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- “ALF” in German pronounced out loud is “Up”. The Germans never understood why that direction was so important to the show.
- The frequencies ALF speaks in directly resonate with the frequencies German TV sets are designed to self-destruct in.
- In the show ALF kept attacking, and trying to eat the cat. The Germans never understood why the father never put a muzzle on ALF or restrained him using a leash.
- Because of a mistake in translation, the show was advertised as a sort of a German version of “Dawson’s Creek“, but ALF’s short stature and fur made him difficult to take seriously.
- The actor who played the Father in ALF was looked exactly like German actor Gunheim Koontz. Famous for playing the villain in a German kids show “Kunky and the Gunfhaarts” where Gunheim plays a personified toilet stain.
- ALF was up against Germany’s first hit reality TV show “Whas In der ufenfauxhaufflaven, Ist un Gumharden?!?” or in English loosely translates to “What’s in the box, are you stupid?!?”
- ALF the video game for the Nintendo, was a rip off of Burger Time, the game Germans hold most dear.
- They never showed the the legs of the characters in any consistant manner, this is a social mistake, as the legs of Germans are an important body language indicator and a key to giving the character’s motivation and cues to the characters likes and dislikes.
- Guen Stefani, Germany’s favourite pop star, never made an appearance.
- Financial Planning is important to Germans. ALF never shed light on the trappings of a middle class Americans’ financial decisions with a dependent alien.
- Not enough fingers on ALF. A German superstition, like the number 13 here.
- No leather clothing.
- No nudity.
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you clearly have no idea what you’re talking about. it was MORE popular in DE than the US. the made-for-TV movie even got a theatrical release over here. and he even had a radio hit. the info you posted is both false and unfunny.
Get A
BRAIN!
MORANS
It may be unfunny, but it is in fact 100% true. You obviously don’t know your own country half as well as you think you might.
You are confusing ALF’s status with that of the Danes, who regard him as something of a 3 foot tall demigod, reminiscent of Norse mythology.
Check your facts, and you will see that the ALF made for TV movie was only a limited theatre run, mostly in art house theatres and nude bars, and only in Bavarian region of Germany.