Oct 3, 2026 · 35 min · 11 segments
Linden and Sharon discuss a hairy lil’ guy from the 80s (a little before even *Sharon’s* time, and for this show she’s **old!)** Did sitcoms back then just hit different? Why was this ugly but sweet…
While Alf would certainly be an annoying roommate in real life, what do you think is so endearing about him to the Tanner family, and by extension, the audience?
endearing
endearing sorry you could say enduring because it's like a long-lasting cultural impact but i mean endearing as in like oh that's so sweet like it's lovable
oh the series
oh yeah because like he's
obviously a really annoying would be a really annoying roommate to have because he's so disrupt disrupt destructive and i think i was trying to say destructive and disruptive and he is
both you get you can combine the words to make one
That doesn't work because I'll never be able to say it the same way twice.
Yeah.
Basically, but there's, you are watching Elf, like you've been watching it with me off and on.
And you're not like watching going, I hate this guy.
No.
No, right? There's a reason.
So why,
even though he's like kind of awful in some ways, without meaning to be.
He's delightfully, what's the word? Delightfully unpredictable.
true
in my opinion
he's kind of like predictably unpredictable
in every episode you don't necessarily know what he's going to be doing uh obviously has tendencies but i love i love every episode they're each individually entertaining uh and they find new creative ways to make it fun
i think i have a couple notes here my first note says i think it's because he clearly cares about the tanners and sees them as his found family Even though he often does reckless or selfish things, he always goes above and beyond to make things right.
This is related to the first question.
It says, I also think that Alf consistently choosing the Tanners as his family and the Tanners choosing to love him even when he messes things up is really heartwarming.
And even
While Alf would certainly be an annoying roommate in real life, what do you think is so endearing about him to the Tanner family, and by extension, the audience?
endearing
endearing sorry you could say enduring because it's like a long-lasting cultural impact but i mean endearing as in like oh that's so sweet like it's lovable
oh the series
oh yeah because like he's
obviously a really annoying would be a really annoying roommate to have because he's so disrupt disrupt destructive and i think i was trying to say destructive and disruptive and he is
both you get you can combine the words to make one
That doesn't work because I'll never be able to say it the same way twice.
Yeah.
Basically, but there's, you are watching Elf, like you've been watching it with me off and on.
And you're not like watching going, I hate this guy.
No.
No, right? There's a reason.
So why,
even though he's like kind of awful in some ways, without meaning to be.
He's delightfully, what's the word? Delightfully unpredictable.
true
in my opinion
he's kind of like predictably unpredictable
in every episode you don't necessarily know what he's going to be doing uh obviously has tendencies but i love i love every episode they're each individually entertaining uh and they find new creative ways to make it fun
i think i have a couple notes here my first note says i think it's because he clearly cares about the tanners and sees them as his found family Even though he often does reckless or selfish things, he always goes above and beyond to make things right.
This is related to the first question.
It says, I also think that Alf consistently choosing the Tanners as his family and the Tanners choosing to love him even when he messes things up is really heartwarming.
And even
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