ALF (Gordon Shumway)

&nbsp Gordon Shumway, nicknamed ALF (acronym for Alien Life Form), is an alien from the planet Melmac.

ALF was born off October 28, 1756 (According to the Melmacian Calender, had was born on the 28th of Nathinganger) and has a younger brother and sister. He once mentions that he was conceived in a DeSoto. ALF's body is covered with rust-colored fur (he once described his color ar burnt sienna), but has implied that it is not his natural color. (ALF:"A.L.F".) He has a rippled snout, facial mols, eight stomachs and he likes to eat cats. He is about three feet tall. (ALF: "A.L.F.")

He attended Melmac High School for 112 years, where he majored in software and pedestrian crossing, and was captain of a Bouillabaisseball team (which is played on ice using shellfish as a ball). In college, ALF majored in physical education.

ALF was later employed as an Orbit Guard and was called to duty shortly before his planet was destroyed in a nuclear war. His girlfriend Rhonda escaped the destruction of Melmac in a spaceship piloted by his best friend Skip. However, At the end of Galactic War III, ALF was arrested by the angry Prince of the Melmacian Trade Federation, he escaped & fled, he ended up hitting Torkwrish & encountered Torks & Blood Torks, While attempting to refuel his spaceship, in his search for fuel, he got attacked by a Blood Tork & nearly suffered the fate of a Kiss of Blood.

In addition to his native Melmacian tongue, ALF can speak both English and Spanish proficiently, although his English spelling and penmanship is very poor. Although there is no explanation given as to how he learned these languages, it is evident that elements of Earth culture have infused themselves into Melmacian culture (perhaps through observation or monitoring of television and radio broadcasts), in that ALF was once in a dinner theatre production of Man of La Mancha on Melmac.

ALF is an avid musician who sings and plays saxophone, guitar, bass guitar, drums, and piano (although he finds it hard to play without the "red" keys).

ALF is troublesome, sarcastic and cynical, and sometimes he puts himself at the risk of being discovered while doing some of his often unintentional pranks. ALF is known to have set 246 fires with the Tanner family, but most were barbeque related. Before he met Rhonda, his girlfriend, he was engaged to Ruby.

First Job/Worst Job: Apprentice Lint Brush

Marital Status: Single...but still looking

Birthplace: Planet Melmac (Lower East Side)

Most Irrational Fear: Rhode Island

Personal Heroes: Bob the Great and Lassie

Parents: Bob and Flo Shumway (Married Twangle 12)

Siblings: Curtis (Brother), Augie (Sister)

Pets: Stinky (Vespa, a type of three legged dog on Melmac)

Popular catch phrase: "Ha, I kill me!"