"I hate those smurfs!!!" - the best cartoon of all time

Today I have a treat (=gratka) for children and...big children ;) The Smurfs were an integral part of many people's childhood (=dzieciństwo). The cartoon tells the story of little blue creatures, called Smurfs, who live in a small village. To my surprise, the cartoon (=kreskówka) is of Belgian origin - the Belgian cartoonist Peyo (real name - Pierre Culliford) was the director of the cartoon and the author of its drawings and dialogues. There is a very funny anecdote (=anegdota), which shows where the name 'Smurf' and the characteristic (=charakterystyczny) Smurfs' langauge have orginated from (=pochodzą). According to the story, Peyo was having a meal with his Belgian friend André Franquin. As the cartoonist momentary (=chwilowo) forgot the word 'salt' (the men were speaking French) he asked his friend to pass him the 'schtroumpf'. Franquin aswered in a comic way : 'here's the Schtroumpf' - where you are done schtroumpfing, schtroumpf it back'. The friends continued speaking this 'schtroumpf language' during the rest of the weekend. The name 'Schtroumpf' was later translated into Dutch as 'Smurf', which was adopted (=przyjęta) in English.

Peyo

Although (=mimo że) the characters are very similar, when it comes to (=jeśli chodzi o) their personality, they are totally different. On account of (=ze względu na) their distinctive (=chatakterystyczne) character features, the creatures were called, for example : Brainy (=Ważniak), Greedy (=Łasuch), Vanity (=Laluś),  Clumsy (=Ciamajda), Dreamy (=Marzyciel). The characters were also named after their position in the community and their occupations, for instance : Papa Smurf (the leader), Poet, Farmer, Painter, Doctor Smurf. The main enemies of Smurfs were, of course, Gargamel and his cat Azrael. The wizard (=czarnoksiężnik) was the creator of Smurfette, whose role originally was to lure (=zwabić) the other smurfs.

Watch the opening credits of the cartoon in a few languages :

The English version :

the French version :

the Polish version :

If you wish to watch an episode of 'The Smurfs', click below :

Did you like 'The Smurfs'? Which character of the cartoon do you resemble (=przypominać) most? ;)

The photo comes from : http://schtroumpfette.eklablog.com/peyo-le-createur-p9098 (a great blog on Smurfs in French)

The source of the videos : youtube