A Smurfing good time!

The Smurfs turn 50 years old this year! I recently acquired the first season of the Smurfs. Need I say more. And yet, I will say more.

Hopefully you hear the word “smurf” and magical images come to your mind of blue skinned creatures wearing only white leggings and white hats while dancing around their mushroom houses singing “la la la la la la la la la”

It has been years since these fantastic people were a part of my weekly Saturday morning routine, so watching them again as an adult I have made several observations about being “smurfed”.

In order to be a smurf you must

--Have everything you say, especially statements of exclamation incorporate the word smurf. “Someone smurfed all the food in the storage house” “Where the smurf did that potion go” “Everyone, smurf the best you can” “Have a smurfing good day”

--Your name should resemble one of the 7 deadly sins and it MUST define your personality and you can never veer from that personality unless someone casts a spell on you, or you are in league with Gargamel. (Vanity, Grouchy, Greedy, Hefty, Brainy)

--Always accept the big box/gift wrapped with a large bow from Jokey Smurf, despite the fact that every gift he’s ever given you has blown up in your face. (Which makes me wonder how he affords all the packaging, or even the illegal explosives that he uses. This might be a matter left to Papa Smurf to smurf into.)

--Brainy Smurf is not smart at all, but since it’s a children’s show they probably couldn’t have a name such as “Kiss Up to Papa Smurf, Smurf” hence they had to go with Brainy.

--The inside of your mushroom house will in no physical or logical way resemble the size and look of the outside of your mushroom house. Don’t question it, no one else does, just accept it.

--The size of a smurf can magically change throughout an episode, going from being as tall as Gargamel’s knee to being smaller than his shoe. That’s ok too.

I was also left with a couple of questions regarding the natures of Smurfs.

--All the members of the village, except one are male. Smurfette came along thanks to Gargamel’s crazy creations, and every smurf at some point falls in love with her, which makes me wonder why, with so many men, they don’t approach Gargamel to make even more Smurfettes?

--If Gargamel needs smurfs to make gold, yet he was able to create Smurfette, why not simple create smurfs to use to create gold?

Despite all these irregularities and strange observations I have loved having the smurfs in my home again, and I love that my kids love it to. I admit I’m just a big kid inside, and that ok too!

Check this out, I guess they announced they will be making Smurfs into a movie. That will be interesting!