ALF Tales

*ALF Tales*
ALF Tales
Created by	Paul Fusco; Tom Patchett;
Starring	Paul Fusco; Peggy Mahon; Paulina Gillis; Thick Wilson; Dan Hennessey; Rob Cowan; Ellen-Ray Hennessy; Noam Zylberman;
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	21
Production
Running time	30 minutes per episode
Production companies	DIC Animation City; Saban Entertainment; Alien Productions;
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 10, 1988 –; December 9, 1989

ALF Tales is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series that aired on NBC from September 10, 1988, to December 9, 1989. The show is a spin-off of ALF: The Animated Series which featured characters from that series playing various characters from fairy tales. The fairy tale parody was usually altered for comedic effect in a manner akin to Jay Ward's "Fractured Fairy Tales".

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".

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