ALF: The Animated Series

File:Alf The Animated Series.jpg  ***ALF: The Animated Series*** (also known as ***ALF on Melmac***) is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series that aired on NBC for 26 episodes from September 26, 1987, to January 7, 1989.

*ALF: The Animated Series* was a prequel and animated spinoff of the prime time series *ALF*, which had also aired on NBC from 1986 to 1990. Paul Fusco, the creator and puppeteer of ALF in the live-action series, was the only cast member to reprise his role in voice form; none of the human characters from the prime time *ALF* appeared in the animated series, due to the shows premise revolving around ALF (Gordon Shumway) traveling to various places on his home-world of Melmac. *ALF Tales* was a spin-off from the series that also ran on NBC on Saturdays from September, 1988 to December, 1989. The two ALF animated series ran concurrently during the 1988–89 season as the ***ALF & ALF Tales Hour***.

The Post Production Sound Services was provided by **Animation City Editorial Services, Inc.**, **Zound FX** was involved and also serves as ("**Sound Effects by Zound FX**"), as they used anime sound effects. **Richard Bruce Elliott** serves as an supervisor sound editor. **Jim Hodson** serves as an re-recording mixer, and also an re-recording engineer as well. **Richard S. Gannon**, **Michelle Rochester**, **Robert T. Gillis**, **Eivida Abella**, and **Gregory K. Bowron** both serves as an dialogue editor. **Michael J. Cowan** and **Greg LaPlante** both serves as an sound transfer.

## Synopsis

This show is a prequel to the live action sitcom *ALF*, depicting ALF's life back on his home planet of Melmac before it exploded. Since the original character's name of "ALF" was an acronym for "Alien Life Form", it is never used in the animated series except for its title. The main character is Gordon Shumway who is normally referred to as "Gordon". In each episode the puppet ALF from the sitcom appears at the introduction and conclusion of the episode, talking to the television viewers; either setting up the episode as if writing his memoirs "Melmac Memories" and commenting on it afterwards, reading fan mail or describing what his life was like on Melmac. The visual look of the series was created by the lead character designer Fil Barlow.

The format of the series has the standard setup of a situational comedy, or sitcom, as its premise, in the style of *The Flintstones* or *The Jetsons* and it predates the non-Tracey Ullman Show episodes of *The Simpsons*, which has a similar family arrangement of two parents, three children and a dog; The Simpsons Tracey Ullman Show shorts, which debuted in April 1987, featured two parents and three children, but, unlike ALF: The Animated Series, would not feature any sort of pet as part of the family arrangement. Much of the humor arises from the characters taking part in ordinary everyday activities set in an alien and surrealistic environment.

Gordon/ALF from this series is one of the cartoon characters who was featured in *Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue*.

## Storyline

Gordon Shumway is a fairly normal teenager living in suburban East Velcro with his parents Bob and Flo, brother Curtis, young sister Augie and their dog Neep on the planet Melmac. He spends time hanging out with his friends Rick and Skip who call him "Gordo", and he has a girlfriend named Rhonda. Sometimes the quartet would report for mandatory duty with the Melmacian Orbit Guard. The show includes an array of quirky supporting characters, which include the fortune-smeller Madame Pokipsi and the villain Larson Petty with his offsider Eggbert.

## Also See

* ALF
* ALF Tales

## Sound Effects Used

This classic 80s cartoon animated version of ALF, which is based on the live action sitcom TV series like it's titular character name said, uses Hanna-Barbera (heavily), along with Warner Bros., Cartoon Trax Volume 1, Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, Turner Entertainment Co., 20th Century Fox, Universal Studios, Series 1000, The Premiere Edition Volume 9, and a little amount of Skywalker Sound and Series 4000 sound effects.

