September 10, 1988 (1988-09-10) – December 9, 1989 (1989-12-09)
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ALF Tales is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series that aired on NBC from September 10, 1988, to December 9, 1989.[1] The show is a spin-off of ALF: The Animated Series that featured characters from that series playing various characters from fairy tales.[2] The fairy tale parody was usually altered for comedic effect in a manner akin to Jay Ward's "Fractured Fairy Tales".[3]
The episodes were performed in the style of a resident theater company or ensemble cast where Gordon and Rhonda would take the leading male and female roles, and the other characters were cast according to their characteristics.
Many stories spoof a film genre, such as the "Cinderella" episode which is presented like an Elvis Presley film. Some episodes featured a "fourth wall" effect where Gordon is backstage preparing for the episode, and Rob Cowan would appear drawn as a TV executive (who introduced himself as "Roger Cowan, network executive") who tries to brief Gordon on how to improve the episode. For instance Cowan once told Gordon who was readying for a medieval themed episode that "less than 2% of our audience lives in the Dark Ages".
^Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 4. ISBN 978-0823083152.
^Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 72. ISBN 978-1476665993.
^Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-1538103739.
spin-off of ALF: The Animated Series that featured characters from that series playing various characters from fairy tales. The fairy tale parody was usually...
also created and produced two animated series for NBC: ALF: The Animated Series and ALFTales. A co-production of DIC, Alien Productions, Lorimar-Telepictures...
release also included the original 1986–90 sitcom, ALF: The Animated Series and ALFTales. ""Project ALF", a two-hour family movie on CHCH-TV" (Press release)...
the TV series ALFTales, based on the TV series ALF (video game), released by Sega in 1989 Alf (album), a 1984 album by Alison Moyet ALF (character), the...
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North Africa. Some tales trace their roots back to ancient and medieval Arabic, Sanskrit, Persian, and Mesopotamian literature. Most tales, however, were...
in the mid-1980s. He served as a writer and director on ALF: The Animated Series and ALFTales, and directed numerous episodes of The Real Ghostbusters...
cartoon Dinosaucers. His other roles in animated series and films included ALFTales, Star Wars: Droids, Rock & Rule, Star Wars: Ewoks, Babar, Babar and the...
Muppets fame) and Paul Fusco (voice and operator of ALF). He produced such other television shows as ALF: The Animated Series, and Normal Life. He was also...
children's television programming came from HBO's Encyclopedia (1988), and ALFTales in 1988. Kriegman produced The Sweet Life (1989), and a sketch-comedy...
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theatrical production, Women Fully Clothed. She has been a voice actor in ALF: The Animated Series, Annedroids, Best Ed, Bob and Margaret, Dino Dan: Trek's...
voiced many cartoon series including The Care Bears TV series and movies, AlfTales, Super Mario Bros., Pecola and Fugget About It. Lukofsky was born in Toronto...
provide voices for many characters on animated series such as The Raccoons, ALFTales, Garbage Pail Kids, Sylvanian Families, and Care Bears. He gained some...
Currently owned by a third-party COPS Syndication Claster Television ALFTales 1988–89 NBC Alien Productions, Saban Entertainment Currently distributed...
night until Filmation folded. He was able to find a job working on ALFTales and ALF: The Animated Series. This experience helped him eventually land at...
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