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Gordon Shumway, also known as "ALF", is the protagonist and title character of the American television series ALF, and its animated spin-offs, ALF: The Animated Series, and ALF Tales. ALF also starred in the poorly received television film Project ALF, and hosted the short lived talk show ALF's Hit Talk Show.
ALF is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 22, 1986, to March 24, 1990. The titular character, ALF, an acronym for "Alien Life Form", but whose real name is Gordon Shumway, crash-lands in the garage of the suburban middle-class Tanner family. [3]
ALF: Created by Tom Patchett, Paul Fusco. With Paul Fusco, Max Wright, Anne Schedeen, Andrea Elson. When an ugly creature, who loves eating cats, crash-lands into the Tanner family's garage, they treat him as a guest and allow him to live with them as he comments on the stupidity of mankind.
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- 1986-09-22
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Characters in the ALF TV series. The Metcalfes, the Polmanskis, the Montenegros, the Ganns, the Lusketoffs, the Meskars, the Feskars, the Schmittkes, the Kittkes, the ...
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Youth
Gordon Shumway was born on October 28, 1756 (according to the Melmacian Calendar, he was born on the 28th of Nathinganger) to Bob and Flo Shumway. Gordon went to nursery school with his friends Rick and Skip, with Mrs. Quanigan as their teacher. (ATAS: "Phantom Pilot") Like Rick, Gordon may have attended for at least four years. (ATAS: "Neep at the Races") He attended Melmac High School for 122 years, where he majored in software and pedestrian crossing and was captain of a bouillabaisseballt...
Life on Melmac
At some time in ALF's life, ALF was an underwear model. ALF was later employed as an Orbit Guard. ALF and all Orbit Guardsman learned how to pilot a space patrol ship, fire a solar blaster, and burp in three languages. In 1980, The Federation declared a nuclear war, "Galactic War III," on the Andromedian Revolt Society, a rebel group on Torkwrish, another planet that was a combatant in the first war. Though Gordon was not recruited as a solider for the war; he is aware of it and is partly inv...
Tanner years
One day in 1986, Gordon followed an amateur radio signal to Earth and crash-landed his ship into the garage of the Tanner family. The Tanners are a suburban middle-class family consisting of the social worker Willie, his wife Kate, their children Lynn and Brian, and their cat Lucky. Since the crash-landing, the Tanners have helped take care of ALF and hide him from the Alien Task Force, a secret U.S. military organization that tracks down alien creatures. In 1990, ALF was finally captured.
ALF was seen appearing on Fox Network with Bill O'Reilly in November 2007. He appeared in the 2011 Super Bowl commercials showing he is a fan of the Carolina Panthers. He also appeared on Young Sheldon in an episode called "A Race of Superhumans and a Letter to ALF".
Series and Movies
1. ALF (TV series) 2. Project ALF 3. ALF: The Animated Series 4. ALF Tales 5. ALF's Hit Talk Show
Additional Articles
1. People who have seen ALF
Nov 8, 2023 · The Adorable Fuzzy Alien Explained. Puppet. Alien. Friend. By Cassidy Ward Nov 8, 2023, 3:01 PM ET. Alf sitting at the kitchen table with the family in ALF. Photo: Peacock. In 1986, a suburban family’s life was forever changed when a rambunctious wise-cracking alien crashed into their garage.
Welcome to the ALF Wiki! ...a collaborative encyclopedia for the 1980s sitcom ALF, its spin-offs, merchandise, and everything else related to the franchise about the Alien Life Form from Melmac created by Paul Fusco and Tom Patchett. MEDIA. ALF Sitcom [Episode Guide][Characters] ALF: Animated Series [Episode Guide][Characters]
