The Smurfs: The Complete First Season [DVD]

I sort of grew up watching this show, I've seen all the seasons. Its the kind of show I'd pass on to my kids if I had any! Unfortunately I don't have any, just nieces & nephews. In this show each Smurf is named after their personality when they're born, & when Poppa Smurf discovers their hobbies & interests. That's how they got their names. Poppa Smurf is a good leader who spends a lot of his time working on potions & magic spells without the help of a sorcerer or a wizard. The Smurfs always get into mischief if they don't take Poppa Smurfs advice. & one thing he's good at is getting things under control & setting them straight. Pretty much always they must be prepared to outwit the hateful Gargamale. Who'll stop at nothing to capture the Smurfs once & for all, him & his sidekick cat Azrael. They often wind up with other enemies too, not to mention things which get out of control & quickly become urgent. You'll hear some fast music which starts playing at the time their situation is considered urgent, At times it can be ridiculous because what they get into isn't always serious when you hear that music. Each of us hold our breath as they try very hard to get their problem under control at that time. I mean considering their own problems that they have around the village, & trying to live in peace isn't always easy. Sometimes they stumble across many unheard of things. A lot of which I think we find pretty silly & quite amusing. Brainy spends much of his time trying to impress Poppa Smurf, we see him trying to be a leader to the Smurfs, I think because maybe he's a little jealous of Poppa Smurf.What's funny about Brainy is he's always getting thrown out of the village & landing upside down on his head after they get tired of him. My favorite Smurfs I know are, Poppa Smurf, Brainy, Clumsy, Smurffett, Handy, Hefty, Jokey, Greedy, Grouchy, & Lazy. They're the ones we're mostly familiar with. Unfortunately they only included 3 or 4 Smurfs in the movie they just released a few yrs. ago. There were at least 4 others that should have been there that weren't. & one yellow haired Smurf with sideburns that I've never seen before & did not exist in the every Saturday cartoons we used to watch.The show never fails to capture the curiosity of a child. Some people even in their early 20's or 30's still enjoy the show to this very day, I grew up around a family who'd sometimes turn off the TV, & I had to go with my folks while they ran their errands, or I'd get behind on my chores. So sometimes I didn't always get to the end of the episode or the end of the show, But I've always been thrilled by it. The show is really less then half an hour, really about 20 minutes with 3 or 4 10 minute episodes. I was never ready for it to be over. I am just glad to find it here on Amazon. The Smurfs is like no other show you'll find, they get into the most unusual problems you can think of. Perfect fairytale drama.The memories of this show live on. I don't recommend the show for every grownup out there. Its mostly a children's TV show. If grownups like it then be my guest. Right now what I've seen on Amazon as far this goes you really don't get too many choices if your looking for a full season or volume with 6 to 8 hours worth. There are a few seasons out there worth purchasing. I just wish there was more. Then I would definitely make a full consideration for the entire series package. How ever many seasons there is. I'm not quite sure to be honest.& thank God now it still comes on Cartoon Network which means it has not been cancelled, & lets hope they don't cancel it.So far Amazon does not have the entire series. I await the right time to buy at least seasons 1 2 & 3.

My daughter discovered the Smurfs through a random Christmas special dvd I had from a yard sale for nostalgia purposes. She loved the show so I got the first season dvd. Fun to see her watching the show I loved and remember from my childhood.

I love the smurfs I grew up watching them and at 48 I still love them.

Perfect! Just like a vacation with very happy children back in time to when I saw it in the 1980's with their mother the first time! Absolutely magical!

Anyone in the US will probably never get the complete smurfs as Time Warner has released some digital only and some on DVD but none complete.So this is the start of getting the DVDs, they are PAL format and prints are just as good as the NTSC sets. My only complaint is they replaced the original title screens and ending credits with new digital screens, while it doesn't take away from the episodes it looks "out of place".The rest of the seasons (2-5) are available from Amazon UK you can get them there.You can play PAL dvds on any computer that has a region free drive or by using region free software. Personally I just make a DVD-R copy region free and use it on my player, but you can do it anyway you want to plenty of links and help about it.

My kids love the Smurfs. Just as entertaining as I remember in the 80s. Lots of episodes.

Note: you need a PAL system in order to play this. This will not play on most American systems. FYI.

Very happy with my purchase. Will gladly do business again.