(The counter was broken, so I removed it. Jan. 30, 1998)
ALF is my most favorite TV program. ALF came from the Planet Melmac and lives with Tanners. He is not a dog! He is an alien!
*Unfortunately, ALF has just ended in Japan today--April 4, 1997.
Unfortunately, ALF was over years ago in the States, I hear. Here in Japan, ALF has returned! The second (or third?) run of ALF is now on in Japan. If you love ALF strongly enough, why don't you move to Japan? :-)
So, let's get going!
What is ALF?
He is from the Planet Melmac. So he is Melmacian. In the TV show he is now 232 years old (in Japanese dubbing, he is still 231 years old). He is old enough, but still childish, and very very reckless. He is clumsy because of his thick fingers. On top of that he is so careless. So it's natural he always breaks things.
He has eight stomachs. I don't know from that or not, he is greedy. He eats everything but raw spinach and Jell-O pumpkin. He like cats especially. But he seems eats cats litte on Earth.
Willie and his family let such an alien live with them, keep him from finding others, take care of him and a lot of troubles.
Willie, you are the man!
Kate Tanner
The wife of the Tanners. At first, she had so hated Alf.
She is the one who could scare Alf most.
Lynn Tanner
The daughter of Tanners. If I remember correctly, she was colleage student at the first season. But in the last episode of second season (#52 Varsity Drag), she was going to attend the college... Well, let's forget it.
At the beginning, she wore bridges on her teeth (I wonder if this is right English), now she became so beautiful, didn't she? (In Japan, the third season now)
She is called Linnie sometimes.
Brian Tanner
The son of the Tanners. He is an elementary school pupil.
He is called Bri and B (Bee?) sometimes.
Lucky
The Tanners' pet cat.
At first, Alf eagerd to eat Lucky. But now Alf has become the family member, so he'll never try to eat him.
Raquel Ocmonek
The wife of the Ocmoneks. She's pushier than her husband. She's a gossip. She's always meddling in others' affairs, peeping into others' house. So it's the natural course of events that she witnessed Alf a few times, isn't it? Of course Alf managed to handle it very well.
She tend to be obsessed with a wrong idea, and is easily to get hysterical, so anyone can't stop her. Raquel and Trevor often have a quarrel, but they really love deeply each other. (What a couple!)
Jake Ocmonek
The nephew of Trevor. He lives with the Ocmoneks because his father is doing time. He had spent the live with bunch of itinerant Ocmonics, and he has finally settled himselfe in the Ocmoneks.
He happened to see Alf in the first day of the Ocmoneks. He pretends to be bad guy, but he's really nice actually, so that he keeps from telling anyone about Alf.
He also is the master of repair. He can fix anything, so Alf owes him much.
Jody
She is a blind lady. When she appeared in radio counseling program, Alf called her up and they became know each other. She can't see Alf, so she still believes that Alf is a human being.
When they demolished her apartment, Jody had been staying the Tanners for a while.
Larry
Larry is a friend of Willie. He is a shrink. When Alf once got worse, Willie consulted him.
Larry also cured Alf when he got a spilt personality.
Rhonda
Alf's girlfriend. Melmacian. Alf waited seventeen years before he asked her out. The day after that the planet Melmac exploded.
Alf once succeeded in contacting with Ronda and had her pick him up on earth. It was on Brian's birthday. Alf couldn't apart from the Tanners so he broke the promise that he was waiting on the roof. He's a realy family member, isn't it?
