apparently Fusco....er....ALF was in character ALWAYS. Making production often tense and grueling. Which makes seeing these moments of levity on set even more surreal.
Can tell a lot about the happiness of a set by watching bloopers. "Alf" says some funny lines, but only crew is laughing. Others just look annoyed. Those antics would get old pretty fast...
They were shooting for longer days than any other sitcoms due to technical requirements (reason also why there was no studio audience). It was hard on everyone including the human actors, specially those more used to traditional schedules and quicker turnarounds like Wright.
you forget he's a puppet his movements are so lifelike usually puppets are so stiff but they got him to blink and move his ears and mouth every time i watch an episode a few seconds in I buy it completely.
They say the cast HATED doing this show but i find that hard to believe. Sure it was probably hot and retaking stuff over and over again from technical errors would get annoying and weigh on you... but in these scenes they're laughing and don't seem miserable.
ALF was difficult to tape due to having work around the puppeteers and etc. tapings often ran VERY long often taking more than 24 hours for one show, the set had a bunch of trap doors for the puppeteers and it took 3 of them to work ALF so there were often mistakes and things had to be re-shot. Max Wright didn't like having to play 2nd banana to an inanimate object, Supposedly one day he even attacked ALF and had to be restrained. Andrea Elson was battling an eating disorder during the 2nd season I'm sure they had moments they enjoyed it. but overall I can understand why they would hate it.
Actually only one person hated it, Max Right. But he was living as an angry closeted gay man who was also a drug user. He had said he hated that a puppet got all the fame and not him. He was arrogant.
@@hughgood3583 Yep. It's very sad he was never able to put aside his ego and just be happy and grateful that he was part of one of the most beloved shows of that era. Maybe if he hadn't fallen into the bizarre, self destructive lifestyle he lived through the 90s and early 2000s things would have been different. I don't know of anyone who loved this show who didn't also love Willie Tanner, who was such a lovable doofus of a dad. Too bad Max apparently never realized that.
3:23 ALF: (because of the boom mike over his face) what the hell is that a plane going by? LOL It's also so strange to see Max Wright crack up laughing
Too bad they don't do sitcoms like this anymore. This show cracked me from time to time. It had humor. I wonder how many of the people from this sitcom is still around?
Sadly Paul Fusco (creator,puppedmaster and ALF´s voice) never allowed anybody of the crew to film or took pics of the set (trapdoors) and the ALF pupped and how it works. - to keep the Ilusion of ALF is real alive.They don´t even had a studio Audience,they used canned laughter ;) But in one Episode they show the trapdoor near the sofa,when the floor underneath the sofa is collapsing,you can see into the "basement" which is actually one of the trapdoors.
It's surreal to watch these outtakes this many years after watching the show. I used to tape them on VHS.. Now I'm watching it on UA-cam 26 years later!
From U.K. : I loved this when it first hit our screens so funny & watching these outtakes really made me laugh n smile , thank goodness for m er e err memories 💕💕👍👍
@@doppelgangerblackscarf178 - Of course nobody needs to be smiling & jumping with excitement the whole time but it's also a well known fact that Max Wright *hated* being on the show ALF. He stated that he despised supporting a technically demanding inanimate object that received most of the good lines of dialogue. Wright admitted to being "hugely eager to have ALF over with."
@@SoulShines4U EXACTLY... and to think that each episode took 20-25 hours to film. That was far more time than any other show required. Working with the puppet wore everyone out
God, even though they're bloopers you can tell the entire cast is in misery, Max Wright especially. And the crew sound like they're laughing out of fear for losing their jobs.
Non999 serviam the cast was upset that the puppet was getting the best lines. They didn’t want to be there any longer than necessary. Apparently Max Wright cleaned his dressing room out the last day and left without saying anything to anyone.
It was exhausting to tape, so many technical challenges from having to work around ALF it would take up to 25 hours to tape one show. People get tired, they get annoyed, tensions grow.
Actually only one person hated it, Max Right. But he was living as an angry closeted gay man who was also a drug user. He had said he hated that a puppet got all the fame and not him. He was arrogant.
