Alf Tales (1988)
Alf Tales (1988)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Paul Fusco
ALF (voice) / Creator
Roger S.H. Schulman
Creator / Writer
Tom Patchett
Creator
Marla Lukofsky
Jane Appalling, Wife
David Steven Cohen
Creator / Writer
Skip Shepard
Teleplay / Writer
Tabitha St. Germain
Augie Shumway, Rhonda
Bradley Kesden
Writer / Teleplay
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 10, 1988
StatusEnded
Seasons2
Episodes21
Running Time30m
Genres
Wiki.
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 parody was usually altered for comedic effect in a manner akin to Jay Ward's "Fractured Fairy Tales".The episodes were performed in the style of a resident theater company or ensemble cast where Gordon and Rhonda would take the leading male and female 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 this 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".