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Silly to paint Alf as “racist” over jokes made 40 years ago by a puppeteer during bloopers. Like, that one last bit made this entire video lose credibility. Get a grip.
@@FactsVerse I always wondered if max felt he was too good for star in Alf ? It across in his acting. He always seemed angry and aggressive. It was supposed to be a light hearted, funny tv show.
Years after the show ended, Max Wright agreed to speak on the subject during an interview. While he claimed that he never changed his mind about hating working on this show, about which he was very vocal both during and after filming it, he admitted that got huge satisfaction from receiving tons of fan mail telling how much joy the show has brought to so many people. He also said that he held no grudge against any of the other cast members, most of whom he got along well, during filming.
That's good to know, he was great on the show, it's a shame the last few years of his life were really bad for him, with the lymphoma, I wish someone from the show would have atleast tried to reach out and help him, if there was no bad blood between anyone he worked with, I don't understand why someone didn't try to help him.
@@adamsamuel8593 Good point. We would probably end up with a society full of little self identifying ALF wannabe's running around anyway. Better to stick to our memories and reruns.
Max Wright was the heart and soul of this show. Sure, Alf was the main star, but Willy was the one that kept sanity in the family and kept the family together.
I loved this show.... It's too bad that the people on it were having such a terrible time..... Their perseverance gave us a gem!!!! "Dinosaurs" was JUST AMAZING to watch, with EXCELLENT writing, sadly so short lived.
Max Wright as ALF's foil was as equal to the success of the series as ALF himself. While I was sorry to hear shooting was so rough on the cast, I loved the show as a kid and still laugh the reruns today
The fact that Max performed perfectly on this show and known fact that he hated working on this show, about which he was very vocal both during and after working on the show, shows what an amazing actor and consumate professional he was. In the years leading up to his death, he finally agreed to speak about this show, after avoiding giving interviews about it for many years. While he claimed that he never changed his mind about hating working on this show, he admitted that he got huge personal satisfaction from receiving tons of fan mail telling him how much joy and happiness this show has brought to so many people. Also, when asked if he would ever consider appearing on possible sequel or reboot of ALF, Wright never gave a definite answer, always simply saying that the times have changed. With modern technologies, there is no doubt that doing such show would be alot easier work than the original was.
Alf was played by the doll (actually, at least two of them, which were not identical, and it was often easy to tell them apart even in same scene) in all the shots in which Alf was shown from waist up, as the puppet didn't have legs as it was moved around on hidraulics, which is about 99% of the shots, for the shots in which Alf's entire body was seen, he was actually played by Hungarian actor Michu Meszaros. Being just 2 9 tall, he wore an Alf costume. However, due to having problems with overheating in the costume and the already high costs of the show, Alf was shown full body only when it was absolutely neccessary.
The easiest way to guess when it was Meszaros in costume or it was a puppet is by simply looking at the size of the head. Puppet head is noticably alot larger then the costume head.
I have tried to explain this show to my daughter and I get the thousand mile stare. I tried to tell her it was really funny and ALF had some great lines but all she could imagine was a puppet show. She’s an adult now, but I need to find an ALF episode and make her watch it with me….. So she can roll her eyes in person and tell me how weird it is. But I will always contend that ALF was damn funny.
one of the few programs (including Frasier) that made me laugh out loud. I also liked 3rd Rock From the Sun, too. I think some people feel that if something can make you laugh, you're somewhow vulnerable because of it. Sad.
My 2nd birthday (1987) was all ALF themed. The paper plates, streamers, balloons, banners, and cake…it was awesome. For how many 80s tv show reboots there are; I wonder why they haven’t done ALF….Then again, it would have to be Paul Fusco doing the voice…hmm At least max wrights DUI legal issues, and his disdain for being on the set as he hated it, and he’s doing the whole being dead thing.. Alright sweet babies, you’re the ones who’re out of this world!!
Viewing a program like "Alf," on TV, it's easy to just watch and not even think how much work goes into a sitcom with a "puppet." It probably would be a challenging feat for the other actors.
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The set was on risers. They needed channels for the puppeteers to move around. The puppet was worked from below. The other actors had to be so careful to not fall off the floor into a pit. It was complicated to operate Alf. I think the actors did great acting with Alf to make him appear real.
They did an episode once in Season 3 or 4 where Alf develops an addiction to consuming cotton. At one point he begins to laugh hysterically and then going through withdrawals with hallucinating people singing "New York, New York."
