NEW Season 3 (DVD)

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.

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.

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.