ALF (Czech TV series)

ALF is a Czech-American slapstick stop-motion animated series created by Paul Fusco, Lubomír Beneš and Vladimír Jiránek. It was about the melmacian named ALF who crashed landed into Tanner’s garage, then they would get to solve problems. however they can be clumsy or something that they would do the same thing, the series was involved with ALF and the Tanner family which they were from Los Angeles, California.

Paul Fusco has some of movements of ALF puppets (using of puppet, and mechanical puppet) while the figures from Czechia are made with clay or even sculpted, the series was first premiered on ČT on May 6, 1993 in Czechia. it was ended in 1999 when aiF Studio was declared bankruptcy.

It was based on the 1986 American sitcom by Paul Fusco and Tom Patchett.

Premise
ALF has crash landed into Tanner’s garage roof, the Tanner family has found him when he comes to live. they will able to solve their problems, even their hilarious scenes, and others.

English voice cast
Lucky the cat was voiced by the domesticated cat, since he does not speak.
 * Paul Fusco as ALF
 * John Hurt as Willie Tanner
 * Tara Strong as Brian Tanner
 * Carolyn Lawrence as Lynn Tanner
 * Patricia Parris as Kate Tanner

Czech voice cast
coming soon

Main cast

 * Paul Fusco — ALF (lead puppeteer)
 * Lisa Buckley – ALF (assistant puppeteer)
 * Bob Fappiano – ALF (assistant puppeteer)

Production
While working on Pat & Mat, Beneš and Jiránek decided to create a stop motion series about an alien and suburban American family who solves problems, and also their hilarious actions. Fusco joined the heirs’ consent to create the scenes with puppets while the figures are made with clay and sculptures, he had made a lot scenes where he came up with ALF character.

Broadcast
The series was broadcasted on ČT in Czechia in early 1993, when the series was first made to be in both said country and United States. the said show was broadcasted on Cartoon Network in United States on May 1994, when the first English dub was aired.

Home media
Digital Media Production first released the five ALF DVD sets on January 1999, which aiF’s last showing to have a logo before it’s bankruptcy in that year and then being liquidated in 2012. Ateliéry Bonton Zlín released the series on DVD in 2003-2006, when the aiF era shows were first released on the said DVD. afterwards that Pat & Mat aiF era was first shown on DVD for the first time in 2007.

The show was released on DVD in August 2019, which has complete series.

Trivia

 * It was a first stop motion series with ALF to appear in 1990s.
 * The series was made in USA and Czechia after the ALF TV sitcom was cancelled.
 * The series was streamed on every streaming services in the country, then it was more popular in the country during the times that aired on the television channels.
 * Paul Fusco’s ALF puppet was first shown in Czech stop motion animation series when the scene shows him in the performance of the episodes of the said show.