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04/10/2005: Smurfs Stuff!

I’ve had this box of Smurf-related toys and collectibles collecting dust and being the straw that breaks the camel in half and prevents me from being able to shut one of our closet doors laying around for months, and I’m sick of seeing blue, so here’s a big review of ten weird Smurfy things, all random, including everything from Smurfberry Crunch cereal to Smurfs stickers that smell like peanut butter. Look, it had to be done sometime.

It’s getting really nice out. Almost feels like Christmas. I’m taking a week’s worth of mini-update images, so expect a semi-lively blog schedule starting tomorrow. I bet you won’t bet on it. But I’ll make you eat crow, oh yes. Oh, I promised a photo of a guy in a shark suit around St. Patrick’s Day…here tis. Told you what I saw, I did.

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I’ve got a Smurf playground slide sitting in my basement somewhere. For a tiny little slide, it sure provided hours of entertainment, especially when turned upside down and used in thoroughly un-slide-ish ways. It made a great blue plastic armchair, for instance, and it had a tendency to shock anyone or anything that touched it with static electricity. Ah, the memories…

Ghosted by Pirate7L @ 04/12/2005 9:45 PM EDT

You haven’t seen the Smurfs until you’ve seen it in German. Whoever does the voiceover of Papa Smurf sounds like Hitler.

Ghosted by Great Bison @ 04/13/2005 1:01 AM EDT

i had some smurf sheets when i was a kid. they still sit in my mom’s linen closet.

Ghosted by JulieS @ 04/13/2005 3:56 AM EDT

Just thought I’d drop a comment about Peyo being French. Smurfs are originaly called Schtroumpfs (difficult to say even if you’re french). They were first seen in ‘Johan et Pirlouit’, an earlier strip, and by the early 50ies, they had their own strip in ‘Spirou Magazine’, one of the two oldest comics magazines in France (the first issue was published in 1938, and it’s still running, the other being Tintin Magazine)

There’s a few original scans here:
http://www.lambiek.net/peyo.htm

Living in Quebec, smurf stuff was just everywhere, and the original comics are still being sold in bookstores. I had little smurf figures (now collectibles it seems) and I remember seeing smurf’s houses for the figures, back when I was maybe 5 or 6.

I also had a talking plastic smurf. It scared me then, and it still scares me now.

Ghosted by Paffou @ 04/13/2005 12:43 PM EDT

I maybe wrong on this but I believe back in the day before Happymeals McDonalds offered specials on glasses. I have this vague memory of having smurf glasses from McDonalds, most likely wrong. The were glear glass with the painted on figures or scene.

Ghosted by Tweety @ 04/13/2005 3:15 PM EDT

Anybody remember Snorks? You know, the Smurfs of the sea?? Hanna Barbera was good at ripping off its own creations! I liked these little cuties better than the smurfs!!

I never really cared much for the smurfs, but then again, I dont even really understand what they’re saying. Anyone ever see a cast list for this show? It’s freakin long, and it’ll blow your mind!!!!!! They really pooled the talent of the Hanna Barbera favorites for this one!!!!!! Look @ the cast list on IMDB if you don’t believe it!!!!!!!

NOW, I really gotta go to class!

Ghosted by Allison @ 04/13/2005 3:31 PM EDT

G’nap! G’nap g’nap!

Ghosted by Angry purple kingklash @ 04/13/2005 3:46 PM EDT

Oh Man! Thank God! I thought I was imagining eating Smurf Cereal as a Child! I think there was a Strawberry Shortcake cereal as well……..

Ghosted by Special K @ 04/13/2005 9:54 PM EDT

Special K: Yes there was, and I’ve done an article on it — use the search!

Ghosted by Matt @ 04/14/2005 9:09 AM EDT

I liked the layout for that article, it was purdy.

Ghosted by Pedro II @ 04/14/2005 11:33 AM EDT

Just saw this Sin City ad on AICN, and it is funny that Yellow Bastard was actually Smurf Blue Bastard in the studio.

Ghosted by ME @ 04/14/2005 2:09 PM EDT

The Smurfs had their own pasta meal from Chef Boyardee too IIRC.

There were Smurf bedsheets too. How come you didn’t mention those, Matt? I happen to know of their existence because I used to sleep in Smurf linens and pillowcases.

Ghosted by Bert Raccoon @ 04/14/2005 3:55 PM EDT

i still have a talking smurffete toy, you pull the string and shes says things like " hi my name is smurfette"

Ghosted by satas @ 04/14/2005 7:35 PM EDT

I used to have a smurf punching bag when I was really young. Even when I was little I thought it was funny that the point of the toy was to punch smurfs. I think it ended up with a hole in it from overuse.

