Sunday, October 09, 2005

UNICEF bombs the Smurfs

UNICEF bombs the Smurfs

Welcome, MeFi readers!

Ok, this is part of a campaign to educate on the ravages of war. I think this is going to be rather traumatizing for kids though. The only clip I could find was a low bitrate ~~German~~ Dutch(?) one (fast-forward 40 seconds in). If you have others, post them!

Here's a better quality video [via iFilm].

More at Telegraph and Boing Boing.

posted by DJMonsterMo at 9:06 AM

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10 Comments:

I believe that's Dutch actually, since the clip is shown in Belgium and Belgium is half-French, half-Dutch speaking. It certainly isn't German though. Just FYI.

By Anonymous, at 10/09/2005 08:50:00 PM

Am I the only one that can't get this video to play correctly? The audio is fine, but the video only shows 1 frame per 4-5 seconds... I've tried it with a number of players.

By Anonymous, at 10/09/2005 09:16:00 PM

yeah.. someone fucked up the video encoding.

By Anonymous, at 10/10/2005 02:52:00 AM

(low quality) version available from:

http://media.putfile.com/end_of_smurfs

By Anonymous, at 10/11/2005 07:23:00 AM

I believe they speak Belch in Belgium... or is it Phlegm?

By bmvaughn, at 10/11/2005 06:04:00 PM

Flemish

Yes, I know bmvaughn was making a joke, but thought you might actually not know.

By Anonymous, at 10/12/2005 05:45:00 AM

It's being run by the Belgian branch of Unicef... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4334086.stm

By Lord McMonkey, at 10/12/2005 09:10:00 AM

I'm from Belgium myself (and yes, it's Dutch) and saw the video on tv a couple days ago. I saw the usual intro of the Smurfs Show, and I was saying to my roommate: "Oooh the Smurfs! Wow that brings back a lot of memories!" Then the bombs started dropping and I was actually speechless at the end. It certainly leaves an impression... Man...

By Anonymous, at 10/13/2005 06:11:00 AM

At least someone is doing something to sensibilize (sorry for my english) children about what really war is.

By Psique, at 10/14/2005 10:11:00 AM

"At least someone is doing something to sensibilize (sorry for my english) children about what really war is."

It's actually not for children at all. UNICEF was very strict about playing it only after 9pm in Belgium, and the reason there is no official copy of it on the web is that they don't want it used to scare children. They want it to sensitize adults

By Anonymous, at 10/26/2005 06:35:00 PM