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...Smurfs, or Les Schtroumpfs as they were originally called in French, first appeared in October 1958 in the Belgian comic magazine Spirou. They were created by the Brussels-born cartoonist Pierre Culliford - better known as Peyo - and were originally mere supporting cast in his medieval Johan and Pirlouit series...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Smurfs Are Off to Conquer the World — Again | 1/14/2008 | See Source »

...seriously than the French." That's right. Cultural creativity is alive and well in France - and in French. The architect of the most artistically significant building designed for New York today, Jean Nouvel, is French. Jonathan Littell, a 40-year-old American novelist, wrote his recent, prize-winning novel, Les Bienveillantes, in French. The French Culture Ministry spends $4.4 billion a year on the development and nourishment of culture, and I have never heard a word of complaint about the cost. Businesses and individuals are beginning to support the arts as well. And, of course, the vitality of French culture...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Artistes | 12/12/2007 | See Source »

Miel récolte sur les toits de l'Opéra de Paris (honey harvested on the rooftops of the Paris Opera): A limited supply is available at Fauchon's Place de la Madeleine store...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's the Buzz? | 11/21/2007 | See Source »

...There actually are restrictions on #2. That fact comes up in one of the songs. But urination: Much funnier than defecation.RR: Do you think other Broadway musicals would benefit from the inclusion of pee?BG: Probably. There actually is evidence that “Les Mis†had an extensive pee plotline that was cut in early workshops.RR: What about “Phantom of the O-pee-ra?â€BG: Hmm, I think there are definite possibilities.RR: “Seventeen Seven-pee Six?â€BG: Yeah! I don’t know, what...

Author: By Jeffrey W. Feldman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: It's A Privilege To Pee With 'Urinetown' | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...year." Next year the ballpark was empty. And I was faced with an existential dilemma. Should I root for the home team, the arrogant, ridiculously successful New York Yankees? Or should I persist in my loyalty, stay up late listening to Giants games re-created on the radio by Les Keiter, who would simulate hits by making a thwok sound with, I think, his mouth? I persisted, and more: I went to Yankee Stadium and rooted against the home team. Indeed, the fanly highlight of my tween years was attending a doubleheader in which the mythically awful Washington Senators flushed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oh, My Mets! | 10/3/2007 | See Source »

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