ALF Tales

ALF Tales
Created by	Paul Fusco
Starring	Paul Fusco Peggy Mahon Tabitha St. Germain (as Paulina Gillis) Thick Wilson Dan Hennessey Rob Cowan Ellen-Ray Hennessy Noam Zylberman
Country of origin	USA
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	21
Production
Running time	30 minutes per episode
Production company(s)	DIC Entertainment Alien Productions Lorimar-Telepictures Saban Entertainment (1988-1989)
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 10, 1988 – December 9, 1989

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 play various characters from fairy tales. The fairy tale was usually altered for comedic effect in a manner akin to Fractured Fairy Tales.

Each story typically spoofs a film genre, such as the "Cinderella" episode done as an Elvis movie. Some episodes featured a "fourth wall" effect where ALF is backstage preparing for the episode, and Rob Cowan would appear drawn as a TV executive (who introduced himself as "Roger Cowan, network executive") to try to brief ALF on how to improve this episode. For instance Cowan once told ALF who was readying for a medieval themed episode that "less than 2% of our audience lives in the Dark Ages".

Cast

Paul Fusco - ALF (Gordon Shumway)/Rick Fusterman
Tabitha St. Germain (as Paulina Gillis^[1]) - Augie/Rhonda
Peggy Mahon - Flo
Thick Wilson - Larson Petty/Bob
Dan Hennessey - Sloop
Rob Cowan - Skip
Ellen-Ray Hennessy - Stella the Waitress
Noam Zylberman - Curtis (1988)
Michael Fantini - Curtis (1989)

Episodes

Season one

Robin Hood - 9/10/88
Sleeping Beauty - 9/17/88
Cinderella - 9/24/88
Legend of Sleepy Hollow - 10/01/88
Jack and the Beanstalk - 10/8/88
The Aladdin Brothers - 10/15/88
Rapunzel - 10/29/88
Rumplestilskin - 11/12/88
The Princess and the Pea - 11/19/88
John Henry - 12/3/88
The Three Little Piggs - 12/10/88
Alice in Wonderland - 12/17/88
Peter Pan - 1/7/89

Season two

Hansel and Gretel - 9/16/89
The Wizard of Oz - 9/23/89
The Elves and the Shoemaker - 9/30/89
The Emperor's New Clothes - 10/14/89
Goldie Locks and the Three Bears - 10/28/89
Little Red Riding Hood - 11/11/89
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - 12/2/89
King Midas - 12/9/89

DVD release

The first seven episodes were released on DVD on May 30, 2006 in Region 1 from Lions Gate Home Entertainment in a single-disc release entitled ALF and The Beanstalk and Other Classic Fairy Tales.

References

↑ Damian Inwood. "Pi Theatre, Independent Vancouver Theatre >> The Baroness and the Pig". Retrieved October 30, 2011. That's what Vancouver actresses Diane Brown and Tabitha St. Germain do with the delightful black comedy, The Baroness and the Pig. (...) St. Germain – better known to Vancouver audiences as Paulina Gillis – plays the Baroness as a naïve gentlewoman, full of prissy mannerisms and twittering, bird-like movements.

External links

ALF Tales at the Internet Movie Database

ALF

Television	ALF ALF: The Animated Series ALF Tales Alf's Hit Talk Show Project ALF

Episodes	Seasons (1 2 3 4)

Characters	ALF (Gordon Shumway) Willie Tanner Kate Tanner Lynn Tanner Brian Tanner

Main cast	Paul Fusco Max Wright Anne Schedeen Andrea Elson Benji Gregory

Related	ALF: The First Adventure ALF (video game) Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue Permanent Midnight

Children's programming on NBC in the 1980s

First-run animated series	Casper and the Angels (1979–80) Fred and Barney Meet The Thing (1979–80) The Super Globetrotters (1979–80) The New Shmoo (1979–80) The New Adventures of Flash Gordon (1979–80) Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979–80) Godzilla (1978–81) The Flintstone Comedy Show (1980–82) The Smurfs (1981–90) The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!/Hero High (1981–82) Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1981–83) Space Stars (1981–82) The Flintstone Funnies (1982–84) Shirt Tales (1982–84) The Gary Coleman Show (1982–83) The Incredible Hulk (1982–83) Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983–91) Mister T (1983–86) Snorks (1984–86) Pink Panther and Sons (1984–85) Kidd Video (1984–87) Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1985–89) It's Punky Brewster (1985–89) Kissyfur (1986–87) Foofur (1986–88) Lazer Tag Academy (1986–87) Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series (1987–88) ALF: The Animated Series (1987–89) ALF Tales (1988–89) The New Archies (1987) The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley (1988–89) Camp Candy (1989–90) Captain N: The Game Master (1989–92) The Karate Kid (1989–90)

First-run live-action series	One to Grow On (1983–89) Going Bananas (1984) I'm Telling! (1987–88) 2 Hip 4 TV (1988) Saved by the Bell (1989–93)

Rebroadcasts	The Daffy Duck Show (The Daffy/Speedy Show) Jonny Quest The Jetsons Dynomutt, Dog Wonder Hong Kong Phooey Batman and the Super 7 Bullwinkle (1981–82) Thundarr the Barbarian Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

Schedules	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

Related topics	Animation in the United States in the television era Modern animation in the United States

Children's programming on NBC in the 1990s

First-run animated series	The Smurfs (1981-90) Kissyfur (1986–90) Camp Candy (1989–91) Captain N: The Game Master (1989–92) The Karate Kid (1989–90) Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983–91) ALF Tales (1988–90) The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990–91) Gravedale High (1990–91) Kid 'n Play (1990–91) Space Cats (1991–92) Yo Yogi! (1991–92) Super Mario World (1991–92) ProStars (1991–92) Wish Kid (1991–92)

First-run live-action series	Saved by the Bell (1989–93) Guys Next Door (1990) Saturday Morning Videos (1990–92) NBA Inside Stuff (1990–2002) Chip and Pepper's Cartoon Madness (1991–92) Brains & Brawn (1993–94) Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993–2000) Name Your Adventure (1993–95) Running the Halls (1993–94) California Dreams (1992–96) Hang Time (1995–2000) City Guys (1997–2001) One World (1998–2002)

Schedules	1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000

Related topics	Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990) TNBC (1993–2002) Modern animation in the United States

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