Mr Blobby' has been spotted in Plymouth (on December 23) wandering around Mutley Plain. People spotting the much-loved figure expressed delight shouting “blobby blobby” and car horns were honking.

Al Martino was an actor too, and played Johnny Fontane in ... No, we can’t quite believe it either. In 1993, Mr Blobby’s eponymous hit (ahem), Mr Blobby somehow became that year’s Christmas ...