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Smurf Week Is Here: Celebrate By Seeing This Giant, Angry Smurf In Columbus Circle!
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Jen Carlson
Published Jul 25, 2011
Modified Jul 25, 2011
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La la la-la la la, happy Smurf Week everyone! Earlier today a Smurf Village popped up in Columbus Circle, where Neil Patrick Harris helped kicked off the celebluetion, along with some other cast and crew—including Smurfette. Click through for some photos—and if you see the movie, look out for a cameo by NY1's Roger Clark, as well as Prospect Park, where most of the Central Park scenes were filmed! But let's take our remaining time here to focus on Neil Patrick Harris...
Tonight you can catch NPH on the Daily Show, where he plans to tell Jon Stewart "how many Smurfs he accidentally ate on the set of his new movie." In the meantime, head over to ScoutingNY for a cute story about how the star recorded a birthday greeting for the Scout's girlfriend after he was called in to work a 16 hour shift on the night of her celebration. Spoiler: it includes the words, "I remember the first time we met... it was so long ago. In that dark room, the heavy petting... god dammit I loved that night."
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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