I'm pretty sure those "special episodes" were compulsory during the '80s as pretty much every series did at least one. Most of them didn't work though. I think You Can't Do That On Television may have been the only one to actually pull it off in a way that kids got.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade What's funny is I think they were mocking the "very special episode" format which was terrible in so many ways especially since there was always a laugh track which made it more awkward. Arnold and Dudley are being preyed on by the perv bicycle shop owner. Let's make some jokes.
There was another sci-fi sitcom on tv around the same time as Alf, called ‘Small Wonder’ about a little girl who was actually a robot who lived with a family after being designed and built by her ‘dad’. It was kinda like Alf, only less off the wall. In a scene in the very first episode, Alf flushes a toilet and says “… interesting concept “ If you stop and think about it, Alf was a reboot of another classic sci-fi sitcom, My Favorite Martian…. It was sad to hear of Max’s passing, and as much as he hated working on the show, it still was fun to watch.
@@FactsVerse The one that was most memorable to me was when Alf and Jake were writing a their own silent movie after Alf watched Charlie Chaplin and Rudolph Valentino movies!
Once again, the television industry has failed to protect its actors, especially with one after another dying at a young age, especially Benji Gregory, the actor who played Brian Tanner on ALF. With one actor after another dying prematurely, defined as deaths before age 65, perhaps now is the time for the entertainment industry to make life skills training mandatory for anyone designated as a "Public Figure", meaning not just celebrity athletes or actors, but also high profile entrepreneurs, politicians, celebrity tradespeople (such as Gordon Ramsay or Mike Holmes), news reporters and anchors, writers, dancers, singers, celebrity musicians, or anyone exposed to frequent limelight.
I was about 3 yrs older than the daughter on the show when it aired. I never watched thinking it was going to be stupid or for little kids. Plus seeing all the alf dolls at stores I assumed it was a kids show. But recently I have seen it on TV. Watching it for 1st time all these yrs later and I was surprised. It was a pretty good show. Funny and offbeat. Max Wright is the best. His reactions etc are quite funny.
Now you guys need to do a piece on how Richard Dawson thumbed his nose at Match Game by leaving the same way Max Wright did with this......also research the bitter separation he and Gene Rayburn had post Match Game....would be a good post........
I loved watching ALF when I was kid with my Family it was really Great Sitcom ALF was really Funny and made me laugh. What ever they did to made this Show so good I loved it! I didn't know Max Wright couldn't stand working with the ALF Puppet because of Strenuous demands, I can see why he "NEVER" said Goodbye to anybody. George EDWARD MAXWELL WRIGHT AUGUST 2, 1943 - JUNE 26, 2019 75 YEAR'S OLD R.I.P. MAX WRIGHT FLY HIGH WITH ANGEL'S 💐😇👼🙏💔🥀🕯️🕊️💜✝️.
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don't compare the late MsANGELO to a alien puppet show some fn respect. compare alf to trump or reagan aren't those 2pos national treasures in your eyes?
The "racist" bit (which occurred between takes) is actually from an episode of the show L.A. Law which featured a kid who had Tourette's Syndrome (Tourette's manifests with involuntary bodily ticks and uncontrollable verbal outbursts that are often of a vulgar or profane nature). The actor who "played" ALF was mimicking that episode. Should he have used the n word? Probably not. But it's still not the same as actually being a racist. Words alone cannot determine whether one is a racist or not. The motivation and intention behind the words are needed to know that.
Alf was a great show, I still watch it all the time. In these Crazy days of 2023 we could really use Gordon Shumway back in our lives...Alf ALWAYS brings a smile to my face 😇😎😜💯💯💯
Hahaha! I had a girlfriend that was more than 2 years younger than me and I once said something about the “Valley Girls” and she looked at me like I had 3 heads. 😅 I told her to Google it. 🤦🏾♂️😂
Wright appeared in an episode of "Friends" as the owner of the "Central Perk" and wanted Rachel to tell Phoebe that they no longer need a musician playing at the cafe.
max was a classicly trained theater actor, when he did the first season he thought it would just be that, but then it became popular and he was under contract and had no choice. from what I've heard thanks to dean Camron the script when written had everyone having jokes but then paul Fusco would get a hold of it and by the end of the week all the jokes would go to alf. as an actor that must have been rather infuriating also paul and max did not get along, in fact, the episode with the dummy alf had based on Fusco stemmed from their issues. max also battled with drug and alcohol addiction which was probably made worst by many of the issues during the making of the series.
