SMURFS BOMBED!!!!

deery-lou.
a new UNICEF ad campaign [check out the video] for beligan televison has the smurfs being blown away...literally. never in all my life did i imagine that i would see poor smurfette dead on the ground. but that day has come. who would ever want to hurt the smurfs besides that evil gargamel and his nasty cat azrael. well actually i'm sure there are a few naysayers out there who don't like the happy-go-lucky smurfs. what can i say except that i love the smurfs. always have, always will. i use to watch the cartoon every saturday morning and collected the figures. of course my favorite was smurfette. go figure. today, i have a collection of smurf figures, a couple of t-shirts [cheerleader smurfette], and my latest find a smurfette wallet [gotta love korea!]. the ad campaign is brilliant. we have become so conditioned with the real imagines that UNICEF has used in the past that i think they have somewhat lost their impact. seeing these wholesome characters being bombed definitely opens one's eyes and makes you think. its strange how we react so differently to ficitious characters being killed. kudos to UNICEF and IMPS, the family company that controls all rights to the Smurfs, for making it happen. hopefully they'll get the results they're looking for.

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be well...