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The show's technical demands made for very long shooting schedules and none of the actors enjoyed playing supporting roles to a puppet who always had the best lines. At the time this was one of the most expensive 30-minute sitcoms to produce due to all the technical elements required and long taping schedules.

Paul Fusco. Gordon ALF Shumway (performed and voiced by Paul Fusco; credited by Michu Meszaros as one of ALF's assistants in costume, Lisa Buckley and Bob Fappiano as assistant puppeteers) is an alien from the planet Melmac, where he was a member of its Orbit Guard, who arrives on Earth and lands in the Tanner family's garage.);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(UObFZujiOeTPwPAPrOK0sAQ__29,

Alien Life Form. ALF aired on NBC from September 22, 1986 to March 24, 1990. The title character ALF (acronym for Alien Life Form), but whose real name is Gordon Shumway, crash-lands in the garage of the suburban middle-class Tanner family.);})();(function(){window.jsl.dh(UObFZujiOeTPwPAPrOK0sAQ__33,

Reception. The show's pilot gained enough viewers to merit more episodes; however, ALF's Hit Talk Show was not a hit and is regarded among the greatest talk show flops. In 2009, GetBack.com included it with nine other programs on a list of the Worst Talk Shows in TV History.

In 1998, terrorism expert Paul Wilkinson called the ALF and its splinter groups the most serious domestic terrorist threat within the United Kingdom. In 1993, ALF was listed as an organization that has claimed to have perpetrated acts of extremism in the United States in the Report to Congress on the Extent and ...