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ALFsplaining

Ben Baker and John Matthews

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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ALFsplaining ·

2024/04/29

"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

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00:39:25

Dont It Make My Brown Eyes Blue

ALFsplaining ·

2024/04/22

"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

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00:34:58

Help Me, Rhonda

ALFsplaining ·

2024/04/15

"Brian's 7th birthday is approaching and it gets ALF depressed because he realizes he is never going to see his friends on Melmac again — he was finally going to get together with his true love Rhonda and then the planet exploded." Innit typical? You finally get to snog on a lass and your whole civilization crashes into oblivion! Still, Ben Baker and John Matthews are here with a comforting word, a Top Willie and a look at DEM GAMS. And if you want to support the podcast and get

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00:30:28

Extrasplaining - Alles Paradiso (Side A)

ALFsplaining ·

2024/04/12

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

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00:33:50

For Your Eyes Only

ALFsplaining ·

2024/04/08

"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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00:36:07

Keepin' the Faith

ALFsplaining ·

2024/04/01

"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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00:36:45

Pennsylvania 6-5000

ALFsplaining ·

2024/03/25

"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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00:33:14

Looking For Lucky

ALFsplaining ·

2024/03/18

"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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00:19:50

Extrasplaining - Phil Fletcher Interview

ALFsplaining ·

2024/03/15

Its our first ALFsplaining trip out and where better to go than the famous Puppet Workshop of Phil Fletcher, the man behind such fuzzy faced legends as Josh, Terry Mole, Swads and, of course, Titty Bob. He's also pals with Hacker T Dog from CBBC somehow. Normal men, innocent men etc. Phil is a big fan of ALF's puppeteer Paul Fusco and talked to us about his early years, memories of ALF on the telly and his marches to stop it in his youth. Expect some mild rudery but nothing your nan would

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00:31:46

Strangers In The Night

ALFsplaining ·

2024/03/11

"Everybody but Brian and ALF are leaving the house for the evening. Kate does not want ALF to babysit Brian, so Willie asks their ever-snooping neighbour, Mrs. Ochmonek." Ben Baker and John Matthews are hiding behind the sofa this week as ALF tries to watch "Psycho" without alarming the neighbours. Nobody mentioned there'd be pizza though... linktr.ee/alfsplaining

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00:33:44

ALF

ALFsplaining ·

2024/03/04

"Gordon Shumway, a Melmacian who escaped his planet Melmac before it was destroyed, crash lands into the garage of the Tanner family."Where it all began...for ALF that is. We started the other day but dont let that out you off Ben Baker and John Matthews looking at the pilot episode of "ALF" from September 1986. There's trivia, silly jokes, appreciation of a Top Willie, our most impenetrable pop culture moments and the judging of the episode MVP which probably stands for

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00:22:14

What Is ALFSplaining?

ALFsplaining ·

2024/02/26

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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