Happy 50th birthday to the Smurfs!

[trekgeezer]

Who knew they came from Belgium?

http://www.eitb24.com/new/en/B24_82825/life/NUMEROUS-EVENTS-The-Smurfs-turn-50-years-old/

[GoHawks]

Wait, they're Belgian?  And all these years I've been suffering under the delusion they were French!

My first introduction to the Smurfs came in the mid- to late-1970s, when I found a little plastic figurine of a Smurf lying on the sidewalk one day.  It was about 1-2 inches tall and was holding a golf club.  My friend and I had no clue what it was and ended up throwing it away.

[ER]

You mean they were already like 25 years old when I used to watch them on Saturday Mornings? Huh!