A listing of the characters from the ALF television series that ran between 1986 and 1990.
ALF (an acronym for "Alien Life Form"), is an alien from the planet Melmac. ALF's real name is Gordon Shumway; he was given the nickname "ALF" by Willie Tanner in the pilot episode.
ALF was born on October 28, 1756 (though he mentions that his birthday is in August in Episode 7, "Help Me Rhonda") on the Lower East Side of the planet. Melmac was located six parsecs past the Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster and had a green sky, pink grass and a purple sun. The commonly used currency is Wernicks, and the substance we call foam is revealed by ALF in the first season episode, "Baby, You Can Drive My Car", to be as precious on Melmac as gold is on Earth. Lint also has value on Melmac as hinted in the cold open of the same episode, though ALF did not reveal what it corresponded to on Earth in terms of value.
ALF's body is covered with rust-colored fur (he once described his color as burnt sienna). He has a rippled snout, facial moles, eight stomachs, his heart is apparently located in his head near his ear. He likes to eat cats and had a best friend on his home planet named Malhar Naik. He attended high school for 122 years and was captain of a Bouillabaisseball team (which is played on a normal baseball diamond using fish parts as a ball). He has at least two cousins "Pretty Boy Shumway" and "Blinky", and has had liposuction. During a bout of amnesia, he believed he was an insurance salesman named Wayne Schlegel.
ALF: The Animated Series (also known as ALF on Melmac) is an animated cartoon spin-off based on the live-action sitcom series ALF. It premiered on September 26, 1987 and ran for 26 episodes. ALF Tales was a spinoff from the series that ran on the NBC television network on Saturdays from August 1988 to December 1989. The show had characters from that series play various characters from fairy tales. The fairy tale was usually altered for comedic effect in a manner relational to Fractured Fairy Tales.
This show is a prequel to the live action sitcom ALF, depicting ALF's life back on his home planet of Melmac, much resembling a 1950s/1960s small town. Since the name "ALF" was an acronym short for Alien Life Form and only given to Gordon Shumway later on Earth, "ALF" is never used in the animated series except for its title. ALF would always be referred to as "Gordon", his true name, or "Gordo" by his friends Rick and Skip. In nearly every episode a live action ALF would appear at the introduction and conclusion of the episode; reading fan mail and saying that this show is a response to a huge demand of people wanting to know what his life was like on Melmac.
ALF Tales is an animated American series that ran on the NBC television network on Saturdays from August 1988 to December 1989. The show was a spinoff from the series ALF: The Animated Series. The show had characters from that series play various characters from fairy tales. The fairy tale was usually altered for comedic effect in a manner akin to Fractured Fairy Tales.
Each story typically spoofs a film genre, such as the "Cinderella" episode done as an Elvis movie. Some episodes featured a "fourth wall" effect where ALF is backstage preparing for the episode, and Rob Cowan would appear drawn as a TV executive (who introduced himself as "Roger Cowan, network executive") to try to brief ALF on how to improve this episode. For instance Cowan once told ALF who was readying for a medieval themed episode that "less than 2% of our audience lives in the Dark Ages".
The following is a list of episodes of the American sitcom ALF. Most episode titles derive from those of American and British popular songs.
Its more mental then physical
Its more then sexin we gotta connection
Be my angel and ill be your protection
If you grind when i grind when i shine i see to it you shine
Im all ears tell me whats on your mind
If you feel like i feel its real if im gettin ahead of myself tell me chill
But if you let me touch ya i could touch ya how you need to be touched
Keep talkin to me gurl and im gon be the one that you trust
Ill bring them candles bring them roses and them boxes of candie
You bring them sorted flavored condoms and them edible panties
Yea im street but im discreet baby ican keep a secret
You can show me what you hidin in them victoria secrets
Gotta old soul so you know i listen to Marvin "Let's get it on"
I take it off for you no problem you can call when you need baby
And we can pass time on that cloud with the silver line numer nine
I was raised in a way wher the time was the day was to play hard to get babe
But then it changed suddenly man you came and took my breath away
I was caught in a vine at a time in the night where my life wasnt right babe
But then again suddeny suddenly you came and i was swept away
Ooh like a bird i just fly cuz im free
Free to laugh free to love free to be
No rain comes down on me
This is whats happenin
La la la la la la la
Floatin all the time on cloud nine
La la la la la la la
High everynight from your light
La la la la la la la
Floatin all the time on cloud nine
La la la la la la
Now this cant be a faze it runs threw my viens
So i cant get it out of me its so complete
Its makin me feel like im the only one that it is
So i dont care where we lay anytime of the day any way it dont matter babe
This unexplanable feeling its so soul healing
And i want it all over me
Ooh like abird i just fly cuz im free
Free to laugh free to love free to be
No rain comes down on me
This is whats happenin
La la la la la la la
Floatin all the time on cloud nine
La la la la la la la
High everynight from your light
La la la la la la la
Floatin all the time on cloud nine
La la la la la la
I like to lay around in the sun spendin time
Sip on moses on a quite evenin night
Get away on a trip catch a flight
When yo say to me im the only one you need
I let you taste my body spot just to teeze
I wanna sing while you kiss all ova me
Ooo la la
La la la la la la la
Floatin all the time on cloud nine
La la la la la la la
High everynight from your light
La la la la la la la
Floatin all the time on cloud nine