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A second animated series, ALF Tales , followed in , adapting fairy tales and classic literature featuring the alien characters, and a comic book series was published by Marvel Comics from December to January Brillstein felt that the situation of him representing two very different puppets was reminiscent of an earlier situation between two shows Brillstein was heavily involved with, Saturday Night Live and Fridays.

Henson did have a sense of humor about the situation however, as evidenced by his cracking a joke about booking Miss Piggy and Kermit on ALF , during a roast of Brillstein. Dish Network, in promoting the series for on-demand online viewing , refers to ALF as a show about "cat-eating alien muppets," despite the fact that ALF is not a Muppet.

Several crew members and performers associated with the Muppets and Henson worked on the series and its spin-offs. He popped up on Matlock , Blossom , and Hollywood Squares , among others. The series ran 99 episodes, including three one-hour specials. Those specials were split into two, which is why ALF in syndication runs episodes.

Melmac was located six parsecs past the Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster. At least until it was blown up by a nuclear bomb. Matt Evans, YouTube. GuruFilm, YouTube. Lists tv. Tom Patchett Paul Fusco. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. 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. 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 Did you know Edit. Trivia Max Wright later said that while he disliked working on the show, he got satisfaction from fan letters sharing how much joy and happiness the show brought them.

Goofs In the opening credits of seasons 1 and 2, the studio lights are visible in the shot of Brian, on the left. Quotes Willie : This is a jigsaw puzzle.

ALF : It's broken. Crazy credits ALF can be heard laughing at the end of the closing credits in each episode. 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.

When People interviewed him in , the former "Benji Gregory" was going by Ben Hertzeberg Gregory was his middle name. While he'd worked a little after ALF shuttered, he said he had no interest in a prolonged acting career once that series was over. He has fond memories of his time on ALF , saying, "The only times it felt like work was when the lights were on and it was real hot. During the People interview, Hertzberg said he wanted to work in the entertainment industry, but something must have changed, because in Hertzberg joined the U.

Navy , serving as an Aerographer's Mate until he was discharged for medical reasons in According to his Facebook page , Hertzberg currently lives in his hometown of Thousand Oaks, California.

In a retrospective in People , Elson said developing as a young woman in front of the sitcom-viewing audience was difficult. She also implied the overall attitude of the cast made for a tense environment. But as difficult as the experience might have been, it clearly had its rewards. While working on ALF , Elson was "so smitten" with the young production assistant Scott Hopper who delivered her scripts.

Apparently Hopper felt the same, because the pair married in Her last acting credit was for a episode of the sitcom Men Behaving Badly. Since then, Elson has developed a passion for teaching and practicing yoga. She became certified in , and her Twitter bio describes her as a "world traveling yoga instructor. Jim J. The semi-regular character briefly moves in with Willie and his family after his divorce. After getting his own apartment, Neal makes the mistake of letting ALF stay with him for a while and almost loses his job and apartment because of it.

Bullock was a regular TV fixture in the '80s, co-starring on Too Close for Comfort and getting regular spots on celebrity game shows like Battlestars and Hollywood Squares.

He appeared in what's proven to be his most well-remembered film role two years before he showed up on ALF — as the always yawning Prince Valium in Mel Brooks' Star Wars parody, Spaceballs. Since he last showed up with the Tanners, Bullock has split his time between the screen and the stage.