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Vic George The ND Guy
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posted 09-16-2012 11:37 AM
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posted 09-16-2012 11:38 AM
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-------------------- VIC GEORGE -- Westfield, MA, USA "Cat and mouse games really aren't much fun for us mouse types" -- Empath from "Empath The Bandit Smurf"
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Vic George The ND Guy
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posted 09-16-2012 11:39 AM
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-------------------- VIC GEORGE -- Westfield, MA, USA "Cat and mouse games really aren't much fun for us mouse types" -- Empath from "Empath The Bandit Smurf"
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posted 09-18-2012 07:53 PM
Thanks for the translation, Vic. I suppose Peyo realized to do this strip after HB Smurf episode, since this one is from the first season and that one was launched years later. Please correct me if I'm wrong. ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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Vic George The ND Guy
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posted 09-19-2012 04:59 AM
Yeah, I think this was created around the same time as the comic book version of "The Smurflings", which is its companion story in the same book. I wanted to do this translation before Papercutz got a hold of it, knowing that they might end up translating the title character's name as The Robot Smurf, which is what Le Schtroumpf Robot translates as, but that would lose the spirit of the character's original name in English. Then again, I'm not sure if Papercutz would do a translation of this story in English, given the drinking scene with Gargamel and Azrael that appears in this story.
Just for fun, Gargamel's villain song from the cartoon show got used for the drinking scene in this adaptation.
By the way, this is one of the comics that I own in German which I purchased from the Smurf Collectors Club International along with "Soup A La Smurf" (which I'm having trouble translating) and "The Jewel Smurfer". One thing I didn't like about purchasing foreign comics from them was how unhelpful the operator of that club was in even presenting titles, which made purchasing the comics more of a grab-bag affair. Then again, we didn't have the benefit of Google Translate like we do nowadays.
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posted 09-19-2012 06:47 PM
Yep, in '88. Very hilarious touch of ol' mean Gargy singing his famous song while boozing. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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posted 11-16-2012 09:58 AM
BREAKING NEWS!!! I've just got my copy of "Smurf Soup" from Papercutz, and guess what? It has the English translation of "The Clockwork Smurf" in it!
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VicyJoe
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posted 11-20-2012 01:45 AM
This comic story is really not that original, as it is based on a multi-part ad that appeared in Belgian newspapers in 1979 and the Robot Smurf was represented by the mascot for Benco (a European brand that is similar to Nestle's Quix).
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Squeaky Smurf
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posted 12-15-2012 09:27 AM
That's curious: the Smurf in the third panel from page 12 reminds me Hackus from the new Smurfs movie. I wonder if that Smurf inspired the producers to him? ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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MissCassidy
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posted 02-20-2013 09:53 PM
Hmm interesting... I knew about the Nestle Quick dispensing thing on the comic clockwork... which is a diff design from the Hanna Barbara version... the whole story is different. I guess their reason was to have an actual "episode" and give the character a bit more depth.
Thoughts?
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Sassette
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posted 02-21-2013 09:00 AM
 Benco Smurfs (1980)
 Nesquik Smurfs (1984)
See the little Nestle Smurf figures that came out in Israel in 2011 - here.
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posted 02-21-2013 09:08 AM
And here is a look at the Benco version (where Clockwork is replaced by the Benco mascot).
 Benco et les Schtroumpfs Comic
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Vic George The ND Guy
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posted 02-21-2013 12:30 PM
I think it's the other way around, that Clockwork Smurf is what replaced the Benco bottle character, since in the next-to-the-last page of The Clockwork Smurf, there is an artwork shift between panels where what appears to be liquid coming from the fake Clockwork Smurf's hat that is poured out onto Papa Smurf's spoon ends up looking granular in the following panel.
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posted 02-21-2013 12:49 PM
You're correct, VicGeorge! I didn't express that very well. It was Clockwork that replaced the Benco guy. Whoops, sorry for the confusion. I was just meaning that in this comic it shows Benco instead of Clockwork - so we could compare the difference between the two comics. ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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posted 12-10-2013 05:25 PM
Thanks for post VicGeorge2010,This is a really good story that I had not read ![[Techno Smurf]](graemlins/Techno_Smurf.gif)
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posted 12-10-2013 06:19 PM
If I haven't mentioned it before, the comic book version of Clockwork Smurf with the liquid-dispensing hat is what the cartoon show version of the character becomes in the EMPATH: The Luckiest Smurf story "Monkey On Your Smurf".
-------------------- VIC GEORGE -- Westfield, MA, USA "Cat and mouse games really aren't much fun for us mouse types" -- Empath from "Empath The Bandit Smurf"
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posted 08-12-2018 08:15 AM
I feel kind of bad for the fake Clockwork. Poor guy gets spanked, and then exploded! ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Squeaky Smurf
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posted 08-16-2022 04:59 PM
Me too, Vexette, despite he was a baddie. And about Benco: here's some vintage strips (ads?) of him among the Smurfs.
BENCO AND THE SMURFS

