The Dark Secrets and True Realities Behind ALF
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Imagine starring in one of the most popular TV shows of the 1980s, only to have it become a living nightmare- that’s what happened with the show ALF, with struggles and heartbreak consuming the actors that starred in the show. "ALF," which aired from 1986 to 1990, was not just another family sitcom. It followed the Tanner family, an average American household, whose world was turned upside down when a cat-hungry alien from the planet Melmac crash-landed into their lives. ALF was short for Alien Life Form-and they chose to keep his existence a secret, despite his quirky antics. ALF was hilarious and it had millions watching, but the lives of the actors behind this beloved show were far from the cheerful image they played on screen.
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No one ever talks about the toll it took on ALF in having to work with humans though.
Exactly
@@alandoane9168 humans are the worst species in the universe to work with
Good point.
LOL
HA, HA, SO FUNNY 😐
Remember ALF? He’s back, in POG form.
First thing I thought of was Milhouse showing Bart his ALF pogs.
No
“You traded my soul for POGS!? NOOOOOO!”
Classic.
Member berries 😂
There are a number of thing's you left out here. It was filmed on a closed set without a live audience. So laugh tracks were constantly used. Also it more like a wearhouse than a studio set, which made it miserable to work in. Since the building did not have air-conditioning.
The actors worked on an elevated stage so the puppeteer's could work Alf from trap door's in the floor. Everyone had to be cautious of where they stood, so they wouldn't fall through the floor.
Miserable? Come the Eff on.. How the Eff is this miserable. i can show you msierable. This ain´t it. Spoiled, over-paid CUNT-.actors. Fucking joke
I think it's a credit to the talent of the actors who worked under such impossible conditions that they were able to make the show a success.
Yeah, although I do question Max Wright's frustration with a puppet getting the better lines, it's what he signed up for.
You know what’s also hard? Picking up trash or driving a truck long distances
Impossible conditions? geta life trash
So this was American Dad before American Dad
But in more real life form lol
You start to realize seth MacFartlane is the least original creator ever
Oh, I am just a few years older than Benji. I grew up watching Alf. This is depressing.
99% of all artists aren't really valued, appreciated, recognized, nor do they live fulfilling lives. Ironically, nearly ALL artists end up as puppets for the wealthy, influential, and popular. It is what it is.
I know....Benji and his service dog. I'm sad for him but also his poor dog was essentially trapped in the car. Life really sucks, sometimes. ☹
I’d say you failed to mention the source of the show’s behind the scenes problems. Paul Fusco, co-creator and ALF’s voice and primary handler was responsible for the hostile work environment. His insistence that ALF be treated like a living breathing member of the cast made the difficult set working conditions worse.
You should consider adding a segment covering Paul Fusco or make a separate video about him.
Paul was also a racist, not surprised the cast hated that job
@filaspeaks1094 Do you think that just because of that one video or something else?
I did a game show with Alf back in 86, The Hollywood Squares. I was a contestant and lost. They sent me home with ‘a lovely parting gift’…A year’s supply of Tuna Helper….😮
Cool.
🐟 😂❤
Sounds like you won to me!
@@STEPHANTODD great 😃👍 comment! 💕
I'm curious: How many boxes of Tuna Helper is a year's supply?
"not just another family sitcom". It kind of was, every family sitcom had to have a gimmick. Alien, British butler, Bigfoot, foreign cousin, black kids in a white family, robot daughter...
LOL I completely forgot about that boot-leg robot daughter show. Vicki was her name, I believe.
My favorite was Punky Brewster. The old kid's mom abandoned her in a grocery store cliche. Shit mildly traumatized me.
@@JohnnyUtah-71 V.I.K.I. Small Wonder.
Oh I forgot a troupe. Male housekeeper. Both Charles in Charge and Who's the Boss?.
@@JohnnyUtah-71Small Wonder.
I was stationed in Germany in 89,90 and Alf was huge there!
Yeah, dubbed on ZDF
Alf or Adolf?
@@mistermax3034both
I loved ALF.
Greatest show.
The Ochmoneks were a riot 😂
no, no. its Ouch! My Neck!
I used to love watching ALF with my two cats.
Santa is just Odin
It’s my understanding that the issues of working with Alf were less about the technical challenges of the puppet and more about dealing with the toxic personality of Alf’s puppeteer.
I've read up on the problems with this show, and most of them seemed to be due to the man who was ALF's puppeteer. You were not allowed to talk to the guy, you had to talk to ALF. Also, there were trapdoors all over the set for the puppeteer and he would demand retakes if he noticed during a take that anyone looked down as they walked to avoid falling into them. His anger was usually directed at the kids. So it seems that the man problem was ALF's "handler".
DAMN
He was also the creator, writer, producer, and director of the sitcom, according to Wikipedia.
one time he got so upset that Alf forgot to break character after they lost their shit!
Yes, but without him, there would be no show. He may have been hard to work with, but outside of the dad, I haven't seen them in anything else, so they probably wouldn't have been even B list famous without him. I think it was both a curse and a blessing being on that show.
Honestly, another childhood memory destroyed, so sad
Remember Alf? He's back, in Pog form.
