ALFsplaining - the ALF Podcast
@alfsplaining.bsky.social
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
Hosted by Ben Baker @benbaker.bsky.social & John Matthews @ricardoautobahn.co.uk
https://linktr.ee/alfsplaining
Happy Fappiano to all our American readers. Fortunately this last couple of weeks we've been looking at the Thanksgiving Special!
Listen in at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
Listen in at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
November 27, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Happy Fappiano to all our American readers. Fortunately this last couple of weeks we've been looking at the Thanksgiving Special!
Listen in at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
Listen in at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
This week on ALFsplaining, the following things will never be referred to again:
⁉️ The basket they got so ALF could see Brian's play
⁉️ The Alien Task Force guy's broken arm
⁉️ Raquel's viking helmet
⁉️ The Tanners Lawn From That Specific Angle
Linktr.ee/ALFsplaining - the detail oriented ALF podcast
⁉️ The basket they got so ALF could see Brian's play
⁉️ The Alien Task Force guy's broken arm
⁉️ Raquel's viking helmet
⁉️ The Tanners Lawn From That Specific Angle
Linktr.ee/ALFsplaining - the detail oriented ALF podcast
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This week on ALFsplaining, the following things will never be referred to again:
⁉️ The basket they got so ALF could see Brian's play
⁉️ The Alien Task Force guy's broken arm
⁉️ Raquel's viking helmet
⁉️ The Tanners Lawn From That Specific Angle
Linktr.ee/ALFsplaining - the detail oriented ALF podcast
⁉️ The basket they got so ALF could see Brian's play
⁉️ The Alien Task Force guy's broken arm
⁉️ Raquel's viking helmet
⁉️ The Tanners Lawn From That Specific Angle
Linktr.ee/ALFsplaining - the detail oriented ALF podcast
This silliness is one of our favourite bits on this week's ALFsplaining.
Listen in at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
Listen in at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
This silliness is one of our favourite bits on this week's ALFsplaining.
Listen in at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
Listen in at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
A good idea we hadn't thought of... However...
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
A good idea we hadn't thought of... However...
We have pondered this week *why* the Alien Task Force's van was disguised as "Five Steves Pest Removal". Was this a reference to something? Or, as the good Doc Wallace here suggests, an in-joke? This seems the best solution to be honest.
Watch and listen at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
Watch and listen at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
November 24, 2025 at 11:42 AM
We have pondered this week *why* the Alien Task Force's van was disguised as "Five Steves Pest Removal". Was this a reference to something? Or, as the good Doc Wallace here suggests, an in-joke? This seems the best solution to be honest.
Watch and listen at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
Watch and listen at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
Homeless man Flakey Pete who we meet this week is a man of science, deducing interesting facts about Melmac:
ALF's fur indicates it's a cold planet, his big feet suggest a muddy terrain, with a thin atmosphere that doesn't transmit soundwaves very well (big ears) and a scarcity of oxygen (big nose)
ALF's fur indicates it's a cold planet, his big feet suggest a muddy terrain, with a thin atmosphere that doesn't transmit soundwaves very well (big ears) and a scarcity of oxygen (big nose)
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Homeless man Flakey Pete who we meet this week is a man of science, deducing interesting facts about Melmac:
ALF's fur indicates it's a cold planet, his big feet suggest a muddy terrain, with a thin atmosphere that doesn't transmit soundwaves very well (big ears) and a scarcity of oxygen (big nose)
ALF's fur indicates it's a cold planet, his big feet suggest a muddy terrain, with a thin atmosphere that doesn't transmit soundwaves very well (big ears) and a scarcity of oxygen (big nose)
🚨 NEW! NEU! NOUVEAU! 🚨
It's Thanksgiving, and we're completing the epic two-parter Turkey In The Straw.
🦃 ALF reads the papers!
🦃 ALF shows Flakey Pete his photo album!
🦃 Das Cornucopia is "performed"!
🦃 ALF, the Tanners and Flakey Pete praise Christ!
It's all happening at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
It's Thanksgiving, and we're completing the epic two-parter Turkey In The Straw.
🦃 ALF reads the papers!
🦃 ALF shows Flakey Pete his photo album!
🦃 Das Cornucopia is "performed"!
🦃 ALF, the Tanners and Flakey Pete praise Christ!
It's all happening at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🚨 NEW! NEU! NOUVEAU! 🚨
It's Thanksgiving, and we're completing the epic two-parter Turkey In The Straw.
🦃 ALF reads the papers!
🦃 ALF shows Flakey Pete his photo album!
🦃 Das Cornucopia is "performed"!
🦃 ALF, the Tanners and Flakey Pete praise Christ!
It's all happening at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
It's Thanksgiving, and we're completing the epic two-parter Turkey In The Straw.
🦃 ALF reads the papers!
🦃 ALF shows Flakey Pete his photo album!
🦃 Das Cornucopia is "performed"!
