The Smurfs celebrate 50th birthday - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

waichingliu81 · 01-15-2008, 09:56 AM

ress Assoc. - Tuesday, January 15 06:20 am

The Smurfs -- led by Papa Smurf and Smurfette -- kicked off a year of 50th birthday celebrations with Smurfberry cake and sasparilla juice.

The late cartoonist Pierre Culliford -- best known by his pen name "Peyo" -- first introduced the tiny blue figures in a comic strip in October 1958. He called them Schtroumpf and later became known worldwide as the Smurfs.

The Smurfs, forest dwellers who live in little white-capped mushroom homes, developed their own "Smurf" language in which nouns and verbs were interchanged.

Their debut on US television in 1981 launched their global rise to stardom and made the Smurfs a household name. A Smurf is a Pitufo in Spanish, a Schlumpf in German, Nam Ching Ling to the Chinese, a Sumafa in Japan and Dardassim in Hebrew.

"I think that if he could see all that has been done with his characters since his death and the success and interest that the Smurfs still attract, he would be very, very, very, very happy and very proud," said Peyo's son, Thierry Culliford.

To mark the golden anniversary of Smurfdom, organisers are planning everything from a 3D animation feature film expected to be released next year to new comic book collections and a remastered release of the popular 1980s television animated series, Peyo's family said.

Peyo's widow and two children will help kick off a European birthday tour in Brussels. The Smurfs celebration will continue in Paris and Berlin.

The Smurfs also will team up with Unicef to promote children's rights and education worldwide.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20...5a7c575_1.html

coffield3 · 01-15-2008, 10:26 AM

Aaww i love The Smurfs

catlover79 · 01-15-2008, 02:35 PM

Wow - I had no idea the Smurfs were that old!! I thought they only came along in the early 1980s when the cartoon premiered.

MrCleveland · 01-15-2008, 04:14 PM

What did the Smurfs look like prior to 1980?

tv star collector · 01-15-2008, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by MrCleveland

What did the Smurfs look like prior to 1980?

I think they always looked basically the same. I've seen reprints of some of
Peyo's comic strips and I remember seeing an ad on TV--before the Hanna-
Barbera cartoon was ever introduced--for a phonograph record. They sounded like The Chipmunks (sped-up voices singing popular songs) but
looked the same as in the later TV cartoon series.

Mikado · 01-15-2008, 04:44 PM

I was reading les Schtroumpfs in French long before most of you even likely heard of them...mind you, i prefered Tintin, Asterix and Spirou to them

TJL · 01-15-2008, 07:08 PM

Big smurfing deal.

catlover79 · 01-15-2008, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by TJL

Big smurfing deal.

Scoobiedoo30 · 01-15-2008, 09:44 PM

Happy Birthday

coffield3 · 01-15-2008, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TJL

Big smurfing deal.

tanquant · 01-16-2008, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

Wow - I had no idea the Smurfs were that old!! I thought they only came along in the early 1980s when the cartoon premiered.

Me too. Happy Birthday Smurfs.

Jrog · 01-16-2008, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

Wow - I had no idea the Smurfs were that old!! I thought they only came along in the early 1980s when the cartoon premiered.

That's the exact same thing I thought. I intially saw the subject headline and thought it was either a joke or led to some parody link. Eitherway, happy smurf day to a great - though weird if you think about it too hard - franchise

.

catlover79 · 01-16-2008, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Jrog

That's the exact same thing I thought. I intially saw the subject headline and thought it was either a joke or led to some parody link. Eitherway, happy smurf day to a great - though weird if you think about it too hard - franchise

.

I guess you really do learn something new every day!!

Mikado · 01-23-2008, 04:32 PM

Theres a long history of French (And Belgian) comics, being that I went to French school; I knew them before id heard of most American comics.....of all the French Comics, Tintin is my fave

Tubehead · 01-29-2008, 03:37 PM

the smrufs season 1 vol 1 comes out end of feburay.

01-15-2008, 09:56 AM	#1
waichingliu81 debbie allen Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 28, 2006 Location: london, england, UK Posts: 4,347	The Smurfs celebrate 50th birthday ress Assoc. - Tuesday, January 15 06:20 am The Smurfs -- led by Papa Smurf and Smurfette -- kicked off a year of 50th birthday celebrations with Smurfberry cake and sasparilla juice. The late cartoonist Pierre Culliford -- best known by his pen name "Peyo" -- first introduced the tiny blue figures in a comic strip in October 1958. He called them Schtroumpf and later became known worldwide as the Smurfs. The Smurfs, forest dwellers who live in little white-capped mushroom homes, developed their own "Smurf" language in which nouns and verbs were interchanged. Their debut on US television in 1981 launched their global rise to stardom and made the Smurfs a household name. A Smurf is a Pitufo in Spanish, a Schlumpf in German, Nam Ching Ling to the Chinese, a Sumafa in Japan and Dardassim in Hebrew. "I think that if he could see all that has been done with his characters since his death and the success and interest that the Smurfs still attract, he would be very, very, very, very happy and very proud," said Peyo's son, Thierry Culliford. To mark the golden anniversary of Smurfdom, organisers are planning everything from a 3D animation feature film expected to be released next year to new comic book collections and a remastered release of the popular 1980s television animated series, Peyo's family said. Peyo's widow and two children will help kick off a European birthday tour in Brussels. The Smurfs celebration will continue in Paris and Berlin. The Smurfs also will team up with Unicef to promote children's rights and education worldwide. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/pressass/20...5a7c575_1.html

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