I loved the show when I was a kid. ALF was like the out of work smart-mouth uncle that moved in with your family until he gets back on his feet again, could be a pain in the ass, but at the same time you wouldn’t know what you would do without him.
Max is the last guy I'd guess would have a wild side, him and Conrad Bain. haha.
I always found the show pretty funny when I was a kid. I even watched some of the episodes on Tubi not too recently, and it brought back some good memories/laughs. What a shame how it ended.
A cat hungry alien from the planet melmack. Lol
Wait, Alf is a puppet? I suppose next you’re going to tell us Santa Claus isn’t real .. 😘
Alf was like Fonzie in Happy Days,took over the show
ALF went to Springfield, OH and was never seen again.
How is all their real life troubles blamed on the TV show? What happened to those in poltergeist is truly sad.
I used to have an ALF for President poster hanging in my room back then. Vote Melmacian. I think I still have it somewhere.
Andrea Elson was so beautiful on the show, still is. Just a lovely person.
Max Wright would have made a really good “Mr. Wilson” if Dennis the Menace had been rebooted during the eighties.
Mr Belvedere better or the guy who makes the jump to conclusion mat in office space
@@fastesteddiealivelol was watching office space earlier. He’s in a movie called man from earth.
You obviously didn't look at Max Wrights' IMDB.
ALF was SUPER popular in Japan. You can tell this by comparing the English Wikipedia vs the Japanese Wikipedia page, the latter of which is much longer. It's bizarre how these things happen.
He's eating the dogs and the cats!!!!
While I've never confused characters with the actors, many people tend to get a feel for what the actors might be like based on the characters they portray. Its almost like those disembodied voices of radio DJs - we build a mental picture of what they might look like., then one day you see a promo picture of the DJ and you're mind is blown! Not even close (in most cases) - the same is true with assuming an actor's personality might be roughly similar to the character they give life to. Surprisingly a few actors do come remarkably close - but not perfectly.
Alf would have died of starvation in Haiti
Or meet his soulmates and live FOREVER.
@hal
Or get eaten 😋
🤣
Haiti is the new Ethiopia. Also, Alf would’ve been eaten as well.
Alf’s best performance in the ratings was 10th, during its second season. Best show in the 80s, my ass.
ALF was not exactly a ground breaking sitcom. But it was definitely a note worthy show for the 80's
Tell you what, pay me 5k an episode ( in 80s money) to talk to and work with a puppet for a living, and won't hear a peep out of me.
I'm surprised you didn't talk about one of the writers who turned out to be a massive heroin addict. Apparently was spending $10,000 a week on heroin. Ben Stiller made a movie about his life. It was called permanent midnight..
Ben Stiller is a fuckin american icon. He didnt do heroin
That’s a great film. They had to call the show Mr Choppers rather than Alf in the film for copyright reasons.
10k on heroin would kill anyone
Anyone else here after Trump was talking about illegal aliens eating cats during the debate the other night?
Max Wright was great in the 'Norm Show'!
He was
"Oh my god. Hey remember when I hired the dad from ALF, you know? Turns out he loved crack!" RIP Norm
he was also an evil government scientist in the TV miniseries The Stand
Very interesting information. I wasn't aware of most of these people acting with a puppet.
What makes me sad is they never looked back at the show and realised that their great skills and acting chops are as big a part of what made ALF great as those who brought ALF to life. Max Wright and Benji Gregory especially had a great natural rapport with ALF and that's what made ALF seem so real.
I always wondered how the _ALF_ show runners would have cast Eric Tanner. If the baby had gotten older in the next seasons.
Also, after spending the entire run of the show shielding him from the evil government agency who wanted to torture him for his alien knowledge, in the final episode...the evil agency catches him and we never see ALF again. Dark.
Good video. Would have been great had you used up to date pics of all the actors in the different shows they were in.
Sad stories. But they all got paid right? Why complain?
Money is not always fun and games
They got paid very little in royalties.
Actors are entitled self obsessed people.
Big deal, if one didn't like it, there's always work on construction sites for a fraction of that salary.
I liked ALF alot. My whole family did. I had no idea about any of this. The guy that played Alf passed away a few years ago after the sequel movie. I think. Thanks. Shocking stuff though.
but what about the actor who played alf?
We have tens of thousands of cat-hungry aliens here in the US right now. ALF was predictive programming, an ominous warning. lol
HEY WILLY, I ATE YOUR CAT! HA HA
Alf's comb-over looks awfully familiar.... and his orange tone....
@@edwardjski The gov't was always after ALF too.
@@JacobSanders-zc7sq The government may have been after him but Alf wasn't after the government.
And wasn't a criminal.
@@edwardjski Stop thinking like at 16-year-old girl.
Every member of the cast except the guy who voiced ALF, what happened to him?
Used to love this show from 9-13 years old(86-90) I tried to watch it again in my 40s and oohhhhhh boy it aged like milk.
Ya got any cats!!??? I remember Alf from back in the day I was a kid when it aired.
They didn’t say anything about the actor played inside the costume of Alf whatever happened to him
Wow. Benji Gregory is dead? He was only three months older than me. And what a way to go too!
