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• Actors: Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros, Abraham Verduzco, Paul Fusco, Max Wright, Anne Schedeen
• Directors: Paul Fusco, Burt Brinckerhoff, Gary Shimokawa, Howard Storm, Nick Havinga
• Writers: Al Jean, Alicia Marie Schudt
• Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: May 30, 2006
• Run Time: 550 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (38 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000EWBKP8
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,281 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Product Description
On September 22, 1986, a lovable alien named Alf crashed his spacehip into the home of the unsespecting Tanner family. For the next four years, Alf elusively avoided houseguests, chased the family cat, ate everything in sight, and broke anything of value....but the Tanners always loved the old ALFer.

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Enough Syndication!, June 23, 2006

By	Jesse Ross (San Francisco) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have been very tolerant with previous ALF releases. They have all contained syndicated episodes. I didn't care so much about the first season, because I just figured that since the show was no longer on TV, the DVDs were the only way to see the show.

Then the second season came out, again in syndication. I bought it because the show still was not on the air. Then I saw something shocking. During one of the episodes in the second season, there was music substituted, and the episode was shorter than I'd seen on TV Land. That was downright unacceptable.

So now we're at season three. Syndicated episodes again. This time one episode ran for under 19 minutes! I love ALF, and hate to see him get treated this way.

The episodes are all fantastic, and I'm still happy to own the DVDs, but the syndication thing has got to stop.

Unfortunately, this seems to be a recurring pattern with TV show box sets. The first season sets of both Roseanne and The Cosby Show were released in syndicated form. No studio in the world would ever dream of releasing edited movies, so why would so many want to release edited TV series? It's just wrong.

Season four will be out in September, or so I hear. I will probably buy it just to complete the set.

44 of 50 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great TV show Horrible DVD release, April 8, 2006

By	Ted M. "Ted M." (Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Again, Lionsgate plans to release the episodes in their syndicated format despite the anguish of longtime ALF fans such as myself. Will they ever learn?

The episodes synopeses are:

Stop in the Name of Love
Lynn goes on a date at a drive in theater but Alf is unknowingly in the car.

Stairway to Heaven
Alf has a dream that his guardian angel shows him an alternate life where he is head of a cosmetics company.

Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Trevor ochmonk is kicked out of his house by his wife and stays with the Tanners

Tonight, Tonight
Alf Hosts the Tonight Show.

Promises, Promises
ALf and Lynn get in a fight when he tells Kate her parents that she is continuing to date a man they don't approve of.

Turkey in the Straw
The Tanners celebrate Thanksgiving with the Ochmoneks

Changes
Kate gets a job which is in jeapordy when she discovers she is pregnant.

My Back Pages
Willie has a dream that Alf was his roomate in college.

Alone Again, Naturally
After reading a tabloid, Alf thinks his cousin Blinky is living on Earth in Barstow.

Do You Believe In Magic
Alf gets a magician's kit and tries to perform tricks for the Tanners.

Hide Away
Willie's coworker spends the night at their home and he is being chased by some gangsters.

Fight Back
An uncreupulous auto mechanic is caught trying to gyp the Tanners.

Suspicious Minds
Alf thinks that a neighbor is Elvis Presley

Baby Love
A baby shower is held in anticipation for the Kate's baby

Running Scared
Alf gets a phone call from someone claiming he knows that Alf is an alien and tries to blackmail him.

Standing in the Shadows of Love
Jakes has a crush on a girl at school and Alf writes letters to her on Jakes behalf

Superstition
Alf accidentally burns a history book which causes bad luck on Melmac and he starts having bad luck

Torn Between Two Lovers
Lynn's boyfriend us unable to take her to a school dance so she invites someone else and her boyfriend gets jealous,

Funeral For a Friend
Alf gets an ant farm but accidentally kills them by leaving then on a windosill.

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Alf, Jake, and Brian camp out in the backyard

Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
Jake's mother visits but Jake is unhappy that this happens. When she steals a cameo brooch from Kate, Jake confronts her.

Like an Old Time Movie
Alf and Jake write a script for a silent film starring the Tanner family

Shake, Rattle & Roll
An earthquake hits and Alf then worries about other disasters that might harm him

Having My Baby
Alf is anxious to help Kate with the birth of her baby.

The show is good but is unfortunate that edited versions of the episodes are being released.

15 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars No good, April 7, 2006

By	Steen Kærsgaard (Copenhagen, Denmark) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I do not want cut-up versions like these - do the job with respect for Alf and the customers and release the original full versions.