The_Smurfs_(1961_TV_series)

<i>The Smurfs</i> (1961 TV series)

The Smurfs (1961 TV series)

Belgian animated television series


The Smurfs (French: Les Schtroumpfs) was the first animated adaptation of the popular Belgian comic book series The Smurfs.[1]

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The show was produced by TVA Dupuis and aired on RTB (Radio Télévision Belge de la Communauté Française) from 1961 to 1967. Some of the television episodes from this series were chosen and became a part of the film Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs. The film was released in 1965 in Belgium.[2][3] Some of the recovered episodes are exhibited in the Belgian Comic Strip Center in Brussels, Belgium.

In honor of The Smurfs' 65th Anniversary on October 23, 2023, Peyo Productions and IMPS announced that five episodes from the 1960s series would get uploaded fully restored on Sundays on a weekly basis. [4] "The Smurfnapper" was the first episode that was uploaded October 27, 2023 followed by "The Flying Smurf" on November 3, 2023.

Episode list

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References

  1. Frances Novier Baldwin, B.A. "THE PASSAGE OF THE COMIC BOOK TO THE ANIMATED FILM : THE CASE OF THE SMURFS" (PDF). Digital.library.unt.edu. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  2. María Luisa Amador, Jorge Ayala Blanco, Cartelera Cinematográfica, 1980-1989 (2006), p. 151.
  3. "Smurfs, The". Television Academy Interviews. October 22, 2017.

Bibliography

  • Hugues, Dayez (2003). Peyo l'enchanteur (in French) (Niffle ed.). Belgium. p. 77. ISBN 2-87393-046-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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