@@hughgood3583 that's so sad, the program was based around ALF, so he would be the popular one, but the main character can only be funny with a good cast around them, that's what these actors need to remember!
@what do you mean it's not 2013 anymore ALF was never filmed in front of a live audience because of the trap doors in the floor that were needed to make the pupper work. Also, each episode took 20-25 HOURS to film which is why the cast HATED working on the show.
Pretty funny considering how after first season everyone absolutely hated doing this TV show. Girl of the family having a eating disorder throug the series, guy playing Willie left after the last episode shooting from the set without saying anything to anyone. Haha!
later on he was getting annoyed with losing good lines to a doll, lol. Hey, on the bright note, years later he admitted that it was all worth it, cause Alf was like the best show ever
RIP Max Wright. Don't care about tabloid bullshits, I'll always remember him as the great actor he was. That being said, these have to be the most ackward bloopers I've ever seen. It's such a shame that, while everyone involved with this show gave us so much joy, they never enjoyed the process.
Based on these bloopers, the actors didn't seem too miserable. Even Max Wright says it wasn't that bad looking back. I've felt that way about jobs I hated--I didn't like them at the time but I would go back because I feel like I didn't really hate it.
I love seeing things like this as clearly as with any movie or series filming could potentially be stressful due to them having to work to a schedule and having to get things as right as possible. So it was good that to break the possible tension they'd have some fun with each other and lighten up the atmosphere. A classic example of this as well is the outtakes from the original Dallas.
kev truth They still do that. They always do that. They make too much shit for kids as it is. Let us have this. I miss Alf drinking beer, and trying to eat lucky. Which they censored after kids tried it.....as if it’s not the parents job to put a stop to it.
I heard that the cast actually hated alf. To the point where willie left the set on the last day of shooting. Not going to the cast party or even saying goodbye
Paul Fusco said he still talked to him and Anne (Kate). Howewer, I think he might have been a bit mad about Alf being the star of the show, but then again, it IS his show. www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/alf-creator-paul-fusco-movie-melmac-327330
According to people who worked on the show, he exploded on set one day and actually physically attacked the ALF puppet. No, I am not bullshitting. Look it up. Also, everyone involved in the show - cast and crew alike - all despised making the show. Apparently, there was no fun or joy on set. There was a ton of tension on set constantly. And everyone couldn't wait for the show to wrap up and end. It wasn't just actor who plays the father. Everyone involved in this show was miserable and hated the experience of working on this show.
Love the fact that ALF stays in character even during an outtake. Hilarious.
apparently Fusco....er....ALF was in character ALWAYS. Making production often tense and grueling. Which makes seeing these moments of levity on set even more surreal.
R.I.P. Max Wright. ALF was my favorite TV show of the 1980's. You were one of my favorite actors. Thanks for all the great memories.
Thanks from Germany too. I still love it soooooo much
I was doing chores at the time and minded my own business when that went on.
The fact that the whole cast looks pissed as hell during the shooting of this show makes ALF that much better.
Lucky's off-the-cuff reaction to Alf''s "spraying" comment + Alf's reaction is one-chance-in-a-million comic gold!
Le Trebuchet I
4:34 “Don’t, don’t ever touch me”… was my favorite! 😆 “If you’re gonna touch me, touch me down here.” 😆
Alf is so adorable!!!!!!!!!
"What the hell is that a plane going by!?"
Oh, ALF...
Alf's mistakes and his reactions to other people messing up is so realistic, it's like he's a real alien not some kind of puppet.
Can tell a lot about the happiness of a set by watching bloopers. "Alf" says some funny lines, but only crew is laughing. Others just look annoyed. Those antics would get old pretty fast...
They were shooting for longer days than any other sitcoms due to technical requirements (reason also why there was no studio audience). It was hard on everyone including the human actors, specially those more used to traditional schedules and quicker turnarounds like Wright.
you forget he's a puppet his movements are so lifelike usually puppets are so stiff but they got him to blink and move his ears and mouth every time i watch an episode a few seconds in I buy it completely.
Puppeteering is an artform, back in the day puppeteers would stay in character hardcore. Man I miss that.
"See what happened to last girl that worked for me.'' LOL
ALF's location 708 Moreno Ave, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California 90049, Estados Unidos check google maps.
