With all of the love going around for old television shows, one has to wonder: What about ALF?
(OK, maybe one doesn’t have to wonder that, but …)
Well, one person is wondering, and doing something about it. Not a reboot, a statue.
In Connecticut, the New Haven Register reports that New Haven resident Ray Willis has started an online petition to raise funds for a bronze statue in town of the Alien Life Form that ruled NBC in the 1980s.
In his petition, Willis acknowledges there are many great famous folks from New Haven, he says “towering above them all at a mere 2 feet 8 inches … You know him, you love him, he eats cats, ALF.”
While the idea of erecting a statue of ALF makes perfect sense, one must wonder (yet again) why in New Haven?
Those personalities from New Haven are plenty: Eli Whitney, Norman Lear, Paul Giamatti, Michael Bolton, Lauren Ambrose, Knight of Columbus founder Michael J. McGivney, and Walter Camp, the father of American football.
And there’s also Paul Fusco, the puppeteer who voiced and manipulated ALF on the series that ran from 1986-90. Willis thinks it’s time Fusco’s contributions get recognized.
The Register reports Fusco is a graduate of and former audiovisual teacher at Hamden High School.
“For far too long we have ignored this cornerstone of our cultural heritage,” Willis writes. “I say that ends now. I have spoken to the Parks Department & other organizations who manage public land & got a quote for a life sized bronze ALF sculpture to commemorate our galactic savior. With enough public support it’s entirely feasible for us to erect it in one of our city parks, and can be manufactured for the extremely reasonable price of a cool $10,000.”
In 2018, plans for an actual reboot of the series were announced, but those didn’t seem to pan out.
Willis points out he only needs 2,000 people to chip in $5 each, and the statue is as good as up. So far, he’s got two takers — a total of $10.
We’re guessing he won’t give up.
ALF wouldn’t have.
