contexts: The Smurfs International title card Genre Adventure Fantasy Children 's Slapstick Created by Pierre `` Peyo '' Culliford Directed by Bob Hathcock ( Season 1 -- 2 , Season 5 ) George Gordon ( Season 1 -- 4 ) Rudy Zamora ( Season 1 -- 6 ) Carl Urbano ( Season 1 -- 6 , Season 8 ) John Walker ( Season 3 -- 4 ) Oscar Dufau ( Season 3 -- 4 , Season 9 ) Alan Zaslove ( Season 4 -- 5 ) Don Lusk ( Season 5 -- 6 , Season 8 -- 9 ) Jay Sarbry ( Season 6 -- 9 ) John Kimball ( Season 7 ) Bob Goe ( Season 7 -- 8 ) Paul Sommer ( Season 7 -- 9 ) Gerard Baldwin ( Special 2 -- 6 ) Ray Patterson ( Special 7 ; also supervising director ) Voices of ( See Voices or Characters ) Theme music composer Mireille Delfosse ( Worldwide version ) Hoyt Curtin ( Season 1 -- 8 , U.S. version ) Tom Worrall ( Season 9 , U.S. version ) Opening theme `` The Smurfy Way '' ( Worldwide ) `` La La Song '' ( Season 2 only , U.S. ) Ending theme `` The Smurfy Way '' ( Instrumental ) `` La La Song '' ( Instrumental ) Composer ( s ) Hoyt Curtin Clark Gassman ( Season 9 only ) Country of origin United States Belgium Original language ( s ) English No. of seasons 9 No. of episodes 256 ( 418 segments ) ( list of episodes ) Production Executive producer ( s ) William Hanna Joseph Barbera Freddy Monnickendam ( Season 6 -- 7 ; Special 7 ) Producer ( s ) Gerard Baldwin ( Season 1 -- 3 ; supervising producer , Season 4 -- 5 ; Special 2 -- 6 ) Bob Hathcock ( Season 4 -- 6 ) Don Jurwich ( Season 7 ; Special 7 ) Walt Kubiak ( Season 7 ) Paul Sabella ( Season 8 -- 9 ) Iwao Takamoto ( creative producer , S01 -- 05 ) Associate producers : Bob Hathcock ( Season 3 ; Special 5 ) Larry Latham ( Special 6 ) Charles Grosvenor ( Season 6 ) Editor ( s ) Gil Iverson Running time 22 minutes Production company ( s ) Hanna - Barbera Productions SEPP International S.A. ( Season 1 -- 7 ) Lafig S.A. ( Season 8 -- 9 ) Distributor Worldvision Enterprises ( 1981 -- 1989 ) Great American Broadcasting ( 1989 -- 1991 ) Turner Program Services ( 1991 -- 1996 ) Warner Bros. Television Distribution ( 1996 -- present ; North America ) Release Original network NBC Audio format Mono ( 1981 -- 1984 ) Stereo ( 1984 -- 1989 ) Original release September 12 , 1981 ( 1981 - 09 - 12 ) -- December 2 , 1989 ( 1989 - 12 - 02 ) Chronology Related shows Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs ( 1965 ) The Smurfs and the Magic Flute ( 1976 ) External links Website
name: The Smurfs (TV series)
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