Ok, he didn't like playing second fiddle to a puppet, but it was called ALF, not Willie.
He knew what the role was when he auditioned for, and then accepted.
Liz Sheradin (Mrs Ochmonek) went on to be Jerry Seinfelds mother in, Seinfeld.
ALF was one of my favorite shows. 😢
A Haitian with a homemade Bigfoot costume 😂
Oh those were the days..
Andrea was a gorgeous HOT girl
you are correct
It wasn't called the Max Wright show.
Max Wright was awesome in that show. He could have chosen another path, so dude can suck it up. I loved the show and the dad character was the best after ALF. And by the way, I did everything I could to suspend disbelief. To me ALF was real. And when I talked with people I always acted like he was a real thing.
By the fourth season I was so loaded they had to have someone on set to cut the crap outta my fur.
Alf was my childhood!
Fun fact, ALFS real name was, Gordon Shumway...
Love ALF sitcom is huge in Germany.
The aliens that come in, they're eating the cats, of the people that live there!
Well they all made money nothing in this world is easy.
he was a pretty well known actor at the time he was cast on ALF.
The mom was hot
getting out of that shower, yessah!
Gordon Shumway
As tragedy maybe you can shoehorn somewhere writer Jerry Stahl, the movie Permanent Midnight, a well-made version of the book with Ben Stiller in a non-comedy.
That poor puppet…
Need some of that Alf merch. Alf-The Pleirs and Blowtorch Get Medieval Kit. (How the Christ do you spell pliers?) Of course the Alf-The cat grill/flash fryer for eating cats. Alf- The Rabies vaccination kit.
Wow, that was depressing
The ladies are still alive.
I love alf ❤
What's surprising to me is that the cast of Sesame Street worked with puppets all the time, and sometimes numerous puppets, and 2 or 3 different kinds of puppets. Yet I've never heard any negative stories like this from any of the cast members of that show. In fact, some of them have spoken very fondly of their time on the show. So I'm puzzled about why working with the one puppet on ALF would be such a challenge for the human cast members. Perhaps they just were using it as an excuse to justify other problems in their lives. Either way, I bet they all wished they could be Bob Ross. He absolutely loved his work on TV, and I've heard that when he was on a roll, he could film an entire season in just a couple of days.
That's because the 1 puppet they had to work with was a narcissistic a-hole and their boss.
I think a key difference is that the Sesame Street human cast was very much "on board" with the show's mission of educating children and providing cultural diversity.
While Loretta Long (Susan) has admitted in a recent interview that she had trouble relating to the Muppets, almost every cast member has said that Jim Henson was a genius and working with him and the other Muppeteers was a blast.
because actors tend to be narcissistic a-holes, and probably thought they were too good for a sitcom centered around an alien puppet
@@shaunsteele6926 Or they thought it was just going to be a quick paycheck, and then it got renewed. So then they thought, "Oh, this will lead to bigger and better opportunities!" But it didn't.
i heard something about an alf movie a few years ago. but i don't know if it's true or not. rumors are rumors
well, you missed the baby for a start...
You missed alf what happened to that actor who voiced alf
Andrea elson is still hot 🔥
And the mom in that show was smoking hot aswell
What about Spot the cat ??? I hope he didnt end up in ALF LOL ... Seriously though, I always loved the show and hated to see it end when it did. Loved the ALF made for TV movie that they did later after he was caputred by the government. Too bad nothing became of that
I had an ALF doll
Is Alf still alive today or did he pass?
Apparently Alf moved to Springfield Ohio and has to compete for food
Didn’t the daughter play the bride in father of the bride?
No. Different actress all together.
no
A 30 min show took 20 hours so half a week. 2.5 work days. You can’t expect to shoot a 30 min show in 45 mins. I can’t imagine many half hour shows taking less than 20 hours to film I thought it would take a month
he was great in short circuit
Poor Alf 😢😂
I loved the show. The person who played elf probably was HOT in the costume. You didn't mention that the actors had to be careful on the set, due to open flooring they had to be careful not to trip into the open spaces.
Suffer not the alien to live.
Alf got to go back to work today but it will take some more sleep now I am sure you have to pay 😴.
It’s hard to imagine how many lives this show ruined….
OMG....ALF KILLED the Tanner Family!!!
Don't know why, this creature became nightmare to me during my childhood 😨
Me too! 😭
I liked this show that I just watched again and found the 80's was start of mentioning sex on what should be a family sitcom (who's the boss is definitely not for young viewers.
Nobody gave a shit about ALF til people started talking about eating cats. Al. Go. Rhythm.
My best buddy in high school had the furry Alf stuffed doll and he slept with it 😢 poor guy.
What happened to ALF
None of those are 'dark secrets'. They are par for the course in Hollywood.
Yeah. Two of the cast have died. Sad, but hardly 'dark secrets'.
Are Melmacs and Haitians related?
Andrea was too skinny, but I thought she was so cute. Why they always have to do that stuff to themselves. Max not liking playing second fiddle to a puppet - when he took the job he knows it was a bout the alien (puppet).