ALF is an American science fiction sitcom that originally aired on NBC from 1986 to 1990, created by Paul Fusco. The title character was Gordon Shumway, a friendly extraterrestrial nicknamed ALF , who crash lands in the garage of the suburban middle-class Tanner family. The series stars Max Wright as father Willie Tanner, Anne Schedeen as mother Kate Tanner, and Andrea Elson and Benji Gregory as their children, Lynn and Brian Tanner. The character of ALF is portrayed by a live-hand puppet operated primarily by Paul Fusco. ALF follows an amateur radio signal to Earth and crash-lands into the... garage of the Tanners. The Tanners are a suburban middle class family in the San Fernando Valley area. The family consists of social worker Willie , his wife Kate , their teenage daughter Lynn , younger son Brian , and their cat Lucky. Unsure what to do, the Tanners take ALF into their home and hide him from the Alien Task Force and their nosy neighbors Trevor and Raquel Ochmonek , until he can repair his spacecraft.
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