ALFsplaining

Ben Baker and John Matthews

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An episode by episode love letter to the 1980s sitcom ALF from a British perspective with Ben Baker and John Matthews.

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Dont It Make My Brown Eyes Blue

ALFsplaining

04/22/24 • 39 min

"Lynn is excited because her boyfriend Scott wants to keep all his band equipment in the Tanners' garage. ALF is not happy because he was supposed to be redecorating his room with Lynn. And he also has a crush on Lynn, so he proceeds to sabotage Scott's time with Lynn while trying to come up with something to impress her..." Yeah, thats the premise and ooft, its a doozy. But does ALF pull it off? Well, join Ben Baker and John Matthews for their regular tiptoe through the terrific and troublesome to find out. Just dont tell the lead singer of The Doors (Ian Doors)! Want to support the podcast and get neat bonus stuff? Support the ALFsplaining Extra Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/ALFsplainingExtra

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What Is ALFSplaining?

ALFsplaining

02/26/24 • 22 min

Welcome to a new series called "ALFsplaining", a not especially serious podcast by Ben Baker and John Matthews exploring our mutual fascination with the American sitcom ALF which ran on NBC between September 1986 and April 1990. And boy are its legs tired!

In this preview episode, Ben and John talk about how they got into this ridiculous situation, the world ALF crash landed into and the state American and British TV were in when he did.

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Looking For Lucky

ALFsplaining

03/18/24 • 33 min

"When Lucky, the Tanner's family cat, disappears, ALF is accused of eating him. ALF must search for Lucky to prove his innocence."

Welcome to ALFsplaining with Ben Baker and John Matthews - the programme that always has cat endangerment on mind. But only after ALF tidies up this goddamned mess, the risky businessman. But who is the real Fugitive in this situation...?

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Extrasplaining - Alles Paradiso (Side A)

ALFsplaining

04/12/24 • 30 min

In 1989, the German voice of Tommi Piper released an album that was to change the face of the world forever. "ALF - Alles Paradiso" took the world of our hairy pal one stage further with his musings on relaxing, doing very little, hanging about and, of course, becoming leader of the country.

The tracks we look and listen at are from Side A of the original record and are:

ALF Wird Unser Bundeskanzler (ALF Becomes Our Chancellor)

Tujujahe (Es Tut So Wohl, Schön Faul Zu Sein) (Tujujahe (It's so good to be lazy))

ALF-Superstar (erm...ALF Superstar)

Leben Ist Gold (Life Is Gold)

ALF's Geburtstags-Boogie-Woogie (ALF's Birthday Boogie-Woogie)

Plus a look at the phenomena of ALF in Germany, who this Piper chap is and what these songs dont sound like despite the insistance of users on GermanCharts.de...

Thrilled? Filled with the spirit of boogie woogie? Want the second half? Well, its a great time to join our brand spanking new Patreon then! Support the podcast and get bonus stuff too here: https://www.patreon.com/ALFsplainingExtra

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For Your Eyes Only

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04/08/24 • 33 min

"ALF meets a blind woman named Jody"

Nudge nudge, wink wink...its Willie and Kate's anniversary and apparently ALF isnt part of it. Ben Baker and John Matthews arent either but that gives them extra time to discuss spoiling Nicholas Nickleby, censored Chipmunks and whether the old ALFer watches the Tanners at it from the cupboard. Spoilers: he definitely does.

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Keepin' the Faith

ALFsplaining

04/01/24 • 36 min

"To solve the Tanners' money problems, ALF gets a job selling make-up." Ben Baker and John Matthews are your special Terry Faith girls for this very strange episode which is sort of about pyramid selling but mostly about ALF giving facials. No, stop that. He's just trying to make a pound note!

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Baby, You Can Drive My Car

ALFsplaining

05/06/24 • 36 min

"ALF buys a car for Lynn after the family car continues to be unreliable."

Was it your dream to imagine our favourite Melmacian crusing down the freeway in a very expensive sports car bought for a teenager? Of course it was, you're just regular people like John Matthews and Ben Baker who navigate through the bees to bring you their reaction to this very strange episode. And if you like them, maybe chuck a few bees at our new Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ALFsplainingExtra

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Try to Remember (Part One) - with Phil Fletcher

ALFsplaining

06/17/24 • 34 min

"ALF loses his memory and thinks he is insurance agent Wayne Schlegel after accidentally electrocuting himself in the bathtub. The Tanners then use flashbacks to restore his memory."

Yes, its a clip show, the scourge of the American TV environment...apparently. As we've seen most of the clips already, Ben Baker and John Matthews thought it was an apt time to bring in a ringer who hasnt seen them all. Its our celebrity - and only - friend Phil Fletcher off of the telly and - warning you now - the language does get a little fruity at times. Especially when we discuss what ALF smells like.

And if you want to support the show's ridiculous over the top research and editing, please consider joining the Orbit Guard today: https://www.patreon.com/ALFsplainingExtra

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Pennsylvania 6-5000

ALFsplaining

03/25/24 • 36 min

"After ALF uses the shortwave radio to call the President about the nuclear disaster, and Willie gets blamed and is thrown in jail."

Yeah that standard sitcom trope! Ben Baker and John Matthews sing hail to the chief as ALF sorts out the little hand on the world's doomsday clock. There's a famous voice guest too, plus some humourous terrorism fun and Tootsie on HBO for all.

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Jump

ALFsplaining

04/29/24 • 36 min

"For Willie's birthday, ALF gives him a box he found in the basement full of photos from high school and college. There is also a menu, on the back of which Kate and Willie both made lists of things they wanted to achieve in life. Kate actually did the things on her list, but Willie did not. This starts to haunt him so badly that he decides to do the list..." And Daddy Tanner will make you...erm, feel confused at the pacing of the episode mostly but Ben Baker and John Matthews are holding his hand all the way for the Toppest Willie episode yet. Even if NFL legend Joe Namath has to fight through the longest dream sequence to assist... Want to support the podcast and get neat bonus stuff? Support the ALFsplaining Extra Patreon here: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/ALFsplainingExtra

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