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E: 08/06 Daily Star Trek - Exclusive merchandise Competition

crin
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edited 26 April 2009 at 3:52PM in Game Over Archives
This is a new Star Trek comp on Sci Fi.

Question: J.J. Abrams's uncle once had a career singing with The Smurfs. Is that true or false?

Sorry I don't know the answer and couldn't find it anywhere. :confused: (please see Parsnips post below)

http://www.sci-fi-online.50megs.com/comp-09-06-01_trekmovie.html
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  • parsnip
    parsnip Posts: 182 Forumite
    think its false Father abraham of smurf fame was a dutch guy called
    Pierre Kartner
    :j
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  • Gilla_2
    Gilla_2 Posts: 13,228 Forumite
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    Can you check your end date, please. I think it should be E: 01/06.

    Saved to dailies.
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  • crin
    crin Posts: 3,540 Forumite
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    Gilla wrote: »
    Can you check your end date, please. I think it should be E: 01/06.

    Saved to dailies.

    Sorry Gilla a mistype. Have amended now.
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  • Barnabysue
    Barnabysue Posts: 9,058 Forumite
    parsnip wrote: »
    think its false Father abraham of smurf fame was a dutch guy called
    Pierre Kartner

    But it doesn't say that he was Father Abraham does it? It just says he sang with them. I can't find any mention of him singing with them at all though, so false probably is right, but not for that reason alone.
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  • parsnip
    parsnip Posts: 182 Forumite
    edited 26 April 2009 at 5:25PM
    Pierre Kartner is a Dutch musician who sings under the alias Father Abraham. He was born on April 11, 1935 in Elst.
    In May 1977, Kartner was asked to make a promotional song for an animated movie, which turned out to be about The SmurfsThe Smurfs

    The Smurfs are a fictional group of small sky blue creatures who live in Smurf Village somewhere in the woods. The Belgium cartoonist Peyo introduced Smurfs to the world in a series of comic strips, making their first appearance in the Belgian Franco-Belgian comics magazines Spirou on October 23, 1958....
    . The record company pressed 1,000 copies, since they were unsure about the success of the single. However, they were all sold within one day at a SchlagerSchlager

    Schlager is a style of popular music that is prevalent in Central and Northern Europe, in particular Sweden, Switzerland, Austria and Germany, but also to a lesser extent in Baltic States, France, Belgium and the Netherlands....
    festival. After a repress, 400,000 singles where sold in a short period. A full Smurfs album (LP) was then created, which also climbed the charts, with 500,000 sold copies. People in other countries also started to notice the catchy tune, and it was released in a several dozen countries, in German, French, Italian, Spanish, Swedish, and Japanese, all sung by Kartner himself. He scored a number one hit in 16 countries.
    :j
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  • Barnabysue
    Barnabysue Posts: 9,058 Forumite
    Aaaah, so one person did ALL of the voices? Sorry, makes sense now D'oh!
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  • parsnip
    parsnip Posts: 182 Forumite
    I am a Music Librarian, My brain is full of rubbish like this sorry!
    :j
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