ALF Tales facts for kids

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 ' which featured characters from that series playing various characters from fairy tales. The fairy tale was usually altered for comedic effect in a manner akin to Jay Ward's "Fractured Fairy Tales".

Each story typically spoofs a film genre, such as the "Cinderella" episode done as an Elvis Presley film. 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) – 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 1 (1988–89)

Season 2 (1989)

See also

In Spanish: Los cuentos de ALF para niños