Have A Smurfy Christmas

Let's journey back to a time when Smurfs ruled the world and it was too difficult to buy record albums in stores. People in the 70's and 80's certainly enjoyed buying their record albums from commercials on TV. Disney made a boatload of cash selling DISCO MICKEY MOUSE on TV at the close of the 70's, so soon every children's record was being hawked on TV between the cartoons. The Smurfs recorded a handful of albums starting with THE SMURFS ALL STAR SHOW in 1981. It was a popular title and sold well. By the time the Smurfs got around to doing a Christmas album, most people bailed. The thing with the Smurf albums is that they weren't produced by the same people that made the American TV version of the Smurfs. The shows seen in America were made by Hanna-Barbera, but the record albums (and the 1982 film THE SMURFS AND THE MAGIC FLUTE) came from overseas. The voices didn't sound anything like the Smurfs on TV, instead they sounded like British Chipmunks!? (In the movie they sound like Gay British Chipmunks!) But nobody really cared, it was the 80's...we were too busy playing the Smurfs Ahoy boardgame or trading Smurf Puffy Stickers.

Anysmurf...take a look at the commercial for MERRY CHRISTMAS WITH THE SMURFS from 1983. Check out the awesome production values when a Smurf rides by in his open sleigh! It's breathtaking...or should I say Smurftaking...or Breathsmurfing....!?