World Famous Comics: The Smurfs - Season One, Vol. One
The Smurfs - Season One, Vol. One
Starring: Don Messick, Paul Winchell, Lucille Bliss, Danny Goldman, Barry Gordon Directed By: John Rust, Ray Patterson, Don Lusk Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC Label: Turner Home Ent Number of Items: 2 Region Code: 1 Release Date: February 26, 2008 Running Time: 345 minutes Theatrical Release Date: September 12, 1981
Product Description: The long wait is over...the Smurfs on DVD for the first time ever! They're finally here! Handy Hefty Grouchy Brainy Lazy Smurfette Papa Smurf and more favorites bring you the greatest show on Smurf - on DVD for the first time ever. It's Season One Vol. 1 of Smurfs' Adventures the Emmy-winning animated series [Outstanding Children's Entertainment Series 1982-83] that delighted Saturday morning cartoon fans for nearly a decade. Of course where Smurfs are you'll also find evil wizard Gargamel and his cat Azrael - plus monsters dragons and trolls - keeping our three-apple-high heroes on their tiny blue toes throughout 19 cartoon escapades. Ready for adventure laughs and enchantment? Abso-Smurfly!Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY UPC: 014764370828 Manufacturer No: H3708
Amazon.com: Beloved in Europe for almost 20 years before they became a toy and marketing hit on American shores, Belgian cartoonist Peyo's industrious and charming Smurfs were a natural choice for Saturday morning TV; fans who grew up with their popular and Emmy-nominated network run (1981-1990) can now enjoy (and share) the first 19 episodes of the Hanna-Barbera produced series, which are remastered and compiled in this tidy two-disc set. Though simplistic by today's animation standards, the quarter-century-plus since their U.S. TV debut has not diminished the key ingredient to the Smurfs' enduring appeal: their unflappably upbeat demeanor, which helps Papa Smurf, Smurfette, and the rest of the clan overcome the schemes of their chief rival, the evil wizard Gargamel, but also a dangerous bird ("The Smurfs and the Howlibird"), a duplicitous genie ("The Magical Meanie"), and the Tribble-like "Fuzzles" ("Fuzzle Trouble"), and the giant Bigmouth ("Soup a la Smurf"). More benign issues are also handled with the Smurfs' typical can-do attitude, like Harmony's embarrassment over his lack of tunesmanship in "Smurphony in 'C'" or the hubbub caused by the arrival of Smurfette (addressed in "The Smurfette" and "Romeo and Smurfette"). And if the dialogue remains a touch on the corny side (especially the incessant use of "smurf" to replace any number of nouns, verbs and adverbs), it's delivered with good cheer by some of the best names in vocal talent, including Paul Winchell, Don Messick, Lucille Bliss, June Foray, Frank Welker, and Lenny Weinrib. It's unfortunate that the set's supplemental features don't delve further into the Smurfs' long history (or even into the TV series) with any detail; the Emmy-nominated 1982 primetime special The Smurfs' Springtime Special is the chief extra, while Smurfs: The Music Video offers tantalizing snippets of production sketches and promotional footage in a haphazard montage. Previews for DVD releases of Scooby-Doo, Tom and Jerry, and Looney Tunes round out the set. --Paul Gaita
as good as the smurfs get in english our sons loves the smurfs and these episodes are as good as the smurfs get. they are quite accurate to the comics I used to read when I was little. too bad the DVD doesn't include original languages like German or French as a lot of the word plays are lost in the english version.
learn ENGLISH before you start complaining!! The people on here complaining because it doesn't have Spanish - SHUT UP!
Learn English, you are in America! You CERTAINLY need to be teaching your kids English...stop being ridiculous with these ignorant complaints. Only complain about this product if it has an ACTUAL defect.
If you don't like it being in English, don't buy it. I personally found this product awesome, and will be great for my child.
The Smurfs - Season One, Vol. One One of the classics! I enjoyed this as a child and now my 7 year old loves it too. Cute and entertaining.
The Smurfiest Cartoons Ever Excellent quality DVD. I loved the Smurfs as a kid and now my son (age 6) loves them too. I have been watching this DVD with him and realize just how fun, wacky, and different the Smurfs are from any other cartoons out there. Tons of fun! My son just laughs and laughs when the Smurfs substitute the word "smurf" for a word in a sentence. Lots of fun characters and personalities to love in the Smurfs!
Not a Fan I remember watching the Smurfs every Saturday morning and how much I loved it. Once I received the DVD I popped it in but was disappointed, just wasn't a good as I remembered. I also feel that the picture quality wasn't that good either, I realize this is an old show but with all the technology they have these days it shouldn't look so old.
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