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Ok, I just rewatched the season 2 disk, and watched the christmas special. Dang! That was SO freaking sad. The people at the end that they said special thanks or whatever they said, were those people based on the characters so to speak or did the actors really die? so sad, very out there for alf I thought.
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I have always assumed that the characters were based on those people.
I LOVE that episode of ALF. It's one that I would want on a deserted island, or, if I were with ALF, an island with DESSERTS! Ha!
Incidentally, I remember a newspaper article about that episode in a Washington DC paper and it said that it was the highest rated ALF episode to that date and that it won its time slot. I remember ALF's popularity hit Mickey Mouse status after that (1988 was a big year for ALF).
I LOVE that episode of ALF. It's one that I would want on a deserted island, or, if I were with ALF, an island with DESSERTS! Ha!
Incidentally, I remember a newspaper article about that episode in a Washington DC paper and it said that it was the highest rated ALF episode to that date and that it won its time slot. I remember ALF's popularity hit Mickey Mouse status after that (1988 was a big year for ALF).
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that episode was way too serious. But every sitcom i guess needs a serious episode where someone dies or gets sick. Honestly i think the sitcom would have been fine without one. Thats one episode I prob wont wanna watch over again.
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Differences of opinion "help make the world go 'round". Personally, I believe "ALF's Christmas Special" was perhaps the best episode of the entire series and should have won Emmys in several categories.
I hope one day for "ALF's Christmas Special" to become an ongoing, annual tradition aired by one of the major networks during the Holiday Season that naturally will be hosted by ALF.
Mike
Differences of opinion "help make the world go 'round". Personally, I believe "ALF's Christmas Special" was perhaps the best episode of the entire series and should have won Emmys in several categories.
I hope one day for "ALF's Christmas Special" to become an ongoing, annual tradition aired by one of the major networks during the Holiday Season that naturally will be hosted by ALF.
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That's exactly what I'm hoping for. Should I ever re-establish contact with Paul Fusco, I'll try recommending that they try to get that episode aired around the holidays. Since they can't get the sitcom on television, this could be a possible "baby step" in getting there.I hope one day for "ALF's Christmas Special" to become an ongoing, annual tradition aired by one of the major networks during the Holiday Season that naturally will be hosted by ALF.
The episode is different than the rest of the sitcom episodes - but I give it three thumbs up!!!
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It's a different episode from the others, but an important one IMO. We get t see ALF react to things he has never reacted to before. It carries a beautiful message, something that I am sure was appreciated by parents to the kids watching ALF.
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I don't think it's that depressing. It's sad but it makes you value life a lot more. Plus, ALF lightens up the mood.
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This episode is by far the best one. Yes, it is totally unlike the rest of the series, but the writing is much better. Is it depressing? You bet! I hate Christmas, but I will watch this every year around Christmas time because to me, this is what Christmas should represent, the giving of happiness, not the presents, but that is another story.
Is the airing on the Canadian DVD the same as the Season 2 box set?
Damn good episode!
Is the airing on the Canadian DVD the same as the Season 2 box set?
Damn good episode!
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The soap operah lighting? haha of course. To bring in the serious, dramatic effect. lol I think it should be aired during the holidays. Alf should be aired everyday. I dont hate the episode. I think you all got the wrong idea from my response before. It was just a different side of alf..the sensitive side. And i like the wise cracking alf much more but I like sensitive too. I am a woman afterall. I think a Hanuka episode would have been funny. Alf prancing around with a yamaka. lol
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I noticed the lightning to, it gave the episode a special feeling kind of. I liked it.
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I think I still have it on VHS a Saturday Night's Main Event where it has a promo of ALF becoming a priest. It is another "religious" episode, but a funny one unlike the Christmas Special. I really think the Christmas one was one of a kind and should have been treated that way airing by itself. How can we get it back on tv for Christmas? I think if we write our local stations that are true independent stations, it is a good start.
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Are you referring to WWF's Saturday Night Main Event? Im not familiar with the sketch (or is it an ad?)cooper243 wrote:I think I still have it on VHS a Saturday Night's Main Event where it has a promo of ALF becoming a priest. It is another "religious" episode, but a funny one unlike the Christmas Special. I really think the Christmas one was one of a kind and should have been treated that way airing by itself. How can we get it back on tv for Christmas? I think if we write our local stations that are true independent stations, it is a good start.
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It always bothers me when people gripe about a comedy show that does a serious or sad episode. To me, these are the episodes that make our favorite characters real, so that we can still relate to them when the normal (for them anyway, but outrageous to us) things happen in regular episodes.
Another thing, I don't know how everyone else was raised, but my mom always let me watch anything I was interested in seeing on TV or movies. She was always very good at explaining "that guy didn't really get shot" or whatever was appropriate for what I was watching. But so many people that I know were sheltered from things like death (i don't mean traumatic deaths, but natural ones) on TV, that many of them for some reason do not really expect to have to deal with it in real life.
Like it or not, TV has become a way for kids to learn. Personally, I never had much in the way of strong male role models, except for my heroes on TV. Most people that know me will say that I always try to be fair and do the right thing. I think much of this is due to the fact that I was influenced greatly by my TV heroes and seeing how they dealt with situations, Be it death or anything else.
I think that the Christmas special will always be one of my favorites because while there is still a lot of comedy, we see a serious side too. Should every episode have been like this? NO. But, it also gives flavor to the rest of the series.
Sorry to get on the soap box there. I just don't understand when people say they can't watch something because its too sad or depressing. Real life is like that sometimes. If you can't deal with it on TV, how can you deal with it in real life?
Another thing, I don't know how everyone else was raised, but my mom always let me watch anything I was interested in seeing on TV or movies. She was always very good at explaining "that guy didn't really get shot" or whatever was appropriate for what I was watching. But so many people that I know were sheltered from things like death (i don't mean traumatic deaths, but natural ones) on TV, that many of them for some reason do not really expect to have to deal with it in real life.
Like it or not, TV has become a way for kids to learn. Personally, I never had much in the way of strong male role models, except for my heroes on TV. Most people that know me will say that I always try to be fair and do the right thing. I think much of this is due to the fact that I was influenced greatly by my TV heroes and seeing how they dealt with situations, Be it death or anything else.
I think that the Christmas special will always be one of my favorites because while there is still a lot of comedy, we see a serious side too. Should every episode have been like this? NO. But, it also gives flavor to the rest of the series.
Sorry to get on the soap box there. I just don't understand when people say they can't watch something because its too sad or depressing. Real life is like that sometimes. If you can't deal with it on TV, how can you deal with it in real life?
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