🦃 ALF, the Tanners and Flakey Pete praise Christ!
It's all happening at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
TURKEY IN THE STRAW - PART 2
You've all been waiting a week to find out how ALF gets out of the predicament of being discovered by Flakey Pete, and also find our exactly what substance was flung in Willie's face!
Now you can - at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
You've all been waiting a week to find out how ALF gets out of the predicament of being discovered by Flakey Pete, and also find our exactly what substance was flung in Willie's face!
Now you can - at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
TURKEY IN THE STRAW - PART 2
You've all been waiting a week to find out how ALF gets out of the predicament of being discovered by Flakey Pete, and also find our exactly what substance was flung in Willie's face!
Now you can - at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
You've all been waiting a week to find out how ALF gets out of the predicament of being discovered by Flakey Pete, and also find our exactly what substance was flung in Willie's face!
Now you can - at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
Tomorrow on ALFsplaining we cover the episode where Jake Ochmonek does the most "who's da wise guy, huh?" face in history.
November 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Tomorrow on ALFsplaining we cover the episode where Jake Ochmonek does the most "who's da wise guy, huh?" face in history.
Next week on ALFsplaining we conclude our look at the two-part Thanksgiving Special!
Watch it, and explore our *feast* of ALF-related content, at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
Watch it, and explore our *feast* of ALF-related content, at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
November 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Next week on ALFsplaining we conclude our look at the two-part Thanksgiving Special!
Watch it, and explore our *feast* of ALF-related content, at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
Watch it, and explore our *feast* of ALF-related content, at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
🚨NEW!🚨
Over on the ALFsplaining Patreon we're looking into the short-lived UK version of the ALF comic and Ben gets a chance to do his Welsh accent.
But the "censoring" on the letters page has us intrigued. Help us out gang, what do *you* think has been obscured here?
Patreon.com/ALFsplainingExtra
Over on the ALFsplaining Patreon we're looking into the short-lived UK version of the ALF comic and Ben gets a chance to do his Welsh accent.
But the "censoring" on the letters page has us intrigued. Help us out gang, what do *you* think has been obscured here?
Patreon.com/ALFsplainingExtra
November 21, 2025 at 8:44 AM
🚨NEW!🚨
Over on the ALFsplaining Patreon we're looking into the short-lived UK version of the ALF comic and Ben gets a chance to do his Welsh accent.
But the "censoring" on the letters page has us intrigued. Help us out gang, what do *you* think has been obscured here?
Patreon.com/ALFsplainingExtra
Over on the ALFsplaining Patreon we're looking into the short-lived UK version of the ALF comic and Ben gets a chance to do his Welsh accent.
But the "censoring" on the letters page has us intrigued. Help us out gang, what do *you* think has been obscured here?
Patreon.com/ALFsplainingExtra
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 woop woop that's the sound of da police! 🚨
A dramatic reference to the *first* sighting of ALF alerts the mysterious Alien Task Force, but fortunately they look like this.
There's *much* more on this in ALFsplaining this week at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
A dramatic reference to the *first* sighting of ALF alerts the mysterious Alien Task Force, but fortunately they look like this.
There's *much* more on this in ALFsplaining this week at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
November 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🚨 woop woop that's the sound of da police! 🚨
A dramatic reference to the *first* sighting of ALF alerts the mysterious Alien Task Force, but fortunately they look like this.
There's *much* more on this in ALFsplaining this week at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
A dramatic reference to the *first* sighting of ALF alerts the mysterious Alien Task Force, but fortunately they look like this.
There's *much* more on this in ALFsplaining this week at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
There's new Patreon content coming up on Friday as we take a bumper look at the first issue of the "UK version" of the ALF Marvel comic. It ran for 15 issues in 1988 and 89 with some bespoke content tailored for a British audience like this...
patreon.com/ALFsplainingExtra
patreon.com/ALFsplainingExtra
November 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
There's new Patreon content coming up on Friday as we take a bumper look at the first issue of the "UK version" of the ALF Marvel comic. It ran for 15 issues in 1988 and 89 with some bespoke content tailored for a British audience like this...
patreon.com/ALFsplainingExtra
patreon.com/ALFsplainingExtra
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November 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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ALFsplaining's chat-up technique demonstrated..
November 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
ALFsplaining's chat-up technique demonstrated..
It's an action-packed #Thanksgiving episode of ALFsplaining (the ALF podcast) this week as:
🦃 ALF eats some wax fruit, but not the pumpkin jello!
🦃 Willie retrieves his wardrobe from the bins, and threatens a homeless man with a crowbar!
It's all happening at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
🦃 ALF eats some wax fruit, but not the pumpkin jello!
🦃 Willie retrieves his wardrobe from the bins, and threatens a homeless man with a crowbar!
It's all happening at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
November 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
It's an action-packed #Thanksgiving episode of ALFsplaining (the ALF podcast) this week as:
🦃 ALF eats some wax fruit, but not the pumpkin jello!
