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An episode by episode look at the sitcom ALF from a British and not especially serious perspective. From wherever you get your podcasts. Hosted by Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social & John Matthews @ricardoautobahn.co.uk https://linktr.ee/alfsplaining
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Wonderful stuff all round from the boy Shumway #CheeseDots

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This week on ALFsplaining: ALF and Willie play chess! ALF and Jody play Guess The Cheese! ALF plays Georgia On My Mind! And we experience it all in the company of the very splendid @deathofbuckley.bsky.social Listen at Linktr.ee/ALFsplaining

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Can you even believe that Jody's back this week? ALF moves in to her new apartment - they're the original odd couple! On the left, Jody on day 1. On the right, Jody at the end of day 1. Linktr.ee/ALFsplaining

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Famous episode we're discussing this week, it's the one where ALF finally eats Lucky the cat. Listen to the podcast and watch the original episode at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining

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Read 1 of those lines as: "ALF and Willie play cheese!"

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If you only listen to one episode of ALFsplaining, listen to all of them. Thanks.

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I am marking myself ALF-safe

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We insist all people who are aware of the boy Shumway mark themselves ALF Safe. Just so we know who you are.

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This week on ALFsplaining: ALF and Willie play chess! ALF and Jody play Guess The Cheese! ALF plays Georgia On My Mind! And we experience it all in the company of the very splendid @deathofbuckley.bsky.social Listen at Linktr.ee/ALFsplaining

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Tomorrow, the mystery of the soda cans is cleared up with a surprising Pop Culture Reference Of The Week! Be there at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining

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If you were ever in any doubt ALF is a real living being and not a puppet, as some claim...

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We feel it very important we get @vancityreynolds.bsky.social to come on ALFsplaining www.instagram.com/share/p/_d-U...

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Please RT for awareness

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This would be highly beneficial to this man’s career, I feel.

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Ah, my dear much-beloved Jody! Also, that's not me behind the question mark, in case you were curious.

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Please RT for awareness

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I mean, you’d be a fool not to @vancityreynolds.bsky.social

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New content for all our Patre-pals at patreon.com/ALFsplaining

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Please repost that post below for the best chance of Ryan Reynolds hearing about ALFsplaining.

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#CanadianALFsplaining 😃

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We feel it very important we get @vancityreynolds.bsky.social to come on ALFsplaining www.instagram.com/share/p/_d-U...

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Next week on ALFsplaining! We look at the return of Jody in the episode We Gotta Get Out Of This Place. And we've got a special guest ALFsplainer with us! No clues, all will be revealed on Monday. Tune in then!

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Next week on ALFsplaining! We look at the return of Jody in the episode We Gotta Get Out Of This Place. And we've got a special guest ALFsplainer with us! No clues, all will be revealed on Monday. Tune in then!

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A beer for @ricardoautobahn.co.uk in this Prestwich bar & bottle shop?

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Welcome to ALFsplaining - the ALF podcast. There's a whole world of ALF content we're curating out there, we look at episodes, merchandise, publications, games and even his German-language pop albums. Visit linktr.ee/ALFsplaining, the main hub. Your pals, Ben and John

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Pauline Quirke, Birds Of A Feather, 1989.

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The ALFsplaining Success Story roars to new heights. And we've got some big things planned - stay tuned!

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This week's ALFsplaining sees us cover the concluding part of Someone To Watch Over Me. ALF builds a better mousetrap, Paco from 'Nurses' shows up, Brian pulls the face that made him the nation's favourite and Max Wright has another nervous breakdown. See if all at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining

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We also went down to @philfletcher.bsky.social's Puppet Workshop to meet the man behind Hacker T. Dog and get his insight into ALF, and other topics. open.spotify.com/episode/42Ca...

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We also went down to @philfletcher.bsky.social's Puppet Workshop to meet the man behind Hacker T. Dog and get his insight into ALF, and other topics. open.spotify.com/episode/42Ca...

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Worried about not being able to get into ALFsplaining? Feel unfamiliar with ALF, or concerned that with nearly 50 episodes under our belts you won't be able to catch up? Well, don't be an idiot. Back at the start we offered a crash course in ALF, and his world... open.spotify.com/episode/7N0D...

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Worried about not being able to get into ALFsplaining? Feel unfamiliar with ALF, or concerned that with nearly 50 episodes under our belts you won't be able to catch up? Well, don't be an idiot. Back at the start we offered a crash course in ALF, and his world... open.spotify.com/episode/7N0D...

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Flash Gordon Shumway #NewAmalgamUniverse

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This week on ALFsplaining! Racquel's Unmentionables! Did Mrs Byrd kill her husband with a spatula? The Beheading Of A Lawn Santa! And they're not falling for that cute kid routine anymore! Listen over at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining

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What can be going on to have panicked Willie and Jake so much? The only way you can find out is to listen to this week's ALFsplaining - the world's number one English-language ALF-themed podcast - at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining

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Here's breakout character Mrs Byrd, expressing her opinion (in 1988) on the media landscape in 2025. Linktr.ee/ALFsplaining

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Here's breakout character Mrs Byrd, expressing her opinion (in 1988) on the media landscape in 2025. Linktr.ee/ALFsplaining

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Find out what’s new at the Dracula factory with today’s ALFSplaining. Also, please help ‘splain the jokes.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

This week on ALFsplaining! Racquel's Unmentionables! Did Mrs Byrd kill her husband with a spatula? The Beheading Of A Lawn Santa! And they're not falling for that cute kid routine anymore! Listen over at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining

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