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Smurfs celebrate their 50th Smurfday
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by Ravi Dixit | October 23, 2008 at 09:22 am
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23rd October, 1958, exactly 50 years ago a cartoonist Pierre Culliford who used a pen name of "Peyo" created "les Schtroumpfs" that went on to be known as Smurfs the world over. Over 10 million copies of Smurf CDs have been sold in the last 3 years alone. On Thursday 23rd October 2008 they will complete 50 years.
Happy Smurfday A site dedicated to celebrating Smurfday. UNICEF is hosting Celebrity Smurf Auctions across Europe.
"On Thursday 23 October 2008, the Smurfs will be exactly 50 years old. On that very
day, these 15 “Celebrity Smurfs” will be auctioned off to the highest bidder at Brussels Town Hall. All proceeds will go to UNICEF,which will use them for educational programmes for children."
Smurf-facts
* There are 101 Smurfs, including one rather charming if dippy girl, the Smurfette.
* The Smurfs are all three apples high and are constantly under attack by the wizard Gargamel, who symbolises the dark side of humanity.
* Since they cannot count on their physical strength or their extraordinary intelligence, Smurfs always rely on their solidarity to save them.
* The Smurf comic-strips were turned into a children's TV cartoon series by the Hanna-Barbera studio in Hollywood in the 1980s.
* Smurf comic books have sold 25,000,000 copies in 25 languages.
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Source: Wikipedia
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Most RecentMost Recommended Comments (16)
at 09:37 on October 23rd, 2008
Ravi Dixit, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 12:11 on October 23rd, 2008
I love the Smurfs!! I used to watch the cartoon when I was little all the time!
at 12:33 on October 23rd, 2008
Ravi Dixit, great post. Happy Schtroumpfday to them!
at 12:37 on October 23rd, 2008
Was Gargamel a wizard, or did he just work for one? I thought of him as more of an alchemist.
at 23:44 on October 23rd, 2008
Hi J,
Thanks for the Flag, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargamel have a look it does say that Gargamel was the Wizard.
at 16:03 on October 23rd, 2008
Ravi Dixit, I like this story. It's good stuff. I love the smurfs too....my baby sister, my son,my niece,and now my grandchildren are watching them. A sweet story:)
at 17:32 on October 23rd, 2008
Ravi Dixit, the Smurfs bring back a more kinder, gentle time when Saturday morning cartoons ruled and animation was hand drawn and not created by a computer, like it is now with all the CGI out there. Hanna-Barbera did an awesome job with the Smurfs and even today it shows, as Warner Bros has released the DVD of the Smurfs. Hopefully the Smurfs will come back sometime, unfortunately the way animation is going it will be CGI animation then the quality animation that Hanna-Barbera once produced.
at 23:48 on October 23rd, 2008
Thanks Elvisjj for the flag ,
I agree, Tom & Jerry the old episodes are still a rage in India and Smurfs are coming back as a movie next year.
Thanks Cjaye, Jarrett Martineau, Jon Azpiri for the flag
at 05:54 on October 24th, 2008
Worth pointing out amidst all this nostalgia for the Smurfs that the programme has come under heavy criticism for inculcating kids with heavily gendered--and some would say misogynist--values. Not only is Smurfette the only chick, she's portrayed as not too bright (as the author of this article notes but doesn't find to be a problem), as a diminutive of the 'real' Smurfs, and further, in the story she was created and sent to Smurfland by Gargamel for evil purposes. (That narrative ring any bells?)
Not a lot of positives for girl kids to take away from the Smurfs at the end of the day really--quite the opposite. And also really not reflecting the contemporary reality of girl kids outperforming boys academically in every subject.
at 08:42 on October 24th, 2008
Hi ashley,
Thanks for your post, every text popular or otherwise has multiple facets and the receiver assigns meanings and\or takes away impressions and meanings as per their cultural as well educational conditioning... This is what the scholars call semiotic democracy
at 08:57 on October 24th, 2008
Smurfs do philosophy and Mighty Mouse sings opera. The writing is not done while the reader is still reading.
at 11:14 on October 24th, 2008
hi there
am new user i want to know how can i update my pic?
can some one help me
at 10:06 on October 25th, 2008
Hi smurfette,
Go to settings after logging into your account, edit profile, edit picture and you should be good....
Do let me know if it worked...
at 13:13 on October 24th, 2008
Ravi Dixit, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 02:49 on October 25th, 2008
I remember the Smurfs...We was not allowed to "Smurf" the language at kindergarten, by adding the word smurf to everything. Depressing really a trauma :)
at 18:56 on October 25th, 2008
Pitufina que habla
"Hi! My name is Smurette", "I Love Smurfberries", "Have a Smurfy Day", "Let's Talk Smurfy", "Come to my Smurfday Party", "You're the Smufiest!",
"Smurf me a Kiss"
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