🦃 Willie retrieves his wardrobe from the bins, and threatens a homeless man with a crowbar!
It's all happening at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
🦃 ALF eats some wax fruit, but not the pumpkin jello!
🦃 Willie retrieves his wardrobe from the bins, and threatens a homeless man with a crowbar!
It's all happening at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
In an all new ALFsplaining!
🦃 Willie accuses ALF of eating the Thanksgiving turkey! (which he *has* done)
🦃 ALF reads a VCR instruction book!
🦃 ALF has the time of his life with a napkin!
🦃 And we finally see the Alien Task Force HQ!
linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
🦃 Willie accuses ALF of eating the Thanksgiving turkey! (which he *has* done)
🦃 ALF reads a VCR instruction book!
🦃 ALF has the time of his life with a napkin!
🦃 And we finally see the Alien Task Force HQ!
linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
November 17, 2025 at 7:17 AM
In an all new ALFsplaining!
🦃 Willie accuses ALF of eating the Thanksgiving turkey! (which he *has* done)
🦃 ALF reads a VCR instruction book!
🦃 ALF has the time of his life with a napkin!
🦃 And we finally see the Alien Task Force HQ!
linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
🦃 Willie accuses ALF of eating the Thanksgiving turkey! (which he *has* done)
🦃 ALF reads a VCR instruction book!
🦃 ALF has the time of his life with a napkin!
🦃 And we finally see the Alien Task Force HQ!
linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
After a week off where we introduced you to @pantosplaining.bsky.social we'll be back as usual on Monday with the first part of ALF's Thanksgiving Episode 'Turkey In The Straw'
November 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
After a week off where we introduced you to @pantosplaining.bsky.social we'll be back as usual on Monday with the first part of ALF's Thanksgiving Episode 'Turkey In The Straw'
Next week, on ALFsplaining...
November 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Next week, on ALFsplaining...
ALFsplaining will be back next week...
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
ALFsplaining will be back next week...
We're following ALF's 1988 Season 3 broadcast schedule with new episodes of ALFsplaining, so there won't be a new edition next week.
HOWEVER the ALFsplaining channel *will* launch something (non-ALF related) that Ben and John have been cooking up in recent months, so do stay alert. YULE LOVE IT.
HOWEVER the ALFsplaining channel *will* launch something (non-ALF related) that Ben and John have been cooking up in recent months, so do stay alert. YULE LOVE IT.
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
We're following ALF's 1988 Season 3 broadcast schedule with new episodes of ALFsplaining, so there won't be a new edition next week.
HOWEVER the ALFsplaining channel *will* launch something (non-ALF related) that Ben and John have been cooking up in recent months, so do stay alert. YULE LOVE IT.
HOWEVER the ALFsplaining channel *will* launch something (non-ALF related) that Ben and John have been cooking up in recent months, so do stay alert. YULE LOVE IT.
This week on ALFsplaining: Lynn starts dating the man, the myth, the legend Michael des Barres and Willie and Kate immediately disapprove for some reason.
Listen in at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
Listen in at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
November 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
This week on ALFsplaining: Lynn starts dating the man, the myth, the legend Michael des Barres and Willie and Kate immediately disapprove for some reason.
Listen in at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
Listen in at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
THIS WEEK on ALFsplaining:
💥 ALF eats some cookies!
💥 Brian reacts!
💥 ALF watches Aliens!
💥 Michael Des Barres signs a Lee Iacocca book!
Get to the bottom of this madness at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
or
open.spotify.com/show/5PqNWGR...
or wherever you get your podcasts!
💥 ALF eats some cookies!
💥 Brian reacts!
💥 ALF watches Aliens!
💥 Michael Des Barres signs a Lee Iacocca book!
Get to the bottom of this madness at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
or
open.spotify.com/show/5PqNWGR...
or wherever you get your podcasts!
November 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
THIS WEEK on ALFsplaining:
💥 ALF eats some cookies!
💥 Brian reacts!
💥 ALF watches Aliens!
💥 Michael Des Barres signs a Lee Iacocca book!
Get to the bottom of this madness at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
or
open.spotify.com/show/5PqNWGR...
or wherever you get your podcasts!
💥 ALF eats some cookies!
💥 Brian reacts!
💥 ALF watches Aliens!
💥 Michael Des Barres signs a Lee Iacocca book!
Get to the bottom of this madness at linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
or
open.spotify.com/show/5PqNWGR...
or wherever you get your podcasts!
This week, Ben and John try to get to grips with what exactly a "Michael des Barres" is, as he guest stars in the episode Promises Promises.
Linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
Linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
November 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This week, Ben and John try to get to grips with what exactly a "Michael des Barres" is, as he guest stars in the episode Promises Promises.
Linktr.ee/ALFsplaining
Linktr.ee/ALFsplaining