A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with the Tanner family after crashing into their garage.
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The Tanners decide to spend Christmas in a cabin in the woods but ALF soon gets lost.
ALF is still in the hospital with Tiffany and Mr. Foley. He convinces Tiffany to help him get back to the Tanners, but changes his mind when he hears about Tiffany's condition.
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Halloween is approaching and ALF wants to go trick-or-treating. Kate, of course, objects, but ALF persists. He argues that he has a natural costume and tries offering Willie a deal he can't refuse......
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| Complete series cast summary: | |||
| Paul Fusco | ... | ALF / ... 103 episodes, 1986-1990 | |
| Max Wright | ... | Willie Tanner 103 episodes, 1986-1990 | |
| Anne Schedeen | ... | Kate Tanner 103 episodes, 1986-1990 | |
| Andrea Elson | ... | Lynn Tanner 103 episodes, 1986-1990 | |
| Benji Gregory | ... | Brian Tanner / ... 103 episodes, 1986-1990 | |
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John LaMotta | ... | Trevor Ochmonek 41 episodes, 1986-1989 |
| Liz Sheridan | ... | Raquel Ochmonek 36 episodes, 1986-1990 | |
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The Tanner family is an average American family. One day, they discover that they have a visitor. He's small, he's furry, he's arrogant, and he's an alien from the planet Melmac. Unsure what to do, they name him ALF: Alien Life Form. Alf soon decides that as much as he misses his home planet, there's a lot to be said for Earth: the Tanners are willing to concede anything as long as he doesn't announce his presence. Oh yeah, the Tanners also have a cat, which looks rather tasty... Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
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22 September 1986 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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708 Moreno Avenue, Brentwood, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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(100 episodes) | (102 episodes)Sound Mix:
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Max Wright was so ready to be done with the show that when the final day of taping ended, he immediately cleaned out his dressing room and left the studio, without saying goodbye to any of the cast or crew. See more »Goofs
The Tanner's front porch disappears and reappears throughout season 1. See more »Crazy Credits
In the 2nd opening credit (Series 3 - 4) ALF and the Tanner family are seen watching home movies of ALF. See more »Alternate Versions
Many of the syndicated episodes from the American DVD sets are further edited to remove music and songs which were claimed too expensive to license for home video. In a few cases, this results in episodes which run for less than 20 minutes! The European sets released by Warner does not suffer from these problems. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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The satiric method used here is classic -- having a non-human look at human nature and see how silly it is. Alf is a genuine wit, an outer-space Mark Twain who can see the foibles of life and comments on them with real humor that is not sour on the one hand and not inane on the other.
Like THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN, which uses a similar viewpoint, ALF is a wonderful comedy with humanity itself as its subject matter.