Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Go Blue!

Two sets of blue critters are celebrating their 50th anniversary. A quick glance at the two groups:
Smurfs Dodgers
Color of choice: Blue Blue
Celebrating 50th anniversary of: Their creation Their move to Los Angeles
1965 triumph: Debut of B&W animated series in Belgium 4th World Series Title
1981 triumph: Debut of color animated series in US 5th World Series Title
1992 tragedy: Death of creator, Belgian cartoonist Peyo Worst record in baseball, 63-99
Typical unintelligible quote: "Let's go smurfing on the River Smurf!" "They have a tendency to do things you just can't believe, and turn around and do something you can't believe." - Grady Little, 8/22/07*
Female who services group: Smurfette Alyssa Milano

*thanks to Dodgerblues.com for recording this quote

6 comments:

Steve Sax said...

This is brilliant. I smell the next Drew McCourt promotional giveaway idea...perhaps Smurf lipstick?

Orel said...

Amen on the brilliance. Note that Smurfs are the former color of Dodger Stadium's outfield walls.

Orel said...

Also, motion to rename Alyssa Milano "Smurfette."

Xeifrank said...

Sax, you will be interested in knowing that the Smurfs are huge in China. Perhaps you could use the Smurfs to break SoSG into the Middle Kingdoms market.
vr, Xei

Steve Sax said...

Xei, how many sandwich boards can one man wear at once? Geez.

Alex Cora said...

Great post -Smurfarific!