure himself everything's okay.

That's what it sounded like to me, too.

[Glebe]

Live-action Simpsons "cancelled after pilot".

[poodlefaker]

Still surprised that Peel has anything to do with it in the first place. Nole was exactly the sort of person he used to slag off in interviews back then - he'd often mention a fellow R1 DJ who didn't even have a record player at home, which was widely assumed to be Edmonds, iirc.

But I seem to remember he (Peel) started to do TOTP and some advert v/o's at about the same time, so maybe he had bills to pay.

[Ambient Sheep]

[Peel would] often mention a fellow R1 DJ who didn't even have a record player at home, which was widely assumed to be Edmonds, iirc.

I always assumed he was talking about Simon Bates there, but I could well be wrong.

[rectorofstiffkey]

Still surprised that Peel has anything to do with it in the first place. Nole was exactly the sort of person he used to slag off in interviews back then - he'd often mention a fellow R1 DJ who didn't even have a record player at home, which was widely assumed to be Edmonds, iirc.

This was a relatively short time before he died, perhaps he decided to just spill the beans

[Glebe]

NOEL'S HOUSE PARTY - GOTCHA HALL OF FAME (BBC ONE - 30th December 1995).

Rebecca Front involved again in that rather unsettling Jonathan 'him out of Bread' Morris gotcha. Full Su Pollard gotcha here (though be warned, it's not for the faint-hearted!). Just skimmed through the rest of that Pollard episode, but there's a brief glimpse of Ted Bovis, a weird Laugh-In bit with celebrities such as Frank Carson popping out of the scenery - and even an appearance from The Hulkster!

The woman from the Whitely gotcha features in that Rosemarie Ford one too. Lionel Blair acquits himself fairly well in his infamous one!

[Ambient Sheep]

This was a relatively short time before he died, perhaps he decided to just spill the beans

Aha!  So I was wrong!

I guess it's because I rather liked Neol in his breakfast show days (which is roughly when I first heard this) and couldn't conceive that it could be him.

[Phoenix Lazarus]

This was a relatively short time before he died, perhaps he decided to just spill the beans

"We had absolutely in common."  Noel must have liked 'em overage, then.

[Glebe]

Noel in glory hole bukkake shocker!

[Lisa Jesusandmarychain]

Those "Gotcha"s were clearly staged, with the alleged victim types involved knowing full well what was going on, having been thoroughly briefed in advance. This is especially apparent in the Lionel Blair one, and, by Comer, that stage play what Blair was doing with stalwart fellow thespians Michelle and Dennis looks like a right load of shite.

[PlanktonSideburns]

What does it mean?

Publisher Zero Books's releases are full of grammatical and typing errors for some reason.

[Thosworth]

Noel in glory hole bukkake shocker!

• Moving head to attempt an adequate gunging
• <50% gunge contact

I rest my case(s)

[poodlefaker]

Aha!  So I was wrong!

Yeah, I reckon Simes would've had top of the range hi-fi round his gaff: graphic equalisers, smooth-eject tape decks - the lot. Probably had contacts at Tandy's. Can imagine him lowering the needle-arm onto Rock n Soul Part 1 or Diamond Life with a nice glass of red wine and some dry roasteds.

[Glebe]

Cannon and Ball - Gotcha Oscar.

Can't believe I never saw this before. My life is complete!

[holyzombiejesus]

I remember laughing at a Bob Hollness Gotcha when he was part of a radio phone-in programme with an angry wrestler.

Also remember Noel's Sunday afternoon radio programmes when he used to 'prank' people and on one show he pretended to be from The Ibstock Timber Supplier and asked a womens football team if they would have his firm's initials on the front of their shirts. Can remember thinking how stupid it was that he wanted the t from 'the' to be part of the initials.

[TheMonk]

Also remember Noel's Sunday afternoon radio programmes when he used to 'prank' people and on one show he pretended to be from The Ibstock Timber Supplier and asked a womens football team if they would have his firm's initials on the front of their shirts. Can remember thinking how stupid it was that he wanted the t from 'the' to be part of the initials.

Should have gone with South London Untreated Timber Supplier.

[pigamus]

The having no records thing - I think he said the same thing about DLT as well. 'Anything I like I make a tape and play it in the car', iirc.

[rectorofstiffkey]

The having no records thing - I think he said the same thing about DLT as well. 'Anything I like I make a tape and play it in the car', iirc.

so he did! (Mr Google having directed me to a very in-depth article about Peel's marvellousness).  Starting to find Peel's judgments of other DJs for their lack of musical paraphernalia at home a bit tedious.  Who says you have to extend your job to your home life anyway?  I'm a teacher and I don't have a load of 14 year olds stashed away in my shed.

[greencalx]

The book that's quoted there, Simon Garfield's "The Nation's Favourite", is quite a good read and gives an insight into some of the horrors of mass entertainment in the early 90's.

[Video Game Fan 2000]

Noel in glory hole bukkake shocker!

Don't think much of this latest Junji Ito adaptation.

[Glebe]