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A.L.F. is the name of a popular TV sitcom series produced by NBC between 1986 and 1990, inspired by and spoofing the movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). It first aired September 22, 1986.

The title character is Gordon Shumway, a little alien nick-named A.L.F. (Alien Life Form). He was born 229 years ago on October 28, 1756 on the Lower East side of the planet Melmac. The planet Melmac was located six parsecs past the Hydra Centauras Super Cluster and had a green sky and blue grass.

Shumway's body is covered with orange fur. He has a rippled snout, eight stomachs and likes to eat cats. He attended high school for 122 years and was captain of a Bouillabaiseball team (which is played on ice using shellfishShellfish is a term used to describe molluscs and crustaceans used as food. Molluscs include the clam, mussel, oyster, and scallop; some crustaceans are the shrimp, lobster, crayfish, and crab. snails, while similar to most shellfish biologically, are gen as a ball).

Following a ham radio signal, he crash-landed into the garage of the Tanners, a suburbSuburbs are inhabited districts located either on the outer rim of a city or outside the official limits of a city (the term varies from country to country), or the outer elements of a conurbation. The form of the word may tempt one to think that "suburb"an middle-class family including the social worker Willie (Max Wright), his wife Kate (Anne Schedeen), their children Lynn (Andrea Elson), Brian (Benji Gregory) and Lucky (a cat).

Unsure what to do, the Tanners take Shumway into their home and hide him from NASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA (established 1958) is the government agency responsible for the United States of America's space program and long-term general aerospace research. A civilian organization, it conducts (or oversees) re, the militaryMilitary (from latin militarius miles "soldier") as an adjective describes anything related to soldiers and warfare. Used as a noun, it is equivalent to Armed force. See also Armed force Martial art Militaria Military history Military rule Military by cou, and their nosy neighbors until he could repair his spacecraft. He generally hid in the kitchen. It was eventually revealed that Melmac was destroyed in a nuclear war, and that Shumway was not only homeless, but also, to the best of his knowledge, the last survivor of both his civilisation and his species). He became a permanent member of the family, although his culture shockCulture shock is a term used to describe the anxiety and feelings (of surprise, disorientation, confusion, etc. felt by an individual caused by coming into contact with an entirely different environment, such as a different country. It often relates to th, survivor's guiltGuilt is a concept used in various ways in various contexts. In psychology and ordinary language, guilt is simply a negative affective state in which one experiences regret at having done something one believes one "should not" have done. Guilt and its ca, and general boredom, despair, and loneliness frequently caused difficulty for the Tanners.

The original series spans over four seasons and 102 episodes. The name of every episode is also a name of a song that is relevant to the episode's plot.