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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.

Posted by Matt on 04/10/2005. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 131 comments

Fundamentalist rant books kinda piss me off, because these assholes often get their way.

One book even almost killed the comics industry!

Anyway, ever read the actual smurfs childrens books by peyo?

Chestnuts roasted by Tetsu Deinonychus @ 04/11/2005 12:24 PM

Lori, I was at Kings Dominion last year, and yes, I have heard of Smurf Mountain, which is now defunct and the Volcano coaster now stands in its place. In it, besides the train, I beleive was also a log flume and something else

And on the inside of the mountain (and outside) you can see remnants of those old rides, like the tracks in the water for the flume ride, and the ride station for train ride. And the insdie of the mountain is suprisingly empty, and you would think that PKD would put some theming into one of its most popular (and best) rides.

As for Smurf merchandise, I really don’t think I had any, but who knows? Also, I run a Cartoon Trivia Game and last night I had Smurfs as a category (requested by an above poster, mlp)

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 04/11/2005 12:31 PM

Manimal, as you know already (not to be rude) but I work in a KB and yes, I’ve known about the Exclusive Chewbaccas, and thought that no one went after them till I just realized thatthere were none left when I last worked, last night.

And my link is the Trivia Room in question concerning my above post

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 04/11/2005 12:39 PM

There was a Golden Girls shoutout on Arrested Dev tonight: Lucille went to Shady Pines rehab.
So looking forward to a busy blog week. Will we be seeing more Star Wars?

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 04/11/2005 1:16 AM

Shark Guy at last! My work here is done.

Chestnuts roasted by jhnnywalkr @ 04/11/2005 1:29 AM

I remember somebody telling me Smurfs were satanic when I was little. It confused the heck out of me.

Hah, that tale about Smurfberry Crunch should’ve gotten around more than it apparently did, because this is the first I’ve heard of it.

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 04/11/2005 1:52 AM

So…does anyone know anything about the actual Peyo? I know he was a European cartoonist and that the Smurfs originally debuted in comic strip form, but that’s about it. How much influence did he have over the wildly popular American version? I’m guessing "diddly-squat."

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 04/11/2005 1:54 AM

The ROBOTS cereal that ties into the animated film tastes a LOT like Smurfberry Crunch. Get it while you can.

Oh, and I think that Smurf Berry Crunch-getting-pulled-off-the-shelves might be an urban myth. I remember it being around for quite a while, and while it did turn your stool funky colors I don’t remember it being that big a deal to anyone. (Robots cereal does the same thing by the way, junior scientists)

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Satanism @ 04/11/2005 1:56 AM

I was thinking I’d be the one to prove you wrong about ownership of Smurf merchandize, cause I couldn’t remember having any as a child. Then I got to the picture of the Smurf cup and mug, and realized; we had that mug. I can remember drinking milk out of it. I don’t know why I remember this, or why I had forgotten it for so long…but I see now that I was wrong to doubt you.

Chestnuts roasted by Shiamirei @ 04/11/2005 2:08 AM

I can’t say I loved the Smurfs as much as, say, the Transformers, but I had a lot fo the toys, and Smurfberry cereal ruled. Just flat out ruled. Thanks for another great article Matt. Bye the way, I have a near-perfect copy fo an old TMNT cereal commercial, one featuring the Turtles driving around in the Party Wagon, and capturing Bebop and Rocksteady in a net. Would you be interested in a copy of it?

Chestnuts roasted by Destro @ 04/11/2005 2:32 AM

I’m sorry, but Smurfs scare the crap out of me. They are just so god damn creepy.

I think it has to do with bad childhood experiences at other people’s houses, when I would see other kid’s rooms, and they would have these huge collections of mini Smurf figures on a shelf hang on their walls.

Chestnuts roasted by The Jays @ 04/11/2005 3:15 AM

Those old Smurfs video games were friggin’ awful.

Chestnuts roasted by d-roc @ 04/11/2005 3:30 AM

my parents smurfed the hell out of me. I had every Smurf merchandise made in the early 80′s from stuffed animals to pajamas to a really cool little smurf chair. and up until a couple of years ago there was a bottle of smurf vitamins in my parents cupboard. the bottle was shapped like a smurf and you had to twist his head off to get the vitamins out. little blue smurfs and red azrael heads.