* Anime Body Fall Sound 19
* Anime Body Fall Sound 28
* Audio Fidelity, "Boings"/Sound Ideas, COMEDY, ACCENT - SPROINGS
* Audio Fidelity, Heavy Duty Motors (With Circuit Breakers Closing)
* Cartoon Suction Sound
* Cartoon Suction Sound 2
* Cartoon Whoosh 13
* Cartoon Woozy Sound
* Disney Castle Thunder
* Disney Dog Pack Barking
* Disney - HERBIE HORNS
* Disney - SHARP ZIP
* Elektra Records, Dive Bomber/Sound Ideas, AIRPLANE, PROP - LONG DIVE 02
* Elektra Records, Factory Whistle/Sound Ideas, WHISTLE, STEAM - FACTORY WHISTLE, LARGE FACTORY
* H-B BING, CARTOON - VOCAL BING
* H-B CASH REGISTER - CASH REGISTER WITH BELL
* H-B GULP, CARTOON - SPEEDY'S GULP, SWALLOW
* H-B ZIP, CARTOON - HIGH WHISTLE ZING OUT
* H-B ZIP, CARTOON - VERY QUICK ZIP
* Hollywoodedge, Alarms High PitchedS TE012603 (First heard in "Two for the Brig".)
* Hollywoodedge, Boing Box Bing CRT2010806
* Hollywoodedge, Bonk Pseudo String Pl PE941201/H-B PICK, CARTOON - FIDDLE PICK AND RISE, LOW 02
* Hollywoodedge, Bulb Horn Honk PE940706/H-B HIT, CARTOON - HORN BONK
* Hollywoodedge, Cork Pop Reverb PE941604
* Hollywoodedge, Funny Engine DyingW CRT055603
* Hollywoodedge, Rug Shook Out CRT030606 (First heard in "Phantom Pilot".)
* Hollywoodedge, Snap Sudden Cartoon PE941605
* Hollywoodedge, Wheezy Honk Cymbal PE941302/Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - SINGLE TIMP DOING/HIT, CARTOON - DRUM RISE/HIT, CARTOON - HEAVY RISING HIT
* Hollywoodedge, Wubble Wobble Spring PE940704
* Joel Valentine Jet Rocket Sound
* Joel Valentine Missile Launch Sound
* Looney Tunes Explosion Sound 1 (First heard in "Gordon Ships Out".)
* Looney Tunes Explosion Sound 3
* Looney Tunes Explosion Sound 4 (First heard in "Phantom Pilot".)
* Paramount Quick Zip In
* SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 14
* SKYWALKER PUNCHING SOUNDS
* SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - SINGLE WHOOSH
* Sound Ideas, AIRPLANE, CARTOON - FUNNY PLANE: IN FLIGHT
* Sound Ideas, AIRPLANE, JET - ROCKY THE SQUIRREL WHIZZES BY
* Sound Ideas, AUTO, CARTOON - CRAZY AUTO SPUTTERS
* Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - HOYT'S BOING
* Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - DOINK 03/HIT, CARTOON - PAT'S BILP
* Sound Ideas, BOINK, CARTOON - LITTLE BOINK
* Sound Ideas, BUBBLE, CARTOON - SKIP'S FLARTLES 02
* Sound Ideas, BUBBLES, WATER - LOW, TURBULENT WATER COOLER BUBBLES AND GLUGS
* Sound Ideas, CARTOON, CRASH - LARGE JUNK CRASH 01
* Sound Ideas, CARTOON, FUSE - LONG FUSE SIZZLING, SIZZLE
* Sound Ideas, CARTOON, SWISH - SINGLE FAST WHIPPY SWISH BY
* Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FALL WHISTLE, MEDIUM 01 (First heard in "Gordon Ships Out".)
* Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - FLUTTER WHISTLE: SHORT FLUTTER 01 (Heard in various pitches as sample in the music soundtrack in "Gordon Ships Out".)
* Sound Ideas, CARTOON, WHISTLE - ZING WHISTLE, MEDIUM 04?
* Sound Ideas, CAT - MEOWS, ANIMAL
* Sound Ideas, COMEDY - HOLLOW BONK
* Sound Ideas, CRASH, CARTOON - BIG STOMP, STRETCH CRASH (Heard in "Hair Today, Bald Tomorrow".)
* Sound Ideas, DOOR, METAL, CELL - CLOSE, JAIL, CELL, CASTLE
* Sound Ideas, ELECTRONIC - MAGICAL DISAPPEARANCE 01 (Debut, first heard briefly near the end in "Hair Today, Bald Tomorrow".)
* Sound Ideas, EXPLOSION, WHISTLE - SHELL PASS BY, BOMB
* Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - SHORT THIN RICOCHET, BULLET 02
* Sound Ideas, HOP, CARTOON - SINGLE JEWS HARP HOP 01
* Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 01
* Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 03
* Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - SLICK RICCO 01/GUN, RICOCHET - SINGLE RICOCHET, BULLET 01
* Sound Ideas, RUN, CARTOON - WIND WHISTLE SCAT
* Sound Ideas, SKID, CARTOON - BROKEN SKID
* Sound Ideas, SQUEAK, CARTOON - LITTLE WHISTLE UP
* Sound Ideas, SWISH, CARTOON - FAST TWIRLING SWISH, LONG
* Sound Ideas, SWISH, CARTOON - SEVERAL HEAVY ROPE SWISHES (Single)
* Sound Ideas, SWISH, CARTOON - SINGLE SWISH
* Sound Ideas, THUNDER - THUNDER CLAP AND RUMBLE, WEATHER 01 (H-B)
* Sound Ideas, TWANG, CARTOON - BOWANG
* Sound Ideas, WEATHER - THUNDER CRASH 02
* Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - BIG WHISTLE ZING OUT
* Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - RICCO ZIP IN 01 (R & B)/ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP IN/H-B ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP IN, HIGH
* Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP OUT
* Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - QUICK WHISTLE ZIP OUT, HIGH
* Sound Ideas, ZIP, CARTOON - SHARP ZIP
* Whoosh Sound 1