Mr-Fusion It blew my mind as an adult to find out that there were tensions on the set of "ALF". One of my favorite shows as a kid, and here it is a veritable Behind the Music episode. It really put a different spin on my perception of the show.Regardless, it's still emblematic of happy memories (such are unavoidable with regard to favored past TV); the iconic puppet, the laughs, sitting my parents down every Monday night as a ritual. He's got a voice that instantly recognizable, and the show left an impression that had me tuning into various talk show appearances, TV movies and ad campaigns in the '90s. Being axed before its time can be said about myriad TV shows, and it's no less applicable here.This is classic '80s TV.9/10

pesic-1 One of the most memorable series from my childhood. Most of the episodes were very good, and at times the humour was absolutely brilliant.However, there was a problem with the central premise: Alf is a mentally ill individual. The only way they could extract maximum humour out of Alf's character was, unfortunately, to turn him into a tyrannical, psychotic monster. And we can, for the most part, ignore that fact and just enjoy the humour. But every once in a while I personally became a little tired of it.So the thing that makes Alf so funny is also the thing that ultimately alienates a devoted viewer.Another complaint on my part is that the series was already starting to exhibit signs of 'political correctness', which was only starting to kick in back in the 80s.Still, the writing is mostly good, the characters are likable and well played, and the supporting roles played by Liz Sheridan and John LaMotta were superb. These two proved invaluable for the series, and a good counterpoint to the ordinary and dull Tanners.Eventually the cast became tired of being upstaged and dominated by a puppet and the series was brought to an abrupt and dissatisfying end. Yes, this series has the worst ending in the history of sitcoms.Still, I give it eight stars. I'd give it ten on the nostalgia scale, but considering some of the flaws I think eight is pretty accurate.

Aaron1375 Yes, the funny thing is "Small Wonder" was the lesser known show, but lasted 96 episodes (only 9 episodes less than this one did) and lasted the same amount of seasons. This one by far though started out the hottest, but like so many shows it fizzled late in its life. It did a rather fast fizzle too, as one minute it was one of the most popular shows on television, the next it was gone after a very weak conclusion that was very reminiscent of the ending to "Mork and Mindy" which basically ended on a cliffhanger that would never get resolved. This one sort of tried to resolve the ending by having a television movie years later, but I have never saw that one so I can not comment on how well it wrapped things up. Here you have your alien that lands in a family's garage and then lives and becomes part of the family. All the family learns to really love him, until the end where the mother for some reason goes from accepting Alf to kind of disliking him to an extreme degree. There are a lot of funny episodes to be seen, but then there are more than a few flop episodes too. I loved the one with the alien roach and the one where Alf buys the daughter a car when he is cruising and his hair is blowing in the wind. The family can be described as not very consistent as they act one way one episode and have different values the next. Also, the mother and father were supposedly at Woodstock which raised the question my dad asked "why did every set of parents in these shows attend Woodstock?" Seriously, Woodstock was not attended by the whole world and I would think it would be rare for a mother and father to have attended that function and quite frankly still be together. Alf though is the star and he by far carries the show. There was the typical neighbor in this show who gets nosy and almost catches Alf and then that neighbor had a kid move in with them and he got to meet Alf too. For the most part it was okay, I think a different family would have helped immensely, but this probably explains why this show which is more well known did falter so fast and in the end made only a few more episodes than the lesser known now show "Small Wonder".

sinisterdrecc88 ALF is a classic comedy show from the 80s that I discovered online. I watched an episode, and became an instant fan. All of the actors are good in this show, and Paul Fusco does a great job as the voice of ALF. As great as this show is, it was still canceled in 1990, so in my opinion this show is great, and should be resurrected. It's funny, clever, and original, and deserves more recognition because of this. Now it is one of my favorite live-action shows, and I'd be ecstatic if there were more seasons, because after all, Sesame Street has been on the air for 40 years.10/10