Oh the cat was so beautiful!
Its awesome how they treated the puppet like a real live actor even in the bloopers.
are we sure he is a puppet???
That it man, this is exactly what i was thinking.
Is he really a puppet?
Naxo its a human in a suit
Only for the full-body shots. 90% of the time he was a puppet.
Yes
Wait, HE'S A PUPPET?!
In memory of MAX WRIGHT 1943-2019. Rest In Peace
2019?
He died!?!? 😳😭😭😭
His Last Life was a tragedy
He was an angry arrogant man pretending to be straight.
"If you're gonna touch me, touch me down here."
right in the childhood
If Alf had been made today, this would have been what the show was like. X-rated.
***** I try to watch as little t.v. as possible but I was forced to watch the first episode of "The Mick". I wept for the future after that.
Caleb Jackson hhuuhuilljjjnmgreri
@@gertrudemcfuzz74 ALF got a lucky break - if he uttered those words today, he'd be "MeToo"'ed real quick :P
Oh man, the kissing one. Scarred for life. But also, that was hilarious.
Rest In Peace, Mr. Wright. I watched this show so much, as a kid, that his passing feels like I have lost a family member. ❤️😢
How I loved this show!! He was such a smart aleck that you couldnt help but love him.
Rest in peace alf
The guy who died is only the assistant. The voice and creator is still around.
but alf is a real alien
Is Alf really?
He just died, right before the end of 2016. The death wagon keeps collecting.
Paul Fusco, is still truckin'
They say the cast HATED doing this show but i find that hard to believe. Sure it was probably hot and retaking stuff over and over again from technical errors would get annoying and weigh on you... but in these scenes they're laughing and don't seem miserable.
ALF was difficult to tape due to having work around the puppeteers and etc. tapings often ran VERY long often taking more than 24 hours for one show, the set had a bunch of trap doors for the puppeteers and it took 3 of them to work ALF so there were often mistakes and things had to be re-shot.
Max Wright didn't like having to play 2nd banana to an inanimate object, Supposedly one day he even attacked ALF and had to be restrained. Andrea Elson was battling an eating disorder during the 2nd season
I'm sure they had moments they enjoyed it. but overall I can understand why they would hate it.
Actually only one person hated it, Max Right. But he was living as an angry closeted gay man who was also a drug user. He had said he hated that a puppet got all the fame and not him. He was arrogant.
Who is "they"?
@@hughgood3583 Yep. It's very sad he was never able to put aside his ego and just be happy and grateful that he was part of one of the most beloved shows of that era. Maybe if he hadn't fallen into the bizarre, self destructive lifestyle he lived through the 90s and early 2000s things would have been different. I don't know of anyone who loved this show who didn't also love Willie Tanner, who was such a lovable doofus of a dad. Too bad Max apparently never realized that.
Oh you've seen 6 minutes of bloopers out of hundreds of hours of production, you clearly know more about them than themselves
3:23
ALF: (because of the boom mike over his face) what the hell is that a plane going by? LOL
It's also so strange to see Max Wright crack up laughing
Too bad they don't do sitcoms like this anymore. This show cracked me from time to time. It had humor. I wonder how many of the people from this sitcom is still around?
Awesome show . miss my childhood , bring Alf now ...
Sadly Paul Fusco (creator,puppedmaster and ALF´s voice) never allowed anybody of the crew to film or took pics of the set (trapdoors) and the ALF pupped and how it works. - to keep the Ilusion of ALF is real alive.They don´t even had a studio Audience,they used canned laughter ;)
But in one Episode they show the trapdoor near the sofa,when the floor underneath the sofa is collapsing,you can see into the "basement" which is actually one of the trapdoors.
I'm slowly getting the picture that Paul Fusco might've not been the good guy after all.
@@ExtremeWreck how?
You're not gonna spray me, aren't ya? AHHHHH!
It's surreal to watch these outtakes this many years after watching the show. I used to tape them on VHS.. Now I'm watching it on UA-cam 26 years later!
and another 11 years later....we still watch ;)
I’m barely watching Alf lol. It’s gold. These new shows don’t compare
I don't know why, but these bloopers almost made me forget he was just a Puppet.
