[Fram]

I don't know if it is a Flemish, Belgian, or international action, but on Flemish TV (primetime news on the biggest channel!), they showed a very sad Smurf cartoon made for Unicef. It has the Smurfs dancing in the village to the Smurf tune, but then bombs start falling down, the village is destroyed, many Smurfs are lying still, and Baby is crying and lonely.

It is very sad, and gives the impression of the horor of war for children (and adults of course). Not the happiness and joy we associate with Smurfs, but more poignant for that reason.

[Guest]

Oh how sad, I'm not sure I would want to see that.

[Syd Smurf]

That's very interesting that they used smurfs Fram......I guess like you said it's not how everyone associates smurfs with so in that way it is probably very effective.....I wish we had it on TV here too.

[hfos]

I just browsed the Belgian Unicef-site, and a banner says 'Starting tomorrow you'll find all info on this site on our new campaign 'let children live in peace', the spot might show up there..?

[Little lucie @ Simon]

That sounds very sad but also is for a good cause. I have been a supporter of the charity unicef for some time and have donated regularly to thier cause Lucie

[hfos]

Unicef lanceert een schokkende campagne
(Unicef launches shocking campaign)

[attombomb7]

shocking!!!

[Fram]

Today also a half page picture in the newspaper. I'll try to post a picture tomorrow evening!

[naish510]

Hi Fram in witch paper was that?

[ginasmurf]

Hey guys, I just found this link with a newspaper article on the Unicef ad (from another message board).

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh ... murf08.xml

[attombomb7]

gosh! I read that article and I thought my art show war theme was

controversial.. this is nothing compared to this commercial..

[attombomb7]

phew!!

I know the world is moving more and more to brutal reality

but its sad and maybe necessary.. not sure

my worry is that kids will get used to it

like we did with dead bodies on the news..

and all it does is make more advertisers push those limit buttons to shock us into giving cash! or buying stuff!

I suppose this will throw the smurfs out into peoples faces

and will help them promote the movie maybe later!

it sure puts the smurfs on the map!

[Syd Smurf]

I just saw the commercial and I thought the smurf part was pretty tame compared to what I was expecting....I guess we have seen worse images in realty than those....that smurf sex book is a lot more shocking than this commercial actually.....I was expecting far more horrific scenes after hearing the news about this......it's good to see smurfs being used as a marketing tool by other organisations though....that can only be a good thing.

[lordsmurf]

Does anybody know where this commercial can be seen online? In decent quality, that is. The one on the vrtnieuws.net site plays like garbage.

[Fram]

Hi Fram in witch paper was that?

De Morgen.

[Little lucie @ Simon]

I just saw the commercial and I thought the smurf part was pretty tame compared to what I was expecting....I guess we have seen worse images in realty than those....that smurf sex book is a lot more shocking than this commercial actually.....I was expecting far more horrific scenes after hearing the news about this......it's good to see smurfs being used as a marketing tool by other organisations though....that can only be a good thing.

I agree totally, especially with the sex in smurfenland book , its far worse

[Syd Smurf]

I agree totally, especially with the sex in smurfenland book , its far worse

....or far batter...depending on how you smurf

SYD

[lordsmurf]

It would be nice if somebody over there in Europe where it's being shown could record it for the rest of us to see. It's highly unlikely to ever be shown on the North American continent.

Please?

[Guest]

Here you go

http://media.putfile.com/end_of_smurfs

[Rachel]

Apparently the article was in the Daily Telegraph here in the UK. I think the link that Gina posted is the very one. I didn't get to see it but a friend of ours did and told us about it this evening.

I agree with Dyar, any publicity for our little blue guys must be good and if they then in turn help a great organisation even better.