Gordon Shumway, also known as "ALF", is the protagonist and title character of the American television series ALF, and its animated spin-offs, ALF: The Animated Series, and ALF Tales. ALF also starred in the poorly received television film Project ALF, and hosted the short lived talk show ALF's Hit Talk Show.

ALF is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from September 22, 1986, to March 24, 1990. The titular character, ALF, an acronym for "Alien Life Form", but whose real name is Gordon Shumway, crash-lands in the garage of the …

The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) is an international, leaderless, decentralized movement that emerged in Britain in the 1970s, evolving from the Bands of Mercy. It operates without a formal leadership structure and engages in direct actions aimed at opposing animal cruelty.

ALF: Created by Tom Patchett, Paul Fusco. With Paul Fusco, Max Wright, Anne Schedeen, Andrea Elson. When an ugly creature, who loves eating cats, crash-lands into the Tanner family's garage, they treat him as a guest and allow him to live …

To avoid wear and tear on the principal ALF puppet, the performers rehearsed with a crude early version of ALF, nicknamed "RALF" For ("Rehearsal Alien Life Form"). Fusco did not like to rehearse, and he would often substitute his hand or RALF …

Atlantic17 and ALF cells began to pop up in the U.S., beginning in 1979 with a raid at the New York University Medical Center where a cat, two dogs, and two guinea pigs were liberated. In 1984, the ALF left its biggest mark on the animal exploitation industries and the American public when it raided the University of Pennsylvania Head Injury Lab.

In 1996, the network aired Project: ALF, which pursued Fusco’s idea of ALF on a military base. Intended to be a backdoor pilot for a new series, it failed to gain any traction.

Ronnie Lee founded the Band of Mercy in 1971, which became the ALF in 1976. The roots of the ALF trace back to December 1963, when British journalist John Prestige was assigned to cover a Devon and Somerset Staghounds event, where he watched hunters chase and kill …

Original, high quality photos from early ALF actions are in short supply. I’m posting two such images from these seminal 80s lab raids: University of Pennsylvania head injury research lab (1984), and UC Riverside (1985).

The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) is an international, leaderless, decentralized political and social resistance movement that advocates and engages in what it claims non-violent direct action in protest against incidents of animal cruelty. It originated in Britain in the 1970s from the Bands of Mercy. Participants state it is a modern-day ...