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Alf
entry date: May 28, 2009



ALF’S ANIMATED ADVENTURES
original airdates: Sept 26, 1987-Aug 25, 1990 on NBC
later airdates: 1990-1993 on The Family Channel
episodes: 26 (13 for 1987-1988 and 13 for 1988-1989)
animated by: DiC
distributed and owned by: Saban, Alien Productions and DiC
guide by: BRETTFERN

SUMMARY:
ALF: The Animated Series is based on the popular NBC sitcom that aired from 1986-1990. This cartoon features ALF (now known as 
Gordon Shumway) living in his home-planet Melmac (where he was before he landed in the Tanner house as in on the sitcom) 
with the adventures of his friends and other aliens. For the show's second season, it was expanded to an hour with another series 
called "ALFTales", but for the 1989-1990 season, only "ALFTales" remained.
 
1st Season (1987-1988)
#01 Phantom Pilot (09.26.1987)
#02 Hair Today, Bald Tomorrow (10.03.1987)
#03 Two For The Brig (10.10.1987)
#04 Gordon Ships Out (10.24.1987)
#05 Birdman Of Melmac (10.31.1987)
#06 Pismo and The Orbit Gyro (11.07.1987)
#07 20,000 Years In Driving School (11.14.1987)
#08 Pride Of The Shumways (11.21.1987)
#09 Captain Bobaroo (12.05.1987)
#10 Neep At The Races (12.12.1987)
#11 Salad Wars (12.19.1987)
#12 Tough Shrimp Don't Dance (01.02.1988)
#13 Home Away From Home (01.16.1988)
 
2nd Season (1988-1989)
#14 Flodust Memories (09.10.1988)
#15 Family Feud (09.17.1988)
#16 Clams Never Sang For My Father (09.24.1988)
#17 A Mid-Goomer Night's Dream (10.01.1988)
#18 The Bone Losers (10.08.1988)
#19 Thank Gordon For Little Girls (10.15.1988)
#20 Hooray For Hollywood (10.29.1988)
#21 The Spy From East Velcro (11.12.1988)
#22 He Ain't Seafood, He's My Brother (11.19.1988)
#23 Looking For Love In All The Wrong Paces (12.03.1988)
#24 The Slugs Of Wrath (12.10.1988)
#25 Housesitting or Pokipsi (12.17.1988)
#26 Skipper's Got A Brand New Badge (12.24.1988)


ALFTALES
original airdates: Sept 10, 1988-Aug 25, 1990 on NBC
later airdates: 1990-1993 on The Family Channel (with reruns of previous series)
episodes: 21 (13 for 1988-1989 and 8 for 1989-1990)
animated by: DiC
distributed and owned by: Saban, Alien Productions and DiC

SUMMARY:
ALFTales features the title character and his Melmac friends in a fairy-tale format in each of it's episodes.
 
1st Season (1988-1989)
#01 Robin Hood (09.10.1988)
#02 Sleeping Beauty (09.17.1988)
#03 Cinderella (09.24.1988)
#04 The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow (10.01.1988)
#05 Jack and The Beanstalk (10.08.1988)
#06 The Aladdin Brothers (10.15.1988)
#07 Rapunzel (10.29.1988)
#08 Rumplestilskin (11.12.1988)
#09 The Princess and The Pea (11.19.1988)
#10 John Henry (12.03.1988)
#11 The Three Little Pigs (12.10.1988)
#12 Alice In Wonderland (12.17.1988)
#13 Peter Pan (01.07.1989)
 
2nd Season (1989-1990)
#14 Hansel and Gretel (09.16.1989)
#15 The Wizard Of Oz (09.23.1989)
#16 The Elves and The Shoemaker (09.30.1989)
#17 The Emperor's New Clothes (10.14.1989)
#18 Goldie Locks and The Three Bears (10.28.1989)
#19 Little Red Riding Hood (11.11.1989)
#20 Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (12.02.1989)
#21 King Midas (12.09.1989)
 
VOICE ACTORS (on both series)
Len Carlson (died in 2006) as Sargent Staff and Cantfayl
Rob Cowan as Skip
Paul Fusco as Gordom Shumway "ALF"
Paulina Gillis as Augie Shumway and Rhonda
Dan Hennessey as Sloop
Ellen-Ray Hennessy as Stella
Peggy Mahon as Flo Shumway
Thick Wilson as Bob Shumway
Noam Zylberman as Curtis Shemway


LINKS
Go back to the Cartoon Resource Website

CybertOOn's CartOOn Campaign


ALF LINKS
Big Cartoon Database

Toonarific Cartoon Archive

TV.com

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