I learned about the Smurfs not from the 1950s comic strip in which they first appeared, but from the Hanna-Barbera series that ran from 1981-1989 on NBC. Who could forget when Greedy Smurf got ...

In the show, the titular Smurfs, who have names like Clumsy Smurf ... and they’re definitely one of the faces of Hanna-Barbera. I wouldn’t quite put them on the Mount Rushmore of H-B ...

Hanna-Barbera is a giant in the field of animation ... Yogi Bear, and yes, The Smurfs, all still fairly recognizable pop culture figures over 50 years after some of their initial releases.

Eventually, The Smurfs made their way to the small screen. A series of episodes, created for Belgian television, was produced between 1961-1967, but it wasn’t until Hanna-Barbera picked up the ...

She told Miller that growing up in Barbados, her family’s television had one channel, and that channel played the Hanna-Barbera show constantly. Advertising It’s why she wanted to produce and star as ...

Enchanted Voyage is fondly remembered by folks. It was remade with “The Smurfs” (Hanna-Barbera’s last megahit show) in 1984, then was cleared out in 1991. Carl Lindner’s Great American ...

The Smurfs began life as a Belgian comic in 1958 and spawned various animated series and films. The property gained prominence in the U.S. thanks to the 1980s Hanna-Barbera Productions cartoon.

A dramatic rendition of The Smurfs’ theme song from the 1980s Hanna-Barbera cartoon rings out as the camera closes in on small teal TV, on which an image of Smurfette blowing a kiss appears with ...

Duane Earl Poole, a writer and producer for Aaron Spelling, Hanna-Barbera and Sid & Marty Krofft whose credits include Hart To Hart, The Love Boat, The Smurfs and Electra Woman and Dyna Girl ...