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From 1986 to 1990, Wright appeared in the sitcom ALF as Willie Tanner, a typical father of a middle-class family, who finds an alien who has crash-landed on Earth. Despite becoming his best-known performance, the actor despised the role due to its huge technical demands and the fact that he, a human, played a supporting character for an "inanimate object".
The family consists of social worker Willie , his wife Kate (Anne Schedeen), their teenage daughter Lynn (Andrea Elson), younger son Brian (Benji Gregory), and pet cat Lucky- whom ALF wishes to consume. Willie gives Gordon the nickname ALF ("Alien Life Form"), and, unsure what to do, the Tanners take ALF into their home to hide him from the ...
However, ALF drives the RV into the forest and the weather turns stormy. In the RV, ALF causes chaos as Willie is trying to be positive. This leads to Willie getting upset and telling ALF to leave and ALF wanders into a cabin nearby. Two guys who live in the cabin discover the alien and believe he is an anteater and attempt to butcher him.
The following is a list of episodes of the American sitcom ALF. ... "He Ain't Heavy, He's Willie's Brother" Paul Fusco: Paul Fusco & Lisa A. Bannick:
Willie's Uncle Albert (Elisha Cook) visits the Tanners, and collapses from a heart attack after getting a glimpse of the alien, causing ALF to feel grief thinking he caused the death. The episode title is based on the Paul McCartney song "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey".
ALF is accidentally photographed by a tabloid photographer. ALF sneaks into their van to eat the film while Willie uses his memory of Star Trek episodes to make up extraterrestrial stories, whose credulity actually amazes the paparazzi.
Gordon Shumway, also known as "ALF", is the protagonist and title character of the American television series ALF, and its animated spin-offs, ALF: The Animated Series, and ALF Tales. ALF also starred in the poorly received television film Project ALF , and hosted the short lived talk show ALF's Hit Talk Show .
ALF hosts The Tonight Show with Ed McMahon and promotes ALF with clips from Season 2. Frederick de Cordova, Teresa Ganzel, Tommy Newsom, Rich Little, Joan Embrey, Tim Wade, Joyce Brothers and Eugene Greytak (as Pope John Paul II) also appear. Note: This is a one-hour clip show. The episode title is based on the Genesis song "Tonight, Tonight ...