ALF Tales is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series that aired on NBC from September 10, 1988 to December 9, 1989.
The show is a spin-off of ALF: The Animated Series which featured characters from that series playing various characters from fairy tales.
The fairy tale was usually altered for comedic effect in a manner akin to Jay Ward's "Fractured Fairy Tales".
Each story typically spoofs a film genre, such as the "Cinderella" episode done as an Elvis Presley film.
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".
Cast
Paul Fusco – ALF (Gordon Shumway)/Rick Fusterman
Tabitha St. Germain (as Paulina Gillis) – Augie/Rhonda
Peggy Mahon – Flo
Thick Wilson – Larson Petty/Bob
Dan Hennessey – Sloop
Rob Cowan – Skip
Ellen-Ray Hennessy – Stella the Waitress
Noam Zylberman – Curtis (1988)
Michael Fantini – Curtis (1989)
Episodes
Season 1 (1988–89)
Season 2 (1989)
Home media
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.
See also
List of animated spinoffs from prime time shows
References
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