Ah, don't you just love the 1980's? It was the only decade that managed to have a fashion bypass operation....especially with the padded shoulders on ALL of the women's clothing - including their sweaters - and where everyone's hairdos were noticeable from outer space. Big hair and mullets for days - maybe that's what Alf homed in on when he came to planet Earth, wasn't it?
The 80s had some excellent fashion that still influences us today. I think that a lot of people only see references from bad 80s fashion, which isn’t the scope of what the 80s brought forth. The designs of Mugler, Claude Montana, Issey Miyake, Gaultier and Chanel were outstanding in the 80s. If you ever get bored (or are interested), look of fashion shows from these designers in the 80s.
Mullets as I remember them didn't show up until 1989 90 unless it was only an American phenomenon. So season 4 the end of Alf production they would have just been appearing. Things were constantly changing through that oh so brief decade.
Have just ended watching the last episode on HBO. Have not seen since the show originaly was shown. I must say, I even love it more now. It MUST come back in any form. I had to catch up and read about the actors. Sad to see Max dead. The crack thing, true? All the best from Sweden 🇸🇪
One of the rules Paul Fusco insisted the cast and crew follow was NEVER referring to ALF as a puppet. He was to be treated as a living breathing member of the cast at all times. It seemed ridiculous at the time however I think it is the reason the human actors were able to have on screen chemistry with ALF. From that point of view Paul doesn't seem like the delusional mad man I'm sure many people working on the show thought he was. Unlike Jim Henson who allowed himself to be seen many times puppeteering Kermit during public appearances, Paul never allowed himself to be seen puppeteering ALF.
He's one puppet, the Muppet Show went on for decades and it has tonnes of puppets. Mando and Grogu make it work. Many say, they resented ALF getting all the jokes. It's his show
I LOVE ALF!!!! It should be relived especially when technology has advanced soooo MUCH to make it easier and better PLEASE PLEASE Won't someone PLEASE bring it back. I still watch this EVERYDAY!! I've downloaded all the episodes I didn't even watch it when it was on. ( thought it was corney) How many people that you wouldn't watch but now LOVE it!!!! Reruns are so much better anyway
People didn't know that Alf was a puppet? Seriously? I wasn't even 10 yet and I knew it was a puppet. I mean there were tons of puppets on TV back then.
Did anyone else besides max and Ray Combs (Family Feud) quickly leave the final episode without saying goodbye in this kind of way? And I wonder if some sort of ALF: The Next Generation could work with Lynn and/or Brian grown up with their own kids?
Hmmmmmm I disagree...but then Alf was Alf....then why was the muppet shows so great...Max ego was that he didnt like not being the number one on the show...
I think it should be noted that while ALF lasted four seasons, the show had completely fallen off the public's radar within the first two years. ALF was everywhere with merchandising, a spin-off cartoon and even spots on Hollywood Squares and then, seemingly overnight, he just wasn't. The show still had enough popularity for the network to try to squeeze a third season out of it, but by the fourth, nobody was watching. There was even a big TV-movie special finale guest starring Martin Sheen that the network didn't even bother airing until years later. So Max Wright was working long hours on a show that he hated and felt could possibly be ruining his career and nobody was even watching it anymore. And he might have even realized that the fad was so dead, there wasn't much hope for reruns in syndication and he wasn't going to be making any royalty checks of it (which might've been a major reason why he signed on). So maybe Wright could have been more polite, but if he was completely miserable doing the show at that point, it's understandable if he wanted to just get out of there. And the special not being shown until years later actually gave ALF one of the most cold-blooded endings in family television history. The final image of the series proper had ALF surrounded by government agents. The lovable alien from Melmac was captured! The end! I still feel bad for the few people still loyally invested in the show, it'd be like if the MCU had just ended with Infinity War! Thanks for reading all of this! I didn't realize how TL;DR this got until I posted the comment.
In retrospect, ALF is a classic. The writing and acting by Fusco and Wright, respectively, was supurb. Sadly, Max was a troubled man and I doubt it had little to do with cheeky aliens.
Dark behind-the-scenes humor (which is all that was as far as I'm concerned) aside, "Alf" is probably the most effective statement AGAINST racism, or, "at least", against xenophobia, one could possibly imagine. As oppposed to E.T. which comes across as annoyingly preachy in that respect by comparison, they made the alien relatable by giving him just as many flaws (while also the ability to redeem himself even if he really screwed up) as they would a human character...
He probably grew up 10 or 15 years more of that he have at the time alf were broadcasting because after the show end up he did looks too old so i can't even imagine how hard and stressesfuly was to him r.i.p max thank you for make me laugh watching you and the rest of the cast too.