Ghosted by Kristina @ 04/15/2005 9:23 PM EDT

I spent too much time dancing to smurf records.

by myself in front of the mirror.

I guess it was exercise. Remember the Smurf All Star Show anyone?

Ghosted by dfgdfg @ 04/16/2005 10:12 AM EDT

In the original French, the Smurfs don’t live off of Smurfberries but "salsepareille" — sarsaparilla.
Oddly, the English translations of the comics tend to use "cranberries."
I have no clue why it suddenly turned into Smurfberries for the show, other than perhaps a natural linguistic evolution due to the Smurf’s habit of calling everything ’smurf.’

Well, anyway. So if you’re wondering what Smurfberries taste like, the answer is: "kind of like root beer."

Ghosted by Talia @ 04/17/2005 1:08 AM EDT

great articals matt!! the sticker book and stickers artical went right to the heart!
smurf berry crunch was the absolute best!!!i can walk into my moms house and know right where that smurf mug is!!either my best friend and i where jsut a couple of pussys but doesnt one think the scariest episode of the smurfs ever!!!! was the one where the little purple fly bit the tails of the smurfs turning them evil and violent and purple running around yelping "anap"ruining all of smufdome??? gave me coldsweats for weeks oh the nightmares!!!
big round of applause on you artcial on sharckleberryfin!!!

Ghosted by jay b @ 04/17/2005 5:50 AM EDT

They need to bring back poop color changing foods. And market them as such

Ghosted by thejyav @ 04/17/2005 9:45 AM EDT

Whoa, I had those exact same Smurf Colorforms! Totally forgot about them until today- Thanks, Matt! My brother and I had A TON of Smurfy things. I specifically remember my Smurf Powercycle and Smurf record player. You guys were right about the Smurf "satanic" controversy, though. I remember our pastor talking about how the Smurfs were Satan’s tool to use the media to ensnare innocent little children or some crap like that. Luckily, my mom and dad didn’t buy it. SMURFS FOREVER!!!

Ghosted by Jillybeann @ 04/17/2005 12:00 PM EDT

Eh? Papa Smurf as George Washington? Wasn’t he from Belgium?

Ghosted by Andrew @ 04/17/2005 1:53 PM EDT

Matt, once again you have crawled into the recesses of my brain and typed out every childhood thought I’ve ever had about SMURFS!

Smurf ya later
dave

Ghosted by dave @ 04/17/2005 3:54 PM EDT

I have never owned a single piece of smurf anything.

PS: I’m not lying

Ghosted by Connor @ 04/17/2005 10:33 PM EDT

hey pedro, Q-tip is another one.

Ghosted by boojwahz @ 04/19/2005 12:28 PM EDT

That cereal sounds so cool! And by the way, I never had any Smurfs merchandise.

Ghosted by Anna @ 04/19/2005 12:53 PM EDT

I had to do some serious begging to get my grandma to buy me Smurf Berry Crunch… and then it was soooo disgusting! I only ate it once so I never had the opportunity to shit blue. Bummer.

Ghosted by Christena @ 10/24/2006 1:55 AM EDT

I stumbled upon your site and I knew I had to leave a comment. I wasnt a big fan of the smurfs but like you said I did have some of their stuff. I had one of the PVC figurines when I was younger.Later on in life after I became a full grown woman I got the surprise of my life when I went to visit a friend of mine and he (yes a HE, a full grown he I might add) had a smurfs bed cover! So I guess you guys could say I slept with the smurfs!

See ya!

Ghosted by Mel @ 10/24/2006 3:05 AM EDT

I had to post when I saw this just to add to the Smurfiness… when I was in the 5th or 6th grade, my best friend actually won a Smurfy bike from a box of Smurfberry Crunch! It was during the presidential election and the prize inside was a button that had a certain Smurf’s name and picture for president (I had Vanity for President- I can’t believe I remember that), but there was also the “Winner” button that got a bike. We couldn’t believe that a winning box was found in the middle of nowhere!

Ghosted by Jen @ 10/24/2006 12:12 PM EDT

Smurfette looks pretty goddamn weird on that Colourforms box. Did she get that Asian double eyelid surgery or something?

Ghosted by miss_maggie @ 01/03/2007 11:41 PM EST

I LOVED Smurfberry Crunch. That photo put a huge smile on my face. I remember fighting with my sister over which glow-in-the-dark stickers we got.

Ghosted by RS @ 03/29/2007 6:47 PM EST

This is nothing…
I had Smurf Wallpaper in my room when I was a kid. A whole wall full of mushrooms and smurfs. Its no wonder I turned out the way I did!

Ghosted by Lis @ 06/11/2007 1:27 AM EDT

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