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America's Favorite Furry Alien From the Sitcom ALF

Hold the phone, America! The wool has been pulled over your eyes. ALF, a.k.a. Gordon Shumway, who allegedly crash landed on Earth in 1986, was a hoax. His home planet, Melmac, is a complete fabrication out of a science fiction novel. A man in a costume played the character of ALF and this man had no intention of ever eating a cat.

The premise of this show was ALF crash landed in the Tanners' (parents Willie and Kate, siblings Lynn and Brian, and cat Lucky) garage. The Tanners agree to hide ALF in their suburban home because if the Alien Task Force caught Alf they would perform experiments on him. The hilarity ensued as the Tanners adapted to life with ALF, a wise-cracking, refrigerator-robbing couch potato, and their struggle to keep ALF a secret from their nosy neighbors, the Ochmoneks. And now we find out that there was nothing ever to worry about. ALF was not a furry alien, he was a costumed character and his real name is Eugene Flutesnoot. America was lied to, and for what, to boost television ratings. No one would have watched ALF if they knew he wasn't a real alien. Please join my guestbook below to ban television from your lives, before you are lied to again.

Eugene Flutesnoot

The man who played the costumed character ALF, was Eugene Flutesnoot, of Duluth, Minnesota. His meteoric rise to fame began in 1984 as an extra in Meatballs 2. From there he was cast as an extra in classroom settings for such hit TV shows as Silver Spoons, Punky Brewster, and Family Ties. He never uttered one line of dialogue. He did however raise his hand for the teacher on multiple occasions and whisper to other students before the bell rang.

In 1986, he was cast as ALF, and sadly his face was never shown. He left the business shortly after ALF was cancelled to focus on his rap album that tanked miserably, entiled "Me Rappin'! Ha!" He now lives with his mother and earns a paltry living submitting stories to Archie Digest.

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ALF was created by Paul Fusco and aired on the NBC network from 1986 to 1990. The series spanned four seasons and 102 episodes. In the season 4 finale, ALF was to be reunited with other survivors from Melmac, most notably his girlfriend Rhonda, but was captured by the Alien Task Force, a division of the army. "To Be Continued" was shown at the end of the episode, but sadly, the series was cancelled before ALF's fate could be resolved. Not until 1996 was ALF's outcome decided in the TV movie Project ALF.

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ALF Cartoons on DVD

ALF: The Animated Series premiered on September 26, 1987 following the smash-hit success of the live-action sitcom ALF. The series is a prequel to the live-action show and ran for 26 episodes. It stars Gordon Shumway (a.k.a. ALF) on his home planet Melmac, before its destruction. Each show was book-ended by the live-action ALF.

Alf Video Game from Sega

For the Sega Master System

The world's favorite bad boy alien is back... on your Sega System! Its Alf! And he's got a mission... get to Mars to visit his friends Rhonda and Skip. The problem is, his space ship is broken. And the Alfer is not about to grow wings. So it has to be fixed... and that's where you come in! Guide Alf as he searches for the things needed to fix his ship. Pearls snatched from the jaws of giant clams, space scooter fuel in the darkest caves, spacesuits, costumes and more! Succeed, and you'll send the Alfer on his way to a happy reunion. Mess up, and the Alfer stays stuck on Earth. Do you think you can do it? "NO PROBLEM!"