ALF Tales



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 ) - 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 Pigs - 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.