danightman

I got this a few minutes before finding out that jwz noted this, but this is so weird you'll hear about this everywhere sooner or later.

In a fund raising campaign to support ex-child soldiers, UNICEF just unveiled a 25-second film where the Smurfs get bombed in their village. The people of Belgium, the land of the blue creature's origin, were shocked to see the first adult Smurf episode.

Weird thing is, this was actually approved by the family of the late creator of the Smurfs, Peyo. jwz has the videos, but the frame rate is a snail's paced 0.3 fps.

One person on the web, however, got the idea first. I think this pic, from the late webcomic "The Parking Lot is Full", gives you the flavor of the short sharp shock.



Gargamel never came up with this one, apparently. Then again, that's why he never got 'em. OTOH, could it be that they got their fate for their chosen political system?

UPDATE - 21:19: This does, however, fulfill a fantasy of the large American anti-smurf fans, like the folks that came up with this poem. They got their dead smurfs afterall. ;->