Alf - memories of Melmac

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Television series
German title Alf - memories of Melmac
Original title ALF: The Animated Series
Country of production United States
original language English
Year (s) 1987-1989
Production
company		 DiC Entertainment ,
Saban Entertainment,
Lorimar-Telepictures,
Alien Productions
length 22 minutes
Episodes 26 in 2 seasons
genre Comedy , animation
idea Tom Patchett ,
Paul Fusco
music Haim Saban ,
Shuki Levy
First broadcast September 26, 1987 (USA) on NBC
German-language
first broadcast		 February 14, 1990 on Sat.1
synchronization

Alf - Memories of Melmac (Original title: ALF: The Animated Series ) is an American animated series that ran from 1987 to 1989 on the US television station NBC . Gordon Shumway aka Alf is the protagonist of the cartoon series.

background

The animated series Alf - Memories of Melmac was developed as a prequel for the television series Alf and shows his original life on his home planet Melmac. Since ALF is an abbreviation for Alien Life Form (German: extraterrestrial life form), he is never called Alf in the entire series, but Gordon, or by his friends Rick and Skip Gordo. Each episode is introduced and ended by the real Alf by reading fan mail in which he answers questions about what his life was like on Melmac.

In Germany only the episode Three Men and a Boat was available as VHS .

Cast and dubbing

The dialogue book as well as the dialogue direction was taken over by Siegfried Rabe , who was already responsible for series such as Alf , The Simpsons and Once Upon a Time ... man .

role English voice actor German voice actor
Gordon Shumway / ALF Paul Fusco Tommi Piper
Augie Paulina Gillis Sabine Bohlmann
bob Thick Wilson Gernot Duda
Curtis Michael Fantini Dirk Meyer
Flo Peggy Mahon Dagmar Heller
Larson Petty Thick Wilson Fred Maire (1st voice)
Horst Raspe (2nd voice)
Skip Rob Cowan Gudo Hoegel

Episode list

season 1
Number
(total) 		Number
(season) 		Original title German title First broadcast
(NBC)
01 01 Phantom pilot The ghost pilot September 26, 1987
02 02 Hair Today, Soon Tomorrow Hair-raising stories 3rd October 1987
03 03 Two For The Brig The two in jail October 10, 1987
04 04 Gordon Ships Out Three men and a boat October 24, 1987
05 05 Birdman Of Melmac The bird man from Melmac October 31, 1987
06 06 Pismo And The Orbit Gyro Pismo has a screw loose November 7, 1987
07 07 20,000 Years In Driving School Driving test with obstacles November 14, 1987
08 08 Pride Of The Shumways The pride of the Shumways November 21, 1987
09 09 Captain Bobaroo Captain Bobaroo 5th December 1987
10 10 Neep At The Races Neep the hellhound December 12, 1987
11 11 Salad Wars Salad Wars December 19, 1987
12 12 Tough Shrimp Don't Dance The lobsters from another planet 2nd January 1988
13 13 Home Away From Home Holidays on the polyester islands January 16, 1988
season 2
Number
(total) 		Number
(season) 		Original title German title First broadcast
(NBC)
14th 01 Flodust Memoriese Mother of the millennium September 10, 1988
15th 02 Family Feud The family feud 17th September 1988
16 03 Clams Never Sang For My Father From glorious mussel wrestlers September 24, 1988
17th 04 A Mid-Goomer Night's Dream Who Believes in Goomer? October 1, 1988
18th 05 The Bone Losers In bone fever October 8, 1988
19th 06 Thank Gordon For Little Girls The shum thing October 15, 1988
20th 07 Hooray For Mellywood The stars of Mellywood October 29, 1988
21st 08 The Spy From East Velcro My name is James Bonzo November 12, 1988
22nd 09 He Ain't Seafood, He's My Brother My brother, the crab king November 19, 1988
23 10 Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places Where love falls 3rd December 1988
24 11 The Slugs Of Wrath At a snail's pace December 10, 1988
25th 12 Housesitting For Pokipsi Defective crystal ball 17th December 1988
26th 13 Skipper's Got A Brand New Dad Father wanted January 7, 1989

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