The Smurfs

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The Smurfs is a comic and television franchise centered on a group of small blue fictional creatures called Smurfs, created and first introduced as a series of comic strips by the Belgian cartoonist Peyo (pen name of Pierre Culliford) on October 23, 1958. The original term and the accompanying language came during a meal Peyo was having with his colleague and friend André Franquin at the Belgian Coast. Having momentarily forgotten the word "salt", Peyo asked him (in French) to pass the schtroumpf. Franquin jokingly replied: "Here's the Schtroumpf — when you are done schtroumpfing, schtroumpf it back..." and the two spent the rest of that weekend speaking in "schtroumpf language". The name was later translated into Dutch as Smurf, which was adopted in English.

Creators

Peyo

creator

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Margaret Loesch

executive producer

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William Hanna

executive producer

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Joseph Barbera

executive producer

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Jayne Barbera

executive producer

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Freddy Monnickendam

executive producer

Cast

Don Messick actor Paul Winchell actor Lucille Bliss actor Danny Goldman actor Alan Oppenheimer actor Michael Bell actor Hamilton Camp actor Brenda Vaccaro actor Frank Welker actor Jonathan Winters actor Alan Young actor

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William Callaway actor June Foray actor

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Noelle North actor Charlie Adler actor Pat Musick actor Julie McWhirter actor