Lalala lallalla...

Its the Smurfs' 50th anniversary. I can still remember rushing home from school so that I cld get my homework done in time to watch the cartoon at 5.30pm. A fun adventure series, the Smurfs are small sky-blue creatures who live in a forest. Their nemesis a a human named Gargamel and his evil cat Azrael.

My favourite characters were Papa Smurf, Baby and the only female (since then there are 2 more female characters) Smurfette with her long blond hair.

I remember eating the Smurfs cereals too... blueberry flavour..although at that time my sis and I were convinced they were smurfberries. I also collected a few figurines, the sticker book and had a couple of story books.

It is heartening to know that the Smurfs have lasted so long and have managed to charm a whole new generation as well.

Check out wikipedia's comprehensive write-up abt the Smurfs including a list of characters.

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