In reality, when Max Wright leaving without saying goodbye happened, nobody knew that it was the end of the show. The negotiations for another season were still going on and, according to producers, the entire cast, including Wright, would have to return if another season as their contracts stipulated it. Therefore, while his actions sybolically marked the end of ALF, in reality even he didn't know it was a definite end of the show.
I think the show also was too edgy to be on kids platforms (Alf hates the mother of character Ann played to the point of wishing death upon her many times). In the same episode he also takes up betting on horse races, and getting into debt where a mobster comes in and implies bad things will happen if they don't pay up before being sucked up into an MlM selling beauty products. Some truly not kid friendly stuff. Also the whole Alf walking in on her taking a shower with just a towel around her refusing to leave was pretty weird for an intro sequence for a show meant for children. I'm guessing that probably turned off some other companies from wanting the show in their networks.
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Well my age limit is off so I should see all videos
Yeah, Max Wright's later behavior is definitely not suitable for all ages.
RIP Max Wright.
Silly to paint Alf as “racist” over jokes made 40 years ago by a puppeteer during bloopers. Like, that one last bit made this entire video lose credibility. Get a grip.
@@FactsVerse I always wondered if max felt he was too good for star in Alf ? It across in his acting. He always seemed angry and aggressive. It was supposed to be a light hearted, funny tv show.
Years after the show ended, Max Wright agreed to speak on the subject during an interview. While he claimed that he never changed his mind about hating working on this show, about which he was very vocal both during and after filming it, he admitted that got huge satisfaction from receiving tons of fan mail telling how much joy the show has brought to so many people. He also said that he held no grudge against any of the other cast members, most of whom he got along well, during filming.
That's good to know, he was great on the show, it's a shame the last few years of his life were really bad for him, with the lymphoma, I wish someone from the show would have atleast tried to reach out and help him, if there was no bad blood between anyone he worked with, I don't understand why someone didn't try to help him.
He didnt mind cashing his paychecks.
@@mikefagan6840 Shut up, lunchpail. Quit being a jealous Johnny punch clock douche.
@@Mrd9960 Maybe they lost contact with him.
I understand how the cast must have felt but Alf is one of the best sitcoms ever. I wouldn't mind Alf making a comeback.
@@user-ih4fd9sf8x I hope so but for goodness sake don't make it woke or forget it.
@@chickey333 agreed
The talk show thing flopped. 🤓😎✌🏻
@@chickey333 all what they bring back becomes woke so best they don't.
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Good point. We would probably end up with a society full of little self identifying ALF wannabe's running around anyway. Better to stick to our memories and reruns.
This is a big part of my childhood. I have all episodes on DVD. I am now 47 but whenever I see an episode I am ten years old again 😂
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Ditto 🤷♂️ I'm 49 and I still watch Alf all the time. I really miss Gordon Shumway 😎😇🤔👀💪💪💚👌💎💯💯💯
Me too 🤣
Max Wright was a very good actor.
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He had the best chemistry with Alf. He was an amazing actor.
I completely and utterly disagree... but, what do I know...
RIP max Wright
May Max find peace ❣
Max Wright was the heart and soul of this show. Sure, Alf was the main star, but Willy was the one that kept sanity in the family and kept the family together.
I always think the scenes between Willy and Alf were touching! Max did a great job!
The 80's was a magical time, so many great times then and I loved watching Alf
Me too 😊
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I loved that show too. Alf had the perfect amount of snark. Oh, and I also thought the daughter was a total hottie back then.
As were the 90s. Both run circles around today.
I loved this show.... It's too bad that the people on it were having such a terrible time.....
Their perseverance gave us a gem!!!!
"Dinosaurs" was JUST AMAZING to watch, with EXCELLENT writing, sadly so short lived.
Alf was Alf. You liked it or not.
Rip Ben! Thank you for the memories! 😥
I wish they would bring the show back!
We feel the same way! ALF is definitely something else. If we may ask, which episode is your favorite?
@@FactsVerse it's very hard to choose they are so many
Its on Pluto Tv. I watch it every morning.
Max Wright as ALF's foil was as equal to the success of the series as ALF himself. While I was sorry to hear shooting was so rough on the cast, I loved the show as a kid and still laugh the reruns today
The fact that Max performed perfectly on this show and known fact that he hated working on this show, about which he was very vocal both during and after working on the show, shows what an amazing actor and consumate professional he was.
In the years leading up to his death, he finally agreed to speak about this show, after avoiding giving interviews about it for many years. While he claimed that he never changed his mind about hating working on this show, he admitted that he got huge personal satisfaction from receiving tons of fan mail telling him how much joy and happiness this show has brought to so many people.
