No matter where you lived in the world in 1996 the smurfs were being celebrated in all sorts of different ways.
The Smurfs Go Pop! album was released by The Smurfs in the UK in 1996. The songs on the album are cover versions of songs with altered lyrics. On the album the song “I’ve got a little puppy” made into the top 10 of the UK charts. The song is parody of an original song called “I wanna be a hippy” by Technohead.
The lyrics were ideally aimed at children and for the song to get on parents nerves as the song is very repetitive.
I’ve got a little puppy, little dog of my own,
(Pooper, pooper scooper)
A friendly little puppy and he lives in my home, yeah.
(Pooper, pooper scooper)
For those of you who have nostalgic memories of this song as child or for those of you who are wanting to know how annoying this song can be – I have a little puppy
In 1996, McDonalds celebrated its 25th anniversary with The Smurfs in Germany and the Netherlands. As part of the promotion McDonalds were giving a smurf figurine with every Happy Meal. Each figurine had the letter M embossed into the back of their head and came in its own special sealed bag. In total ten figurines were released.
The ten figurines were Jokey, Majorette Smurfette, Guitar, Cheerleader, Jester, Baker, Waiter, Cake, Big Mac and McDonalds 25th Anniversary Smurf.
The great thing for collectors outside Germany and The Netherlands is that these smurfs are still easily found and create a great talking point when displayed as a collection. This is probably due to most people recognising the McDonalds Big Mac and symbol.
Schleich also released six new smurfs in 1996. The six were part of The Golden 100 smurfs that were released by Schleich. The six figurines were:
- Saxophone (#20436)
- Techno (#20437)
- Mobile Phone (#20438)
- Azrael Frightened (#20439)
- Sports Swimmer (#20440)
- Sprinter (#20441)
1996 was definetly in many ways a great year for smurf fans, no matter where or how you celebrated the smurfs.
Keep on Smurfin
Kath B