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Country of origin
  
USA

No. of episodes
  
21

First episode date
  
10 September 1988

Number of seasons
  
2

Number of episodes
  
21

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Created by
  
Paul Fusco

No. of seasons
  
2

Running time
  
30 minutes per episode

Final episode date
  
9 December 1989

Network
  
NBC

Starring
  
Paul Fusco Peggy Mahon Tabitha St. Germain (as Paulina Gillis) Thick Wilson Dan Hennessey Rob Cowan Ellen-Ray Hennessy Noam Zylberman

Cast
  
Paul Fusco, Tabitha St Germain, Dan Hennessey, Don Francks, Noam Zylberman

Similar
  
ALF: The Animated Series, Camp Candy, Alf's Hit Talk Show, The Karate Kid, Space Cats

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.

Contents

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) - 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)

    • 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

    ALF Tales Wikipedia
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