ALF Tales
Template:Infobox television ALF Tales is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series that aired on NBC from September 10, 1988, to December 9, 1989.[1] The show is a spin-off of ALF: The Animated Series that featured characters from that series playing various characters from fairy tales.[2] The fairy tale parody was usually altered for comedic effect in a manner akin to Jay Ward's "Fractured Fairy Tales".[3]
Plot
[edit | edit source]The episodes were performed in the style of a resident theater company or ensemble cast where Gordon "ALF" Shumway and Rhonda would take the leading male and female roles, Larson Petty and Sloop take on villain roles, and the other characters were cast according to their characteristics.
Many stories spoof a film genre, such as the "Cinderella" episode which is presented like an Elvis Presley film. Some episodes featured a "fourth wall" effect where Gordon is backstage preparing for the episode and Rob Cowan would appear drawn as a TV executive (who introduced himself as "Roger Cowan, network executive") who tries to brief Gordon on how to improve the episode. For instance, Cowan once told Gordon who was readying for a medieval themed episode that "less than 2% of our audience lives in the Dark Ages".
Episodes
[edit | edit source]Season 1 (1988–89)
[edit | edit source]Season 2 (1989)
[edit | edit source]Voice cast
[edit | edit source]- Paul Fusco as Gordon "ALF" Shumway, Rick Fusterman
- Paulina Gillis[4]) as Augie Shumway, Rhonda
- Peggy Mahon as Flo Shumway
- Thick Wilson as Larson Petty, Bob Shumway
- Dan Hennessey as Sloop[5]
- Rob Cowan as Skip
- Ellen-Ray Hennessy as Stella the Waitress
- Noam Zylberman as Curtis Shumway (1988)
- Michael Fantini as Curtis Shumway (1989)
Home media
[edit | edit source]The first seven episodes were released on DVD on May 30, 2006, in Region 1 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment in a single-disc release entitled ALF and The Beanstalk and Other Classic Fairy Tales.
The complete series was remastered and subsequently released on October 17, 2023, by Shout! Factory in the DVD box set ALF: The Complete Series (Deluxe Edition). The box set release also included the original 1986–90 sitcom, ALF: The Animated Series and Project: ALF.[6][7]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 4. ISBN 978-0823083152.
- ↑ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 72. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ↑ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ↑ Damian Inwood. "Pi Theatre, Independent Vancouver Theatre >> The Baroness and the Pig". Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2011.
That's what Vancouver actresses Diane Brown and Tabitha St. Germain do with the delightful black comedy, The Baroness and the Pig. (...) St. Germain – better known to Vancouver audiences as Paulina Gillis – plays the Baroness as a naïve gentlewoman, full of prissy mannerisms and twittering, bird-like movements.
- ↑ "Dan Hennessey Dies: Voice Actor for 'Care Bears' Braveheart Lion, 'Inspector Gadget's Chief Quimby & 'X-Men' TV Series Director Was 82". November 20, 2024.
- ↑ "ALF and Co-Creator Reunite to Provide New Commentary on Classic Episodes". MovieWeb. June 5, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
- ↑ "Pilot Ep. PLUS New Commentary by ALF! | FULL Episode: S1 Ep1". YouTube. July 14, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
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