As Peyo could not understand English, Yvan Delporte served as his translator for the initial meetings between him and the studio.

A notable example of a design he vetoed was Jokey Smurf wearing a Harpo Marx-esque wig and a bowtie. He did not want his characters to be 'Americanized', forbidding activities like chewing gum or drinking Coca-Cola.

When the cartoon show was in development, Peyo vetoed any extreme changes made to the setting and character designs of the Smurfs. Baldwin fought relentlessly with the network and studio over many things during the development of the series, including keeping it loyal to its creative roots and his idea for a soundtrack composed of classical music. The series was to be produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with SEPP International S.A., and its first producer was to be Gerard Baldwin, as decided in 1980. NBC television executive Fred Silverman's daughter had a Smurf doll of her own, and Silverman thought that a series based on the Smurfs might make a good addition to his Saturday-morning lineup. Subsequently, Ross launched the Smurfs in the United States in association with a California company, Wallace Berrie and Co., whose figurines, dolls and other Smurf merchandise became a hugely popular success. Ross, an American media and entertainment entrepreneur who saw the Smurfs while travelling in Belgium, entered into an agreement with Editions Dupuis and Peyo, acquiring North American and other rights to the characters. This series is the second Smurfs television series, which was 20 years later than the airing of the first television series. Each season featured its own separate intro sequence, depicting various changes in the show for that season. It spawned a 30-minute syndicated version of the show called Smurfs Adventures in 1986, when it first debuted on various independent stations, and is now being aired on the Boomerang cable network. It originally aired for one hour of programming time in its first season, then it was expanded to 90 minutes for the following seasons until 1988, when it returned to its original one-hour show length. It was based on the Belgian comic series The Smurfs by Peyo which features the group of blue people called Smurfs. The Smurfs (actual title of the show does not use 'the' as part of it) was a Hanna-Barbera cartoon series which aired on NBC from 1981 until 1990. For the upcoming Nickelodeon TV series, see The Smurfs (2021 TV series) For the TV series that aired in the 1960s, see The Smurfs (1961 TV series). For the comic strips that feature the characters, see Smurfs (comics). 60 to 90 minutes You may also be looking for the group of people called the Smurfs.

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