(If someone already posted this I apologize. I DID check all new posts today to make sure I wasn't doubling...)
As a lover of all things smurfy, I was pleased to hear that our little smurfs were working to raise awareness about the affects of war on children.
Has anyone seen this video or heard about it?
Here's an article.
In 2005 the first adult-only episode of the Smurfs was aired in Belgium, in which the blue-skinned cartoon characters’ village is annihilated by warplanes [1]. Designed as a UNICEF advertisement, and with the approval of family of the Smurfs’ late creator “Peyo”, the 25-second episode was shown on the national evening news after the 9pm timeslot. The scene starts with happy peaceful smurfs and butterflies, who are then bombed by warplanes, ending with a lone baby smurf surrounded by bloody and prone parents. The final frame bears the message: “Don’t let war affect the lives of children.” It is the keystone in a fund raising campaign by Unicef’s Belgian arm, to raise £70,000 for the rehabilitation of former child soldiers in Burundi.
Smurf Video