alf

so first let me say that we fucked up a little. well.. i did. or, if i feel like passing the buck, the designer of the dvd case messed up. we decided to watch alf because jessica already owns it and i hadn't ever seriously tried to watch it. when i opened the dvd case, there was one disc visible and another disc behind it. normal. totally normal. so we sit through a whole disc and are confused and complaining about the fact that the show just jumps right in, the family is totally comfortable with alf, and clearly we are missing out on something. so, of course, the next day jessica brings it to my attention that we were watching the second disc! that whole time! chuckles all around, and then it is realized that the second disc i had seen before in the case is disc number three. the little paper insert that always comes in dvds? the first disc is BEHIND that. really now? i mean, i know i should have just looked at the disc numbers and figured it all out to begin with. but seriously. poor design.

disc two involved a lot of not-so-funny jokes and a lot of me groaning. now that everything has been straightened out, here we are watching disc one. but you know what? we're cheating. we're watching the pilot and the original un-aired pilot (which are apparently VERY similar)... and that's it. honestly, i don't think i could handle much more alf.

i don't really understand how this show got picked up. nevermind how it made 120 episodes. i love the muppets (or other comedic puppets), and would probably think this would have been a great show premise. i absolutely have to be missing something. i think i laughed twice through all the footage i watched. the laugh-track was painful to hear because i had no idea what they were laughing at. i really can't think of much else to say here. maybe i'm tired. maybe i don't full grasp alien-related humor. and maybe... just maybe... this show isn't funny and america was wrong.