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Animated series

In 1965, a black-and-white 87-minute animated film called Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs was released in theatres in Belgium. It consisted of five short cartoons made in the previous years for broadcasting on Walloon TV. German copies and copies with Dutch subtitles are known to exist. The stories were based on existing Smurf stories like The Black Smurfs and The Smurfs and the Egg, and were created by writer Maurice Rosy and artist Eddy Ryssack from the small Dupuis animation studios. In total, ten animated shorts were created between 1961 and 1967, the first series in black and white and the later ones in colour.

However, in 1976, La Flûte à six schtroumpfs (an adaptation of the original "Johan and Peewit" story) was released. Michel Legrand provided the musical score to the film. The film would in 1983 be released in the United States (after the animated series became popular there) in an English language dubbed version, produced by Stuart R. Ross in association with First Performance Pictures Corp, and titled The Smurfs and the Magic Flute. The film was distributed theatrically in North America by Atlantic Releasing Corp., on VHS by Vestron and syndicated on television by Tribune Entertainment. A few more full-length smurf movies were made, most notably The Baby Smurf and Here are the Smurfs created from episodes of the Hanna-Barbera TV cartoon series.

Hanna-Barbera series: The Smurfs (1981 TV series)

The Smurfs secured their place in North American pop culture in 1981, when the Saturday-morning cartoon The Smurfs, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with SEPP International S.A., aired on NBC from 1981 to 1990. The show became a major success for NBC, spawning spin-off television specials on an almost yearly basis. The Smurfs was nominated multiple times for Daytime Emmy awards, and won Outstanding Children's Entertainment Series in 1982–1983.The Smurfs television show enjoyed continued success until 1990, when, after a decade of success, NBC cancelled it due to decreasing ratings and plans to extend their Today morning show franchise to create a Saturday edition (although it didn't do that until some time later). In the TV series many classical masterpieces are used as background music during the episodes, among them Grieg's Peer Gynt and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition.

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Joseph Barbera

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Joseph Barbera on producing The Smurfs
02:31

Lucille Bliss

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Lucille Bliss on getting the role of "Smurfette" on The Smurfs
05:04
Lucille Bliss on the premise and plot of The Smurfs; on the show's theme song and popularity
07:27
Lucille Bliss on her character "Smurfette" on The Smurfs; on her favorite episodes, a typical production week, and the popularity of the show
08:17
Lucille Bliss on voice actors on The Smurfs; on the end of the series
05:30

June Foray

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June Foray on voicing "Jokey" on The Smurfs
03:19

Margaret Loesch

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Margaret Loesch on developing and selling The Smurfs
09:18

Alan Young

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Alan Young on voicing characters in the animated series The Smurfs
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