- And Papa Smurf says one must smurf and when Papa Smurf says one must smurf, it must be so, for Papa Smurf is always right and... - I HATE Brainy Smurf!
- And besides, the smurf is good for health... - Just wait, I've got an idea!
- Benco, Brainy Smurf has been smurfing on our nerves again! Do you think you could help us? - Sure, I'm going! I'll work this out right now.
- Excuse me, Brainy Smurf! I have something to offer you.
- Just listen... BZZZ... - Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
- Agreed, it's a deal! Er... You are right, I said nothing at all!
- But... after all, what happened?
- Quite simply, he promised Brainy a cup of Benco if he stopped talking!

- Nothing to be done. He's still smurfing! - What the smurf should we wake him up for, after all? - He's not sleeping, but hibernating!
- Rise and shine, Lazy! The sun smurfs, smurfs, smurfs... - The snow has already smurfed! - I HATE snow!
- My oh my! Not even cold water can smurf him!
- And not Harmony's music either!
- But what else can we smurf? - Just wait, I've got an idea!
- Benco, we need your help... Lazy Smurf doesn't want to smurf up at all!
- But... but I'm smelling hot Benco over here! YIIPEEE!
- Thanks, Benco!
-------------------- Keep on always smurfin'!!
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posted 08-17-2022 09:25 AM

- Do you smurf all that fuss coming from Handy Smurf's workshop? - Yep! What's he been smurfing so far?
- This time, I feel I'll realize the smurf of my life!
- So, by smurfing on the e = mc² and that the square of the hypothesmurf is equal to...
- ...And if a2 + b2 = x, I smurf 2 and get 4, it's... a bolt of 8 and other of 10!!
- And now, it's just here where everything shall smurf!
- EURESMURF! IT WORKS!
- Ah, Benco, nice to see you! Take a look at what I've just smurfed: a machine which smurfs hot milk!
- Do you think you could...? - Of course, my friend!
- Great Benco! With you, my inventions get even smurfier!

- Fresh cream! - Fruits and almonds! - We'll smurf Papa Smurf an unforgettable birthday!
- Is it smurfing OK? - I'm smurfing my best!
- Bah! - Well, that's it! Couldn't you have smurfed anything smurfbetter? - Yep, your cake doesn't look smurfy at all! - I HATE cakes!
- Hm... Just wait, I'll be back right away.
- Benco, please come quick! I need smurfingly your help!
- We smurfed a cake for Papa Smurf's b-day, but it didn't smurf well!
- Here we are...
HAPPY SMURFDAY TO YOU... - Thanks, Benco!

- And now I'm going to smurf an extraordinary trick! Will one of you come to the stage?
- Pay attention and smurf me well. This carafe contains water, right?
- Now I'm smurfing the water into this glass; so what shall happen later? Taste it!
- Well, it's raspberry juice!
- EXACTLY! RASPBERRY JUICE! THANKS MUCH FOR THE CHEERS!
- Oh yeah. - Pfft!
- Oh, wait! I'm going to smurf you an even smurfier trick!
- I'm smurfing some milk into this bowl, and what shall happen then? Taste it!
- But... it's Benco!!
- Benco? - Fantasmurfic! - Bravo! - Hooray! - Thanks, Benco! With you, my magic will always be sucessful!
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posted 08-17-2022 07:53 PM

(Today the Intersmurf Cup Final is smurfed at the Smurf Stadium.)
(Here's Forward Smurf, dribbling an adversary...)
(He smurfs...)
(AND IT'S A GOAL!!)
(The referee smurfs the end of the match: Smurf - 1 X 0!)
- Congrats, you smurfed pretty well!
- Er... what's this inside the cup? - That's a surprise. Taste it!
- But... it's Benco!!
- This is the smurfiest cup I've ever smurfed! Thanks a lot, Benco!

- Come on, my Smurfs, get to work! We need to smurf a bridge over the River Smurf!
- There, Papa Smurf... it's smurfdone!
- Ah, here you are, Benco! Just look at that mess they smurfed to me!
- Just wait, I've got an idea!
- ...And if you build a good and firm bridge, I'll keep my promise!
- Quick, pass me the smurf! - Hop! - Quicker!
- That's right! I promised them a cup of Benco each! - Great, Benco! Thanks!