Also, when asked if he would ever consider appearing on possible sequel or reboot of ALF, Wright never gave a definite answer, always simply saying that the times have changed. With modern technologies, there is no doubt that doing such show would be alot easier work than the original was.
ALF isn’t science fiction for gods sake.
The relationship between Alf and Willy was great!
I loved the show and Alf!
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Benji Gregory played Brian.
That was merely his stage name, but you’re right.
Unfortunately he is dead now.
@@mucro849Yeah, just this last week.
@@mucro849 sad to hear. Too young.
Alf was played by the doll (actually, at least two of them, which were not identical, and it was often easy to tell them apart even in same scene) in all the shots in which Alf was shown from waist up, as the puppet didn't have legs as it was moved around on hidraulics, which is about 99% of the shots, for the shots in which Alf's entire body was seen, he was actually played by Hungarian actor Michu Meszaros. Being just 2 9 tall, he wore an Alf costume. However, due to having problems with overheating in the costume and the already high costs of the show, Alf was shown full body only when it was absolutely neccessary.
The easiest way to guess when it was Meszaros in costume or it was a puppet is by simply looking at the size of the head. Puppet head is noticably alot larger then the costume head.
"detailed enough to follow the audience".... do people think we actually didn't know he was a puppet?? LMAO!!
I have tried to explain this show to my daughter and I get the thousand mile stare. I tried to tell her it was really funny and ALF had some great lines but all she could imagine was a puppet show. She’s an adult now, but I need to find an ALF episode and make her watch it with me….. So she can roll her eyes in person and tell me how weird it is. But I will always contend that ALF was damn funny.
Peacocl TV has it. I also found it on Tubi TV.
@@Sheila3444 Thanks. She lives in a different state but the next time I visit she’s watchin it. 🙂.
I liked ALF too.The 80s tv shows were so different than todays programs.
one of the few programs (including Frasier) that made me laugh out loud. I also liked 3rd Rock From the Sun, too. I think some people feel that if something can make you laugh, you're somewhow vulnerable because of it. Sad.
what ever they did to make this show it was good i loved it
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Gordon Schumway was brilliant!!
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I loved that show as so did so many
My 2nd birthday (1987) was all ALF themed. The paper plates, streamers, balloons, banners, and cake…it was awesome.
For how many 80s tv show reboots there are; I wonder why they haven’t done ALF….Then again, it would have to be Paul Fusco doing the voice…hmm
At least max wrights DUI legal issues, and his disdain for being on the set as he hated it, and he’s doing the whole being dead thing..
Alright sweet babies, you’re the ones who’re out of this world!!
Viewing a program like "Alf," on TV, it's easy to just watch and not even think how much work goes into a sitcom with a "puppet." It probably would be a challenging feat for the other actors.
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The set was on risers. They needed channels for the puppeteers to move around. The puppet was worked from below. The other actors had to be so careful to not fall off the floor into a pit. It was complicated to operate Alf. I think the actors did great acting with Alf to make him appear real.
Benji just passed away yesterday from heat stroke. He was just 46 yrs old.
They did an episode once in Season 3 or 4 where Alf develops an addiction to consuming cotton. At one point he begins to laugh hysterically and then going through withdrawals with hallucinating people singing "New York, New York."
I'm pretty sure those "special episodes" were compulsory during the '80s as pretty much every series did at least one. Most of them didn't work though. I think You Can't Do That On Television may have been the only one to actually pull it off in a way that kids got.
@@SmallSpoonBrigade What's funny is I think they were mocking the "very special episode" format which was terrible in so many ways especially since there was always a laugh track which made it more awkward. Arnold and Dudley are being preyed on by the perv bicycle shop owner. Let's make some jokes.
He hated working on the series yet never quit. I bet he didn't hate the money he made.
Max Wright was under contract like the rest of them more then likely they could not quit until the studio decided the show must end.
Also, you don't just quit a job because you hate it.
Sometimes you need to stick to things.
Yeah money talks 😊
Benji (Hertzberg) Gregory was found dead with his dog in a car in Arizona last month :( RIP
Sad news. Thanks for sharing this info about Benji. May he find peace 😥
I still love watching reruns. Cracks me up .
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There was another sci-fi sitcom on tv around the same time as Alf, called ‘Small Wonder’ about a little girl who was actually a robot who lived with a family after being designed and built by her ‘dad’.
