ALF - Season One | 
 enlarge | Directors: Paul Fusco, Gary Shimokawa, Nancy Heydorn, Peter Baldwin, Peter Bonerz
Actors: Mihaly 'michu' Meszaros, Abraham Verduzco, Paul Fusco, Max Wright, Anne Schedeen
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  131 reviews
Sales Rank: 3655
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 4
Running Time: 616 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 1.1
MPN: LGED15752D
UPC: 031398157526
EAN: 0031398157526
ASIN: B0002DB5N6
Theatrical Release Date: September 22, 1986
Release Date: August 10, 2004
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Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 02/05/2008
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"He's just like E.T.," says a character of the fuzzy extraterrestrial stranded on Earth in the pilot episode of ALF. But the fun of this late 1980s family sitcom is that the sardonic ALF (an acronym for Alien Life Form) is nothing like the interplanetary innocent of Steven Spielberg's classic. With his whiplash wit and huckster sensibility, ALF (real name: Gordon Shumway from the late planet Melmac, Lower East Side) enters the lives of the Tanner family as a fully formed rascal whose spacecraft crashes into their garage one night. Worried that the feds will chop ALF up for research purposes, the Tanners--father Willie (Max Wright), a cautious civil servant who doesn't like a lot of fuss at home; wife Kate (Anne Shedeen), and kids Lynn (Andrea Elson) and Brian (Benji Gregory)--reluctantly take ALF in like a shambling, profligate uncle who cracks wise despite having fallen on hard times. There is a touch of darkness to ALF that inspires some interesting episodes. While most of season 1's episodes find the Tanners and their permanent guest struggling with compatibility, certain stories are sharper for indulging a little black comedy. "Looking for Lucky," for instance, finds Willie and Kate assuming that ALF--who is quite open about his fondness for eating cats--made a snack out of the family kitty. In "Pennsylvania 6-5000," Willie is accused of being a terrorist after ALF uses his host's ham radio to contact Air Force One. One of the best episodes, "Wild Thing" (written by David Silverman, later a co-producer on The Simpsons), is a nutty burlesque in which ALF asks the Tanners to lock him in a crate while he undergoes a 24-hour madness peculiar to Melmac-ians. After he escapes, chaos ensues in the community as cats disappear, a gorilla is freed at the zoo, and Willie--looking for ALF--prowls the streets in his pajamas. Fans of Jerry Stahl's book Permanent Midnight: A Memoir, in which the Hollywood writer describes working on ALF while supporting a severe drug habit, will be interested in his season 1 scripts, particularly the surreal "La Cucaracha," in which ALF and Willie do battle with a car-size cockroach. --Tom Keogh
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 ALF is sooo FUNNY December 3, 2008
Lisa Villaloboz
I purchased this video for my 8 year old daughter. I wanted her to see the funny shows we used to watch. She LOVES them! She thinks ALF is the cutest and the funniest ever. I forgot how cute he was!
I loved this show as a child November 18, 2008
Heather (Illinois, USA)
I was born in 1983 and I grew up watching this show. I even had an ALF doll. This was a hilarious show and I still crack up thinking about him and his obsession with cats. If you enjoyed this as a child, I do recommend buying the DVD. It is the syndicated version but it's still good and worth the purchase. Also, young children may enjoy this as well. Even though it's many years old, it's still geared towards kids. I know I still love it after all these years.
Best Comedy of the 80s August 10, 2008
S. Riley (Jupiter, FL)
I loved this show at 12 years old when I would rush home from basketball practice to catch it at 8:00pm on Monday nights. I recently watched it again, and I am still completed entertained by it. Of course, ALF adds most of the humor, but the uptight father, Willy, and his dorky personality are quite hilarious also.
 Kids love it... June 8, 2008
MaMoo (West Michigan)
The kids love it...
Keep the volume down. Dad's voice drives me up a wall...
Just as funny May 30, 2008
Jane
Alf was hugely popular when it was first launched, and despite the by now dated technology, it is still entertaining - much due to the funny cast. You will have to adjust to the blunt obvious form of jokes, and never question why an alien speeks fluently english etc. etc. etc.
Highly recommended for a time off the everyday stress, and the kids love it.
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