Who knew they came from Belgium?
http://www.eitb24.com/new/en/B24_82825/life/NUMEROUS-EVENTS-The-Smurfs-turn-50-years-old/
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.
You mean they were already like 25 years old when I used to watch them on Saturday Mornings? Huh!