Chestnuts roasted by evadrad @ 04/11/2005 3:58 AM

I would only watch Smurfs when I was home sick, so now whenever I see anything Smurf I start to feel nauseous. Ugh. Same thing for that old Nickelodeon show "Eureka’s Castle". I actually kinda liked that one, though. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 04/11/2005 4:37 AM

Hi there!
Someone here wanted to know how much Peyo had to do with the Smurf cartoon, and I’d say quite a lot, especially in those early episodes (I think those are being shown today as "Smurfs Adventures" or something like that). Many of the plots including the original 100 Smurfs (that is, without the Smurf kids and that Gargamel’s assistant) were based on original comics made by Peyo – I think that Baby Smurf was the last one that appeared in the comics first.

Chestnuts roasted by Papa Taz @ 04/11/2005 5:05 AM

You know, they could have just advertized the part involving blue excrement. I’m sure many people would buy it.

Chestnuts roasted by Yama the Space Fish @ 04/11/2005 8:15 AM

It had the best song…ever…set to the dance of the sugar plumb ferries from the Nutcracker. All sing.

"Smurf Berry Crunch is fun to eat,
A Smurfy fruity breakfast treat,
Made by Smurfs so happily,
It tastes like crunchy Smurf Berries,
It’s berry shaped and crispy too,
In berry red and Smurfy blue."

Chestnuts roasted by Paste Pot Pete @ 04/11/2005 9:07 AM

The first Smurf-related thing that came to my mind when reading that article was this e-mail I remember getting as a freshman in college. It was a twisted and lude story about Smurfette and the once-in-50yrs or so ritual that took place between her and the rest of the fella smurfs. It basically explained why they’re blue.

Chestnuts roasted by bad karma @ 04/11/2005 9:11 AM

Did Anyone else notice how wrong Smurfette looks on the Smurf Punchballs?

She looks like a painted crack whore version…

Chestnuts roasted by Poopants the Scrunge @ 04/11/2005 9:12 AM

I have both Turmoil in the Toybox books! I did a college research paper arguing against these books and put up a pretty good fight on behalf of He-Man, My Little Pony, Ghostbusters, GI Joe, and Rainbow Brite.

I used that same paper as my presentation in Public Speaking class and my evaluator agreed with the book and that just about all 80′s toys were evil. I’m not a very convincing public speaker I guess. Here is a summary of my paper:

According to the book, My Little Pony is evil because some of them fly. Airplanes fly, so that makes them evil. Other ponies are evil because they are unicorns and unicorns are evil in the bible. The truth is the "unicorn" described in the bible had one horn surrounded by 10 horns. I don’t know of any ponies that have that many horns.

The reason Rainbow Brite was evil was because the rainbow represented the New Age Moment that teaches people that they are their own god (straight out of the book folks). The rainbow orginally represented Gods promise to never flood the Earth again. Rainbows arn’t evil and neither is Rainbow Brite.

The big problem with GI Joe was the violence. The problem with Ghostbusters were all the ghost and the violence. So I had to say everying in those cartoons and toys was religiously symbolic.

Matt, how about you trade me some Smurf stuff for the Turmoil in the Toybox books. I’m done with them :) Maybe I’ll post my research paper on my site.

Chestnuts roasted by Kennef @ 04/11/2005 10:24 AM

Dude, Smurfs cereal isnt the only cereal to turn tha kaka dooky blue. I just recently went on a lucky charms binge and the following day after taking care of business i looked in the bowl and was like WTF? and then i remembered i ate lucky charms and i went on my way.

the last time that happened i was like 7 and it was the day after a friends birhtday party where they had a pacman cake and a ghost cake that were yellow and blue respectively. the next day it was like hunt for the red october in a sickening shade of green.

Chestnuts roasted by boojwahz @ 04/11/2005 10:57 AM

I trust that those mini updates are coming along with the site redesign? j/k

Hey have you ever considered having someone help out? Not with content but with design and getting you a navigatble archive
i certainly would be willing to help

Chestnuts roasted by thejyav @ 04/11/2005 11:19 AM

I had that mug

Chestnuts roasted by Thejyav @ 04/11/2005 11:42 AM

I heard that the Smufs were telling kids to join the KKK, something to do with Papa Smurf having a red hat, I donno whatever, I watched 80s cartoons growing up and Im not evil!

I had a Smurfette stuffed toy and on her dress it had the smurfs logo all over it instead of the O’s on front, it always bothered me!

Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 04/11/2005 12:10 PM

All the colored poop reminds me of this one line, and Tarjeal, among a few others, will know what it means: Nothing Wrong Here.

My preacher had some of those books. Annoyed the hell out of me. I thought, "Wow, a Chick Tract in novel form." But also, according to some, because I was raised with a lot of traditions from my tribe, I could go to Hell for "Practicing Paganism." Well, bite me.

I like Smurfette’s Loni Anderson hairdo.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 04/11/2005 12:13 PM

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