ALF

ALF is an American television sitcom that originally ran on NBC from 1986 to 1990 and was created by Paul Fusco.

The title character was Gordon Shumway, a friendly extraterrestrial nicknamed A.L.F, who crash lands in the garage of the suburban middle class Tanner family.

The series stars Max Wright as father Willie Tanner, Anne Schedeen as mother Kate Tanner, and Andrea Elson and Benji Gregory as their children, Lynn and Brian Tanner.

The character of ALF was portrayed by a live-hand puppet operated primarily by Fusco.

In the USA alone, The Show has won numerous awards. In 1987 the show won a People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Comedy Program, in 1988 it won Favorite Show at the Kids' Choice Awards, and at the 1989 awards ALF himself won Favorite TV Actor.

Benji Gregory and Andrea Elson were also nominated in various Young Actor categories for their work on ALF at the Young Artist Awards during 19871989 with the show also receiving a nomination for Best Family Television Series.

Alf episodelist

Season 1

1 A.L.F.
2 Strangers in the Night
3 Looking For Lucky
4 Pennsylvania 6-5000
5 Keepin' the Faith
6 For Your Eyes Only
7 Help Me, Rhonda
8 Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue?
9 Jump
10 Baby, You Can Drive My Car
11 On the Road Again
12 Oh, Tannerbaum
13 Mother and Child Reunion
14 A Little Bit of Soap
15 I've Got a New Attitude
16 Try to Remember, Part 1
17 Try to Remember, Part 2
18 Border Song
19 Wild Thing
20 Going Out of My Head Over You
21 Lookin' Through the Windows
22 It Isn't Easy ... Bein' Green
23 The Gambler
24 Weird Science
25 La Cuckaracha
26 Come Fly With Me

Season 2

27 Working My Way Back to You
28 Somewhere Over the Rerun
29 Take a Look at Me Now
30 Wedding Bell Blues
31 Prime Time
32 Some Enchanted Evening
33 Oh, Pretty Woman
34 Something's Wrong With Me
35 Night Train
36 Isn't it Romantic?
37 Hail to the Chief
38 ALF's Special Christmas, Part 1
39 ALF's Special Christmas, Part 2
40 The Boy Next Door
41 Can I Get a Witness?
42 We're So Sorry, Uncle Albert
43 Someone to Watch Over Me, Part 1
44 Someone to Watch Over Me, Part 2
45 We Gotta Get Out of This Place
46 You Ain't Nothin' But a Hound Dog
47 Hit Me With Your Best Shot
48 Movin' Out
49 I'm Your Puppet
50 Tequila
51 We Are Family
52 Varsity Drag

Season 3

53 Stop in the Name of Love
54 Stairway to Heaven
55 Breaking Up is Hard to Do
56 Tonight, Tonight, Part 1
57 Tonight, Tonight, Part 2
58 Promises, Promises
59 Turkey in the Straw, Part 1
60 Turkey in the Straw, Part 2
61 Changes
62 My Back Pages
63 Alone Again, Naturally
64 Do You Believe in Magic?
65 Hide Away
66 Fight Back
67 Suspicious Minds
68 Baby Love
69 Running Scared
70 Standing in the Shadows of Love
71 Superstition
72 Torn Between Two Lovers
73 Funeral for a Friend
74 Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
75 Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
76 Like an Old Time Movie
77 Shake, Rattle and Roll
78 Having My Baby

Season 4

79 Baby, Come Back
80 Lies
81 Wanted: Dead or Alive
82 We're in the Money
83 Mind Games
84 Hooked on a Feeling
85 He Ain't Heavy, He's Willie's Brother
86 The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
87 Live and Let Die
88 Break Up to Make Up
89 Happy Together
90 Fever
91 It's My Party
92 Make 'em Laugh
93 Love on the Rocks
94 True Colors
95 Gimme That Old Time Religion
96 Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades
97 When I'm Sixty-Four
98 Mr. Sandman
99 Stayin' Alive
100 Hungry Like a Wolf
101 I Gotta Be Me
102 Consider Me Gone



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