ALF is the name of a popular TV sitcom series produced
by NBC between 1986 and 1990, inspired by and spoofing
the movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). It first
aired September 22, 1986. Michu Meszaros was the actor
within the Alf costume. Paul Fusco operated the Alf puppet,
supplied Alf's voice and co-produced the series. The title
character is Gordon Shumway, a little alien nicknamed
A.L.F. (Alien Life Form). He was born 229 years ago on
October 28, 1756 on the Lower East side of the planet
Melmac. The planet Melmac was located six parsecs past
the Hydra Centaurus Supercluster and had a green sky and
blue grass. Shumway's body is covered with orange fur.
He has a rippled snout, eight stomachs and likes to eat
cats. He attended high school for 122 years and was captain
of a Bouillabaisseball team (which is played on ice using
shellfish as a ball).
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