ALF is an American science fiction/sitcom that aired on NBC from 1986 to 1991. A furry extraterrestrial named Gordon Shumway (voiced by series' creator Paul Fusco) crashes in suburban Los Angeles, into the garage of the middle-class Tanners, a typical American family that soon grows to like the friendly alien, whom they name ALF (short for Alien Life Form) and decide to unofficially adopt him as a member of their family. They also makes a solemn promise not to alert the authorities to ALF's existence, as the government would likely try to use him for unethical experiments. More often than not, each episode has ALF causing some kind of trouble for the Tanners.