First Appeared: 12th January 1980 -
No.3
Replaced: Added Feature
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The Smurfs have been around for longer than you
might think. First springing to life in the UK as a promotional item
for 'National' petrol stations in the middle 70's, the Smurfs were
actually created by Peyo, for a Belgian comic in 1958. In the UK
they became a collecting craze when 'National' petrol started giving them
away with every gallon of petrol bought. The Smurfs had different
identities Sporty, Dreamy, Sleepy, etc., although some had proper names
Peewit, Smurfette, Azrael, Gargamel, and each would be wearing an outfit,
and/or items appertaining to their name.
Later in the 70's they even released a record , with
a guy called Father Abraham, called 'The Smurf Song', which reached No.2
in the charts. They followed this with two more top 20 hits, 'Dippety
Day' and 'Christmas in Smurfland'.
Around this time, Look-in succumbed to the craze and
started a strip called 'Meet
The Smurfs' which proved very successful, so a little later 'What's Smurfing?...' appeared.
Starting on 12/1/80 the feature had all that was new in the world of the
Smurfs, including new additions to the Smurf figures, new toys and
records. Also included were readers submissions, including poems,
drawings etc.,
Also items of interest from events around the country, often including
famous stars, like Terry Wogan (Left).
The item always varied in size, dependant on how much new news there was,
and space probably. Sometimes only half a page, other times a full
page.
The page was always fun, and informative, but perhaps only for big fans of
the little blue ones. |