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Happy 50 years, Smurfs!!!

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They’re turning 50 without a hint of gray.

Just blue. Lots of blue. ( too bluish for me :) )

The Smurfs ( originally Les Schtroumpfs in French) — led by Papa Smurf and Smurfette — kicked off a year of 50th birthday celebrations Monday with Smurfberry cake and sasparilla juice.

The late cartoonist Pierre Culliford — best known by his pen name, “Peyo” — first introduced the tiny blue figures in a comic strip in October 1958. He called them Schtroumpf; they became known worldwide as the Smurfs.