- Hey, Smurf! Here, I've got a present for you! - For me?
- Thanks, Jokey Smurf! What's it? - It's a surprise...
- Ah, that's funny! Veeeery funny!
- Say, Benco... Could you smurf me a little service? - Naturally, my friend!
- Hi, Jokey Smurf! Here, I've got a present for you!
- Oh no, Benco, thank you very much! The prank of the gift that smurfs in the face doesn't work on me. - Really? Well, it's up to you.
- Hey there!! Who wants my present? - Me, me! - No, me!
- Oh my... it's Benco!
- Yum yum... It's so good!
- And you, Jokey? Would you like some Benco too? - Oh yes! Yes!
- Now this is what I call a smurfy present! Thanks, Benco!
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posted 08-19-2022 04:15 PM

- Smurf to bed, good smurfnights! It's midnight...
- AND ALL IS WELL!
- Hey, what's the deal? - Smurfblast, #@!&%* - There are Smurfs who must smurf tomorrow!
- Alright, alright! It's midnight and all is well.
- And even all is wrong, I'll smurf nothing at all. So there!
- Get up, Smurfs! It's dawn and...
- Dawn? - Don't smurf in the way, you guys back there! - Me at first! - Me, me! - No way, I was ahead of you!
- It's dawn... and Benco is served! - Thanks, Benco!

- I HATE the smurfs!
- Well, here's Grouchy Smurf! - Yeah, the one that ever likes nothing!
- Say, Grouchy, would you like some mulberries? - Or do you prefer playing smurfrog? - How about playing the sax, then? - I HATE berries, frogs and saxes!
- You are right: he does like nothing at all! - No, he really doesn't!
- Hey, wait! I wonder if...?
- Too bad you don't even like Benco, Grouchy!
(I HATE Benco!! I HATE Benco!!)
(Alright, just a little in the bowl.)
- HA HA HA, I should have smurfed! No one can resist a bowl of Benco! (And so what? I LOVE Benco!)

- Sarsaparilla juice again! - Always the same! - We've had enough! - I HATE enough!
- I need absolutely smurf them something else!
- ...And ten drops of concentrated marshmallow... A touch of elderflower elixir... A hint of malt powder... Water... Now, I'll mix all together!
- Let's see how this shall smurf.
- BLEARGH!
- Good morning, Papa Smurf! How are you doing?
- Not very fine, Benco! I haven't smurfed a good formula so far. - Then, drink this. Perhaps it shall inspire you a little!
- Great smurfs! It's exactly what I've searched for!
- Hey there, my Smurfs! I've... Er, we've just smurfed this! - Come and get it!
- WOW! It's pretty good! - Smurfingly good indeed! - Thanks, Benco!
-------------------- Keep on always smurfin'!!
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posted 08-19-2022 06:15 PM
Some little corrections on page 10:

- Alright, alright! It's midnight and that's all.
- And even though all is wrong, I'll smurf nothing at all. So there!
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posted 08-20-2022 01:59 PM

- Hear ye, hear ye! Message to the Smurf people! Tomorrow there will be a footrace! As first prize, a medal! And as second... - Wow, I'm gonna register right now! - Me too! - Ditto!
(And the next day...) - Attention! Ready?
- SMURF!
- And the race was on! The fight is close among the three Smurfs! Who shall be the first to cross the finish line? Attention!
- If you please... - After you, my friend! - I won't smurf it at all!
- But what are they smurfing, after all? - Well, you'd better sit and wait...
- You smurfpromised a big bol of Benco as second prize, remember?

- Hop, hop, get it! - Checksmurf!
- Yoo hoo! That's me! - THE SMURFETTE!
- I'm smurfing you a bunch of flowers! - And me, chocolates! - And my heart is all yours!
- Smurfette, whenever you are here nothing smurfs us more than you! - Is that true? - WE ALL SWEAR IT!
- HI THERE, SMURFS!
- Who wants a good bowl of Benco?
- Me, me! - Me at first!
- Come on, you all! Be gentlesmurfs. Hello there, Smurfette!
- The prettiest one must be served first, but you shall come after soon. - At least I've got this! Thanks, Benco!
 - Attention, let's take it again! Andante Smurfoso... One, two...
- No, Sax Smurf, it's no longer possible! You smurf very badly indeed! - But...
- You’re not going to make me quit the orchestra, are you? I would smurf with sorrow! - Surely not, but...
- Leave it to me, Papa Smurf; I think I can help you!
- How about a bowl of Benco, Sax Smurf? - I'd love it, but I haven't any bowl with me!
- No problem: I'll prepare it inside your sax! A tablespoon of milk, and there!
(A little later...) - How are things going now, Papa Smurf? - Superb!! Thanks, Benco!
- 'Cause at the moment he's not blowing, but sucking!
![[yum!]](graemlins/yumyum.gif)
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posted 08-21-2022 07:48 AM
This is the coolest Squeaky!! ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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posted 08-23-2022 08:11 AM
Glad to know you like, Smurfy! Thanks! ![[Happy Smurf]](graemlins/Happy_Smurf.gif)
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