Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Big news in Poland

10 years ago when I was backpacking through Europe, I was surprised by some of the US pop culture that had invaded Europe. I remember seeing a 7 year old girl in Brugges, Belgium with a Homer Simpson keychain. And when I got to Krakow, the freaking Smurfs were everywhere. Seriously, I walked by multiple shops with Smurf displays in the window. And I recall seeing a display of top selling CDs and there was, sure enough, a Smurf CD on the list (and part of the display).

So I'm sure fans there are grateful for this news (if they were in the US, of course):
Consumers will sing "la-la-la-la-la-la" when Warner Home Video releases The Smurfs: Season 1, Volume 1 on DVD February 26, 2008. The two-disc box set will contain 19 re-mastered and uncut cartoons from the series' premiere season, along with a special bonus episode, plus a music video. The retail price is $26.99 SRP.
Note the smurfiness of Smurfette. I'm sure that's not meant to appeal to all the Papa Smurfs out there...


4 comments:

Jot said...

Um...Smurfs are orginally European.

-Jot

Keith said...

That sounds familiar now that I think about it. So the American culture thing is moot, but still, they were EVERYWHERE. It was a little disturbing.

Anonymous said...

They're not just European but Belgian, no?

Anyhow, this is my kind of Smurf news. Apologies to those who've seen this before: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MAYrF1PDks

Keith said...

I saw Homer in Belgium; Smurfs in Poland. Hence the title of the post.

This has received 3 more comments thn Joanne thought (not including mine). The extra is from the loss of a reader over something so pointless. I guess comments don't disprove that has occurred, however.