ALF Tales is an animated American series that ran on the NBC television network on Saturdays from August 1988 to December 1989. The show was a spinoff from the series ALF: The Animated Series. The show had characters from that series play various characters from fairy tales. The fairy tale was usually altered for comedic effect in a manner relational 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 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".
Created By | Paul FuscoTom PatchettDavid Steven CohenRoger S.H. Schulman | |
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Status | Ended | |
Original Name | Alf Tales | |
First Air Date | September 10, 1988 | |
Last Air Date | December 9, 1989 | |
Seasons | 2 | |
Episodes | 21 | |
Episode Runtime | 30min | |
Language | English | |
Original Language | English | |
Production Countries | — | |
Production Companies | Alien ProductionsDiC EntertainmentSaban Entertainment | |
Networks | NBC |