It was kinda like Alf, only less off the wall. In a scene in the very first episode, Alf flushes a toilet and says “… interesting concept “
If you stop and think about it, Alf was a reboot of another classic sci-fi sitcom, My Favorite Martian….
It was sad to hear of Max’s passing, and as much as he hated working on the show, it still was fun to watch.
Interesting, thank you for sharing this information about ALF! Which episode is the most memorable for you?
@@FactsVerse The one that was most memorable to me was when Alf and Jake were writing a their own silent movie after Alf watched Charlie Chaplin and Rudolph Valentino movies!
I remember that show.
To this day, one of my favorite sitcoms of all times. Props to everyone who made it work (y)
Loved this show as a kids
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Loved them all,,
Once again, the television industry has failed to protect its actors, especially with one after another dying at a young age, especially Benji Gregory, the actor who played Brian Tanner on ALF.
With one actor after another dying prematurely, defined as deaths before age 65, perhaps now is the time for the entertainment industry to make life skills training mandatory for anyone designated as a "Public Figure", meaning not just celebrity athletes or actors, but also high profile entrepreneurs, politicians, celebrity tradespeople (such as Gordon Ramsay or Mike Holmes), news reporters and anchors, writers, dancers, singers, celebrity musicians, or anyone exposed to frequent limelight.
I think I'll have a BLT, Bacon, Lucky and Tomato lol
Most surprising was that it was on the air 4 seasons!
I was about 3 yrs older than the daughter on the show when it aired. I never watched thinking it was going to be stupid or for little kids. Plus seeing all the alf dolls at stores I assumed it was a kids show. But recently I have seen it on TV. Watching it for 1st time all these yrs later and I was surprised. It was a pretty good show. Funny and offbeat. Max Wright is the best. His reactions etc are quite funny.
Now you guys need to do a piece on how Richard Dawson thumbed his nose at Match Game by leaving the same way Max Wright did with this......also research the bitter separation he and Gene Rayburn had post Match Game....would be a good post........
Richard Dawson was great as the villian in the Arnie movie "The Running Man".
He never left ALF, he was there till the last episode where Alf got caught by NASA.
Apparently not the last scene they shot.
I loved watching ALF when I was kid with my Family it was really Great Sitcom ALF was really Funny and made me laugh. What ever they did to made this Show so good I loved it! I didn't know Max Wright couldn't stand working with the ALF Puppet because of Strenuous demands, I can see why he "NEVER" said Goodbye to anybody. George EDWARD MAXWELL WRIGHT AUGUST 2, 1943 - JUNE 26, 2019 75 YEAR'S OLD R.I.P. MAX WRIGHT FLY HIGH WITH ANGEL'S 💐😇👼🙏💔🥀🕯️🕊️💜✝️.
Just like Maya Angelou, Alf is a national treasure.
Alf was a lovable character. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
I love Alf watch him anytime I can catch a rerun love to all
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don't compare the late MsANGELO to a alien puppet show some fn respect. compare alf to trump or reagan aren't those 2pos national treasures in your eyes?
The "racist" bit (which occurred between takes) is actually from an episode of the show L.A. Law which featured a kid who had Tourette's Syndrome (Tourette's manifests with involuntary bodily ticks and uncontrollable verbal outbursts that are often of a vulgar or profane nature). The actor who "played" ALF was mimicking that episode. Should he have used the n word? Probably not. But it's still not the same as actually being a racist. Words alone cannot determine whether one is a racist or not. The motivation and intention behind the words are needed to know that.
that's something this society has been indoctrinated not to know. they're brainwashed to label people on the spot with no real thoughts.
Alf was a great show, I still watch it all the time. In these Crazy days of 2023 we could really use Gordon Shumway back in our lives...Alf ALWAYS brings a smile to my face 😇😎😜💯💯💯
Always wondered this thanks for sharing
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Rip max
I was trying to explain this show to my fiance .... She's 6 yrs younger than me and made me feel so old while trying to explain the show to her🤣🤣😅
Tubi is a free tv service that has Alf
Hahaha! I had a girlfriend that was more than 2 years younger than me and I once said something about the “Valley Girls” and she looked at me like I had 3 heads. 😅
I told her to Google it. 🤦🏾♂️😂
@@artyg4716 🤣🤣
@@Sheila3444 gonna look into it
@@artyg4716 now I fell like binging all 80s and 90s flix 💪🏿
Interesting thanks for sharing
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Max Wright, ‘Alf’ Star and Veteran Actor, Dead at 75
Wright appeared in an episode of "Friends" as the owner of the "Central Perk" and wanted Rachel to tell Phoebe that they no longer need a musician playing at the cafe.
