The Smurfs (TV series) Saturday morning cartoon "The Smurfs", produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with SEPP International S.A. (from 1981 to 1987) and Lafig S.A. (in the years 1988 and 1989), debuted on NBC in 1981. The series became a major success for the networkand one of the most successful and longest running Saturday morning cartoons in television history, spawning spin-off television specials on an almost yearly basis. The characters included Papa Smurf, Smurfette, Brainy Smurf, the evil Gargamel, his cat Azrael, and Johan and his friend Peewit. "The Smurfs" was nominated multiple times for Daytime Emmy Awards, and won Outstanding Children's Entertainment
The Egg and the Smurfs book form in 1968. English versions of the book were published by Dupuis in Canada, Random House in the United States and Hodder & Stoughton in the UK. These publications only included the stories "The Egg and the Smurfs" and "The Hundredth Smurf". All three stories were animated, but with notable changes in the storylines: The Egg and the Smurfs The Egg and the Smurfs (original French title L'Œuf et les Schtroumpfs) is the fourth album of the original French-language "Smurfs" comic series created by Belgian artist Peyo. Apart from the titular adventure, it contains two other stories: "The Fake