- RichardOctober 18, 2025Saw this one on Dutch TV in the late '80s, probably Veronica or TROS. A sarcastic alien who crash lands into a suburban garage and immediately starts eating cats and roasting humans. What’s not to love? ALF (Alien Life Form) is a walking puppet with attitude. He lives with the Tanner family, drops one liners like a stand-up comic and somehow makes existential alien loneliness hilarious. The show mixed slapstick, heart and weirdness. As a teen, I didn’t question the puppet logic, I just laughed. Willie Tanner’s constant stress, Lynn’s eye rolls and ALF’s obsession with TV and snacks made it feel like a sitcom from another planet.
ALF Trivia
ALF has 4 seasons.
ALF has 101 episodes.
The key characters in ALF are ALF (voice) (Paul Fusco), Willie Tanner (Max Wright), Kate Tanner (Anne Schedeen).
ALF was directed by Nick Havinga, Burt Brinckerhoff, Gary Shimokawa, Peter Bonerz, Paul Miller, Tom Patchett, Paul Fusco, Nancy Heydorn, Tony Csiki, Peter Baldwin, Rick Gough, Howard Storm.
ALF was produced by Bernie Brillstein, Paul Fusco.
When an adorable, fuzzy creature, who loves eating cats, crash-lands into the Tanner family's garage, they treat him as a guest and allow him to live with them as he comments on the stupidity of mankind.
ALF is rated TV-G.
ALF is a Comedy, Drama, Family show.
ALF has an audience rating of 8.4 out of 10.
ALF episodes are 23m long.
No, this show was canceled after 4 seasons.