He had to go help Gunther run Central Perk.😂
How can a grown up man possibly be jealous of a puppet ?
Nonsense.
I don't understand how Jim Henson can build an entire empire on puppets and animatronics but this guy couldn't even stand one.
Benji Gregory passed away in 2024, from exhaustion and from heat stroke aged 47. After the demise of Alf, Benji served in the US Navy.
max was a classicly trained theater actor, when he did the first season he thought it would just be that, but then it became popular and he was under contract and had no choice. from what I've heard thanks to dean Camron the script when written had everyone having jokes but then paul Fusco would get a hold of it and by the end of the week all the jokes would go to alf. as an actor that must have been rather infuriating also paul and max did not get along, in fact, the episode with the dummy alf had based on Fusco stemmed from their issues. max also battled with drug and alcohol addiction which was probably made worst by many of the issues during the making of the series.
Wonderful funny show...great actors..Even Alf malf.
it was the bloopers they were super funny
Well they agreed to do the show. What did they expect ? Never missed a show. Have the entire series on dvd
Not getting the 5th season is still a little sad 😢
It was a job. When the job is over, what's left to be said?
Ah, don't you just love the 1980's? It was the only decade that managed to have a fashion bypass operation....especially with the padded shoulders on ALL of the women's clothing - including their sweaters - and where everyone's hairdos were noticeable from outer space. Big hair and mullets for days - maybe that's what Alf homed in on when he came to planet Earth, wasn't it?
I dunno, I don't think people have looked normal since like the '50s or so.
The 80s had some excellent fashion that still influences us today. I think that a lot of people only see references from bad 80s fashion, which isn’t the scope of what the 80s brought forth.
The designs of Mugler, Claude Montana, Issey Miyake, Gaultier and Chanel were outstanding in the 80s. If you ever get bored (or are interested), look of fashion shows from these designers in the 80s.
Mullets as I remember them didn't show up until 1989 90 unless it was only an American phenomenon. So season 4 the end of Alf production they would have just been appearing.
Things were constantly changing through that oh so brief decade.
Have just ended watching the last episode on HBO. Have not seen since the show originaly was shown. I must say, I even love it more now. It MUST come back in any form. I had to catch up and read about the actors. Sad to see Max dead. The crack thing, true?
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the first two seasons of alf were really good by the 3rd and 4th i think they were all getting tired of each other
Technically there WAS an actor in the ALF/Gordon Shumway costume... because ALF had both a puppet & a costume to represent the character on set
One of the most disappointing endings to a series in TV history
They finished it. They made a part 2
@@noname-nobody1247 Still garbage. No laughs. Did a 180° into a f'n x-files drama lol
I still watch it most nights at 1am on Laff channel ❤😀
One of the rules Paul Fusco insisted the cast and crew follow was NEVER referring to ALF as a puppet. He was to be treated as a living breathing member of the cast at all times. It seemed ridiculous at the time however I think it is the reason the human actors were able to have on screen chemistry with ALF. From that point of view Paul doesn't seem like the delusional mad man I'm sure many people working on the show thought he was. Unlike Jim Henson who allowed himself to be seen many times puppeteering Kermit during public appearances, Paul never allowed himself to be seen puppeteering ALF.
I still really love Alf, but I can watch it from a different perspective if I want to now
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He's one puppet, the Muppet Show went on for decades and it has tonnes of puppets. Mando and Grogu make it work. Many say, they resented ALF getting all the jokes. It's his show
Max was great in The Norm Show too.
I always assumed it was a short person in a costume. That would have been easier? Even if they had to do a voice over.
Actually, the long shots of ALF were done with someone in a suit. However, anything from the waist up, it was a puppet.
This video didn't really say much more other than max left without saying goodbye
I loved Alf!!!!
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Me TOO.Brings back a lot of nostalgia.
Playing race card again ? Grow up.
that's what society has been trained to do🤦🏽♂️
I LOVE ALF!!!! It should be relived especially when technology has advanced soooo MUCH to make it easier and better PLEASE PLEASE Won't someone PLEASE bring it back. I still watch this EVERYDAY!! I've downloaded all the episodes I didn't even watch it when it was on. ( thought it was corney) How many people that you wouldn't watch but now LOVE it!!!! Reruns are so much better anyway
People didn't know that Alf was a puppet? Seriously? I wasn't even 10 yet and I knew it was a puppet. I mean there were tons of puppets on TV back then.
There were times where you saw all of Alf including his feet and those times it was a little person in a suit.