Alf is a Legend.
From U.K. : I loved this when it first hit our screens so funny & watching these outtakes really made me laugh n smile , thank goodness for m er e err memories 💕💕👍👍
that guy who does alf totally owns it like a living thing
RIP Max Wright.
R.I.P. Max Wright
alf is my boy i loved and still love to watch this
Busted out laughing at 4:26!!! Watched it over and over! How funny! Loved this show! Good ole days.
Alf was hilarious.
There is no other show like this one. That is why this is the best one.
I love how the puppeteer stays in character.
How I loved this show!! He was such a smart aleck that you couldnt help but love him. "you're not gona spray me are you" 4:26 HILARIOUS!!!
I LOVED Alf
god look how miserable max looks at 4:35
Maybe he was just tired bro, does everyone have to be smiling and jumping the whole time?
@@doppelgangerblackscarf178 - Of course nobody needs to be smiling & jumping with excitement the whole time but it's also a well known fact that Max Wright *hated* being on the show ALF. He stated that he despised supporting a technically demanding inanimate object that received most of the good lines of dialogue. Wright admitted to being "hugely eager to have ALF over with."
@@SoulShines4U EXACTLY... and to think that each episode took 20-25 hours to film. That was far more time than any other show required. Working with the puppet wore everyone out
Laughed so hard at Alf's Twilight Zone intro.
the best part is hearing the director and cameramen laugh and amazingly while it is a sit com..no audience laughing
God, even though they're bloopers you can tell the entire cast is in misery, Max Wright especially.
And the crew sound like they're laughing out of fear for losing their jobs.
Can you explain to me why, please? What was the problem with the show? (Sry for my bad english...)
Non999 serviam the cast was upset that the puppet was getting the best lines. They didn’t want to be there any longer than necessary. Apparently Max Wright cleaned his dressing room out the last day and left without saying anything to anyone.
It was exhausting to tape, so many technical challenges from having to work around ALF it would take up to 25 hours to tape one show. People get tired, they get annoyed, tensions grow.
Actually only one person hated it, Max Right. But he was living as an angry closeted gay man who was also a drug user. He had said he hated that a puppet got all the fame and not him. He was arrogant.
@@hughgood3583 that's so sad, the program was based around ALF, so he would be the popular one, but the main character can only be funny with a good cast around them, that's what these actors need to remember!
When alf says :you're not gonna spray me are you. Nearly killed me hahhahahahhahahahah
Did the guy playing ALF ever break character? Or was he... REAL?
@what do you mean it's not 2013 anymore ALF was never filmed in front of a live audience because of the trap doors in the floor that were needed to make the pupper work. Also, each episode took 20-25 HOURS to film which is why the cast HATED working on the show.
Do you need to ask? He was real of course!
He's REAL
Paul Fusco was the writer,one of the Puppet artist and the voice.
Paul Fusco is a genius.
Pretty funny considering how after first season everyone absolutely hated doing this TV show. Girl of the family having a eating disorder throug the series, guy playing Willie left after the last episode shooting from the set without saying anything to anyone. Haha!
I guess it really was sitcom hell then.
MICHU MESZAROS WAS NOT THE CREATOR OF ALF NOR THE VOICE! It's Paul Fusco who is still around. Michu did the full body shots.
0:29 Paul points to the miniature bust of the woman and says, “It’s Michu’s mother.” 😂
later on he was getting annoyed with losing good lines to a doll, lol. Hey, on the bright note, years later he admitted that it was all worth it, cause Alf was like the best show ever
RIP Max Wright. Don't care about tabloid bullshits, I'll always remember him as the great actor he was. That being said, these have to be the most ackward bloopers I've ever seen. It's such a shame that, while everyone involved with this show gave us so much joy, they never enjoyed the process.
should have been Paul Fusco
@@joeyarcade5865 Maybe
max wright will be sadly be missed forever and ever! good bye! max wright 1943-2019
alf is soo great!....the cast is perfect!
R.I.P. Max Wright. ALF was a very great comedy show at that time.
