From the “Now I Am Old” department, did you know that the Smurfs are 50 years old this year? They were first penned by the late cartoonist Pierre Culliford (“Peyo”) in October 1958. They debuted on US television in 1981.

More than you probably want to know about Smurfs are at their web site http://www.smurf.com/ . Or you can try the Wikipedia entry here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smurfs .