The Smurfs: The Mystery of the Stolen Magic Flute (1992 TV special)

The Smurfs: The Mystery of the Stolen Magic Flute is a 1992 one-hour television special written and directed by Peyo, based on his comic strips The Smurfs and Johan and Peewit. It serves as a sequel to the 1976 film The Smurfs and the Magic Flute. This feature was produced at PBS Animation in association with Hanna-Barbera Productions and Lafig S.A. and aired on PBS and ABC on November 15, 1992.

Voice Cast

 * Don Messick as Papa Smurf, Dreamy Smurf, Azrael
 * Jonathan Winters as Grandpa Smurf
 * Danny Goldman as Brainy Smurf
 * Bill Callaway as Clumsy Smurf, Painter Smurf
 * Michael Bell as Grouchy Smurf, Handy Smurf, Lazy Smurf, Sir Johan
 * Frank Welker as Hefty Smurf, Poet Smurf, Peewit
 * June Foray as Jokey Smurf, Mother Nature
 * Mary Kay Bergman as Smurfette
 * Paul Winchell as Gargamel
 * Richard Gautier as Wooly Smurf
 * Kip King as Tailor Smurf
 * Henry Polic II as Tracker Smurf
 * Hamilton Camp as Greedy Smurf, Harmony Smurf
 * Bernard Erhard as Timber Smurf
 * Marshall Efron as Sloppy Smurf
 * Alan Young as Miner Smurf, Farmer Smurf, Scaredy Smurf
 * Alan Oppenheimer as Vanity Smurf
 * Nancy Cartwright as Baby Smurf
 * Charlie Adler as Natural 'Nat' Smurfling
 * Julie McWhirter as Sassette Smurfling
 * Pat Musick as Snappy Smurfling
 * Noelle North as Slouchy Smurfling
 * Colin Fox as The King
 * Linda Gary as Dame Barbara

Voices
Most of the voice cast reprised their roles from the Hanna-Barbera cartoon, with Mary Kay Bergman as the new voice of Smurfette. Lucille Bliss was intended for reprise the role, but was turned down in favor of Mary Kay Bergman. When the special was completed, the character voices were done without the use of pitch-shifting, resulting in the voices sounding slighty deeper than before (unlike the cartoon however, although there were occasional exceptions in some episodes).

Trivia

 * The special aired on both PBS and ABC instead of NBC.
 * After its initial telecast, the special re-ran on both Cartoon Network and Boomerang. Turner Broadcasting bought the special from PBS and continues to hold ownership with Warner Bros. to this day.
 * When Peyo had created the first production of the special, it was originally intended to be a feature film produced in co-production with Walt Disney Feature Animation, but Peyo had to cancel the project (following the box-office failure of The Chipmunk Adventure) and decided to instead make in into a one-hour TV special. However, Disney was finally able to produce a The Smurfs feature film in 1995 with Peyo's son Thierry Culliford writting it.
 * This would be the last time Paul Winchell voices Gargamel. In Gargamel's future appearances, he would be voiced by Hank Azaria or Jim Cummings.