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ALF (TV series) - Wikipedia. ALF is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 2. March 2. 4, 1. 99.

1. What would you do if a 200 year old Alien Life Form (ALF) crash landed in your garage? Willie Tanner, his wife Kate and their children Lynn and Brian decide that.
2. Gordon Shumway, last known survivor from the planet Melmac, crash-lands his spaceship into the Tanner family's suburban garage. Willie dubs him "ALF", short for Alien.

It was the first television series to be presented in Dolby Surround. The title character is Gordon Shumway, a friendly extraterrestrial nicknamed ALF (an acronym for Alien. Life Form), who crash lands in the garage of the suburban middle- class Tanner family. ALF was performed by puppeteer Paul Fusco, who co- created the show with Tom Patchett. The Tanners are a suburban middle- class family in the San Fernando Valley area of California.

The family consists of social worker Willie (Max Wright), his wife Kate (Anne Schedeen), their teenage daughter Lynn (Andrea Elson), younger son Brian (Benji Gregory), and their cat Lucky. Unsure what to do, the Tanners take ALF into their home and hide him from the Alien Task Force (a part of the U. S. He generally hides in the kitchen. It is eventually revealed that ALF's home planet Melmac exploded because of a catastrophe involving a nuclear war. In the Season One episode . ALF was off the planet when it was destroyed because he was part of the Melmac Orbit Guard. Gordon Shumway) is homeless, but he is not the last survivor of his species.

He becomes a permanent member of the family, although his culture shock, survivor guilt, general boredom, despair, and loneliness frequently cause difficulty for the Tanners. Despite the problems and inconveniences his presence brings into their lives, they grow to love him, though some episodes make it clear they are also afraid of how their lives would be turned upside down if word that he has been living with them gets out. While most of the science fiction of ALF was played for comedic value, there were a few references to actual topics in space exploration; for example, ALF uses a radio signal as a beacon in the pilot episode. In the episode . However, after ALF makes a call to an astronomical organization and states that . ALF then shows Willie exactly where .

Bullock), Kate's widowed mother Dorothy (Anne Meara) with whom ALF has a love- hate relationship, her boyfriend (and later husband) Whizzer (Paul Dooley), the Ochmoneks' nephew Jake (Josh Blake), a psychologist named Larry (Bill Daily), and a blind woman named Jody (Andrea Covell) who never figures out that ALF is not human (although she is aware through touch that he is short and hairy). Changes occur within the Tanner household over the course of the series, including the birth of a new child, Eric (the reason for adding a baby in the series being that Anne Schedeen was pregnant at the time); ALF's move from his initial quarters in the laundry room to the attic, which he and Willie converted into an . Watch A Fantastic Fear Of Everything Full Movie. When ALF acquires a new cat with the intent of eating it, he actually grows fond of it and allows it to be adopted by the family, although he admits to the Tanners he has become the worst kind of Melmackian, a .

ALF was born on October 2. Lower East Side of the planet Melmac. Melmac was located six parsecs past the Hydra- Centaurus Supercluster, and had a green sky, blue grass and a purple sun. The commonly- used currency is a . Lint, gravel and foam are as precious on Melmac as gold is on Earth, whereas gold and platinum are so common that they are used in place of porcelain to make toilets and sinks, as seen in the Season One episode .

His heart (if he only has one) is apparently located in his right ear. He likes to burp and eat cats, and can whistle without opening his mouth. He had a best friend on his home planet named Malhar Naik. Watch Smile Pretty Online Mic more. He has friends named Skip, Rick, Stella, and a girlfriend named Rhonda, all of whom also escaped the explosion.

He attended high school for 1. Bouillabaisseball team, a game played on ice using seafood as a ball. ALF has an enormous appetite; he is also troublesome, sarcastic, slovenly and cynical, and sometimes puts himself at the risk of being discovered while perpetrating some of his often- unintentional pranks. However, if things have gone too far, he does as much as possible to make up for his mistakes, generally with positive results. In the episode . On another occasion, in the episode .

In the episode . In a commercial for the NFL that ran during Super Bowl XLV on February 6, 2. Watch Undressing Extraordinary Online IMDB. ALF is a Carolina Panthers fan. Episodes. However, Fusco's brief performance as ALF won over Brillstein, who thought the character was hilarious and strong enough to be the focus of a series. Patchett also co- created, wrote, and directed the series.

The series was first syndicated by Warner Bros. Television and Lorimar- Telepictures.

The North American syndication rights are currently owned by Debmar- Mercury as its parent company, Lionsgate, now owns home video rights. Due to the inherent nature of producing a show featuring hand- operated puppets (. All confirmed during a 2.

People magazine interview that there was high levels of tension on the set. He admitted to being . There were no goodbyes.

A 3. 0- minute show took 2. The whole thing was a big dysfunctional family. There was no way we could have made it go any further or any faster. Despite what people thought, that there was a lot of tension on set, there really wasn't. During the show's production, Fusco refused to acknowledge that the puppet ALF was anything other than an alien. All involved with the production were cautioned not to reveal any of ALF's production secrets.

The set was built on platform raised four feet above the ground, with trap doors constructed at many points so that ALF could appear almost anywhere; Fusco operated him from underneath, so the unoccupied holes all over the floor were deep and treacherous. The trapdoors had to be reset multiple times, sometimes during a single scene. Fusco was the principal puppeteer, and used his right hand to control ALF's mouth, while the left controlled ALF's left arm. Second puppeteer Lisa Buckley assisted Fusco beneath the stage, operating ALF's right arm. There was additionally a third puppeteer, Bob Fappiano, who controlled ALF's facial and ear movements via a radio controller offscreen.

During tapings, Fusco would wear a head- mounted microphone to record ALF's voice. The process resulted in numerous mistakes and retakes, making it impossible to record ALF in front of a live audience.

A laugh track was added during post- production. To avoid wear and tear on the principal ALF puppet, the performers rehearsed with a crude early version of ALF, nicknamed . Fey said Fusco would only allow ALF to appear on the show if the puppeteers were hidden from everyone else. After ALF's cameo alongside former Family Ties star Michael Gross, ALF disappeared through a hole in the riser, was stuffed into a case, and immediately removed from the building. While a puppet was usually used for ALF, there were some shots of the tiny alien running or walking around.

This was accomplished by the 2' 9. This can be seen in one of the series' intros, which concludes with the Tanner family getting their picture taken; ALF (played by Meszaros) walks over to be part of the photo. However, Meszaros' services became too costly as well as time- consuming, and the full ALF costume was abandoned after the first season. ALF scored its highest ratings during Season 2 (reaching #5 in the Nielsen ratings). Ratings remained at a steady 1.

Season 3, but plummeted to 3. Season 4. NBC moved the show from its traditional Monday night slot to Saturday in March 1. The season- ending cliffhanger . NBC executive Brandon Tartikoff later told Fusco that the network regretted cancelling ALF prematurely, saying . Fusco commented that, .

Fusco defended the premise saying that . Fusco ended the original episode with a public service announcement from ALF himself, warning of the dangers from mixing water and electricity.

Despite this, NBC reported that a child attempted to recreate the scenario and nearly electrocuted himself in the process (Fusco confirmed that the child was unharmed); Fusco was forced to refilm the opening sequence, replacing the electric mixer with a manual egg beater.