About this episode
Remember ALF? He’s back, in podcast form! Tune in as we salute ALF’s two-part Christmas special from 1987, the single most depressing special starring a wisecracking alien puppet of all time. Content Warning: In this Christmas special, the goofy alien with the jokes meets a terminally ill child and a man contemplating suicide. **** 🎙 Guest: Jeff Somogyi ( Talkin’ Chopp , Down the Rabbit Hole , @sommerjam ). **** 💬 Topics & Tangents: 1. The heartbreaking true story behind ALF’s Special Christmas . 2. A study in human ignorance: Gordon Shumway has a name, which he’s told everyone, yet everyone still calls him HEY ALIEN! 3. A study in willful alien ignorance: ALF opens everyone else’s Christmas gifts and succeeds in convincing me it’s because he doesn’t know how any of this works. 4. Talking ALF: The Storytelling Alien . 5. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus . **** “ALF’s Special Christmas” © 1987 Alien Productions. Full show notes with links at adventcalendar.house . Say hi on Twitter @adventcalhouse . Theme song by Bronwen’s Ghost . Full show notes and social links at adventcalendar.house .