Based on these bloopers, the actors didn't seem too miserable. Even Max Wright says it wasn't that bad looking back. I've felt that way about jobs I hated--I didn't like them at the time but I would go back because I feel like I didn't really hate it.
Bring back Alf!!!!
Treating Alf on set was definitely the right move regarding the show, it made him feel more authentic. And helps with the audience.
I do enjoy and have missed watching alf.
I can't look at this show the same way,after I learned about Max's tragic life...that man was not happy😞
We must pray for his soul🙏🏻
He died several years ago
@@troubledjester I know..that is why I said that..Just sad😞
OMG I'm sobbing. So funny. I LOVE ALF!!
I love seeing things like this as clearly as with any movie or series filming could potentially be stressful due to them having to work to a schedule and having to get things as right as possible. So it was good that to break the possible tension they'd have some fun with each other and lighten up the atmosphere. A classic example of this as well is the outtakes from the original Dallas.
I still love this show..
it's from the best ones!! :D
Beautiful.
I didn't know he was dead. Long live him in our hearts and minds. I know appreciate him that much more. One of many that will never be again.
4:33 is the best. i love that the guy playing alf keeps in character even in outtakes
These Alf bloopers are just as funny as the episodes
This was my childhood show
Thank you alf and all family
Alf WAS real
We need a more mature version of Alf... if Alf was that hilarious censored... imagine just how amazing it'd be with less censoring >_>
kev truth
They still do that. They always do that. They make too much shit for kids as it is. Let us have this. I miss Alf drinking beer, and trying to eat lucky. Which they censored after kids tried it.....as if it’s not the parents job to put a stop to it.
is just like saying if Shrek was Fat Bastard.
that kitten sub at the end was hilarious!
very lovely alf :)
wow....awsome !!!! come backt !!!!
Yes! Bring back ALF!
Excellent blooper man,i love alf!!!
ALF scared the crap out of me when I was a kid, but I still watched the show every day.
oh woww!! this is gold - thanks 4 posting
Please come back very soon ALF!!!!!!!!!!
He`s back on his home planet now, with elvis..
I've had several of the Alf puppets they made. I still have a few Alf toys from back then in the closet.
BLOL, the scene with the cat i the sandwich is hilarious! :D
I heard that the cast actually hated alf. To the point where willie left the set on the last day of shooting. Not going to the cast party or even saying goodbye
Paul Fusco said he still talked to him and Anne (Kate). Howewer, I think he might have been a bit mad about Alf being the star of the show, but then again, it IS his show.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/alf-creator-paul-fusco-movie-melmac-327330
right on. thanks!
I love alf
wow, Max Wright (the dad) seems like such a horribly disconnected person. Even when he laughs, it's like he isn't into it.
He's so creepy
He actually had some sort of psychological/emotional shit going on. He kept going down until they found him hard drugs like he didn't even cared.
Shooting alf was very long and painful
According to people who worked on the show, he exploded on set one day and actually physically attacked the ALF puppet. No, I am not bullshitting. Look it up.
Also, everyone involved in the show - cast and crew alike - all despised making the show. Apparently, there was no fun or joy on set. There was a ton of tension on set constantly. And everyone couldn't wait for the show to wrap up and end.
It wasn't just actor who plays the father. Everyone involved in this show was miserable and hated the experience of working on this show.
Willy was on crack to put it bluntly
Just heard the news, Rest in peace Willie. :(
Imagine if you will one willy tanner
3:23 watch your language ALF
My favourite is Willy Tanner!! is very funny!!!! ha ha ha!!.. i`m a totally stupid!! really! XDDDDD
NORMAN!!!
3:23 that has to be one of my favorite outtakes
NGテイクも笑わせに来るアルフ、ボケたらボケ倒すみたいな。
awesome
"your in sitcom hell" love it lolololol
they should bring back Alf in this style
They would ruin it pushing thier woke left wing politics
some very funny alf from the late80s tv show. LOL!!!!
awwwww alf is so cute
so funny because was just about to say this when I started to watch this series once again.
ALF lighting up everyone on the set during filming.
One of the puppeteers must have also done the voice. I mean, look at the "do you want me in the light" part. It's seamless!