ALF was a puppet!? oh man Oh God.
Each episode took almost 30 hours to shoot? How dare people expect actors to work almost a whole week😂
You forgot to say that the set was 4ft off the ground
Did anyone else besides max and Ray Combs (Family Feud) quickly leave the final episode without saying goodbye in this kind of way? And I wonder if some sort of ALF: The Next Generation could work with Lynn and/or Brian grown up with their own kids?
I hope y’all will reply to this before ALF Mac Wright was in the movie All that Jazz he played Joe’s (Roy Scheider) agent
I loved that show it was awesome 👍😎
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@@FactsVerse AlF I couldn't wait for the next episode to start he was so darn funny 🤣
Hmmmmmm I disagree...but then Alf was Alf....then why was the muppet shows so great...Max ego was that he didnt like not being the number one on the show...
I think it should be noted that while ALF lasted four seasons, the show had completely fallen off the public's radar within the first two years. ALF was everywhere with merchandising, a spin-off cartoon and even spots on Hollywood Squares and then, seemingly overnight, he just wasn't.
The show still had enough popularity for the network to try to squeeze a third season out of it, but by the fourth, nobody was watching. There was even a big TV-movie special finale guest starring Martin Sheen that the network didn't even bother airing until years later.
So Max Wright was working long hours on a show that he hated and felt could possibly be ruining his career and nobody was even watching it anymore. And he might have even realized that the fad was so dead, there wasn't much hope for reruns in syndication and he wasn't going to be making any royalty checks of it (which might've been a major reason why he signed on). So maybe Wright could have been more polite, but if he was completely miserable doing the show at that point, it's understandable if he wanted to just get out of there.
And the special not being shown until years later actually gave ALF one of the most cold-blooded endings in family television history. The final image of the series proper had ALF surrounded by government agents. The lovable alien from Melmac was captured! The end! I still feel bad for the few people still loyally invested in the show, it'd be like if the MCU had just ended with Infinity War!
Thanks for reading all of this! I didn't realize how TL;DR this got until I posted the comment.
I never really watched the show much but me and several people thought Alf if you looked at him at certain angles resembled Ronald Reagan 🤣🤣🤣
In retrospect, ALF is a classic. The writing and acting by Fusco and Wright, respectively, was supurb.
Sadly, Max was a troubled man and I doubt it had little to do with cheeky aliens.
The surprising thing was that you had to bring up race
Theres a lot of WOKE people today. I always liked ALF and always will.
that's the trend now
Max was jealous he wasn't the star. They should have picked actors that dealt with puppets more often.
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It certainly fooled me.
I was a naive 6-10 year old that believed ALF was real.
So sad all the fame and things they received from Alf and they were ungrateful. Later in life they were lost.
Dark behind-the-scenes humor (which is all that was as far as I'm concerned) aside, "Alf" is probably the most effective statement AGAINST racism, or, "at least", against xenophobia, one could possibly imagine. As oppposed to E.T. which comes across as annoyingly preachy in that respect by comparison, they made the alien relatable by giving him just as many flaws (while also the ability to redeem himself even if he really screwed up) as they would a human character...
I really loved that show. I would like to point out, ive looked on youtube for alf. without any joy?
Im starting to rewatch the serie it bring so many souvenirs
He probably grew up 10 or 15 years more of that he have at the time alf were broadcasting because after the show end up he did looks too old so i can't even imagine how hard and stressesfuly was to him r.i.p max thank you for make me laugh watching you and the rest of the cast too.
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This is rubbish. Unfounded speculation. Lies and guesses.
Get a proper job.
In reality, when Max Wright leaving without saying goodbye happened, nobody knew that it was the end of the show. The negotiations for another season were still going on and, according to producers, the entire cast, including Wright, would have to return if another season as their contracts stipulated it. Therefore, while his actions sybolically marked the end of ALF, in reality even he didn't know it was a definite end of the show.
The son on it died last week.
Rip Max and Ben.
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I loved the show but didn't like the dark ending.
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I think the show also was too edgy to be on kids platforms (Alf hates the mother of character Ann played to the point of wishing death upon her many times). In the same episode he also takes up betting on horse races, and getting into debt where a mobster comes in and implies bad things will happen if they don't pay up before being sucked up into an MlM selling beauty products. Some truly not kid friendly stuff. Also the whole Alf walking in on her taking a shower with just a towel around her refusing to leave was pretty weird for an intro sequence for a show meant for children. I'm guessing that probably turned off some other companies from wanting the show in their networks.