Changes: Gordon Ships Out

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Season 1, Episode 4 of ALF: The Animated Series.

Gordon, Rick, and Skip decide to pool their savings for a sailing yacht, but end up marooned on an island thanks to a Pit Termite that Skip names Woody.

Summary

Teaser

In a live action framing sequence, ALF, in the present, says that he has just finished writing the next chapter of his memoir, "Gordon Ships Out". He also imitates a fog horn.

Episode

Summary to follow...

Epilogue

In the closing live-action segment, ALF does the Melmacian mating call.

Background information

Production history

Premiere airdate: October 24, 1987

Continuity

Flo may have made a Star Wars reference when she said, “Bob, I have a bad feeling about this.”
Flo felt that at least one slimy vegetable at every meal was part of a balanced diet.
Rick’s last name is given as Fusterman.
Gordon and Rick knew each other since they were kids.
Skip says his mother never let him have a pit termite. However, in "Skipper's Got a Brand New Dad," Skip says he was raised by his nanny Fanny and never had a relationship with his parents.
The Orbit Guard patrols the water, not unlike a Coast guard.
In the closing credits, 'Melmacian' is pronounced "Mel-MAY-shin".

Links and references

Cast

Rob Cowan as Skip
Michael Fantini as Curtis Shumway
Paul Fusco as Gordon Shumway (ALF) and Rick Fusterman
Paulina Gillis as Augie Shumway
Ellen-Ray Hennessy as Stella
Peggy Mahon as Flo Shumway
Thick Wilson as Bob Shumway

Additional voices

Don Francks
Greg Morton
Stephen McMulkin

Unidentified voice actors

Solly
Woodrow (aka “Woody”)

References

barnacle chips; Bismark; blackened black cat; bletsklamanian blowfish; boat; buldozer; cat; cat peeler; curlers; Desire; diner; Eddie's Cats-Up Diner; electric knarf; flern roach; foot brush; Lamborghini Succotash; Neon; Orbit Guard; Orlon Ocean; pepper; pipe; pit termite; Polyester Sea; radio; rations; salt; Skip’s mom; sock; tabby chops; toothpaste dip; sea beaver; vegetable; wedding; wernick; Ye Salty Slug Inn

Framing sequence references

boat; fog horn; Melmac Memories; Melmacian mating call; typewriter

External links

Gordon Ships Out at the IMDb

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 ===Continuity===
-*Flo may have made a ''Star Wars'' reference when she said, “Bob, I have a bad feeling about this.”
+*Flo may have made a ''Star Wars'' reference when she said, [https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/I_have_a_bad_feeling_about_this “Bob, I have a bad feeling about this.”]
 *Flo felt that at least one slimy vegetable at every meal was part of a balanced diet.
 *Rick’s last name is given as Fusterman.
 *Gordon and Rick knew each other since they were kids.
+*Skip says his mother never let him have a [[pit termite]]. However, in "[[Skipper's Got a Brand New Dad]]," Skip says he was raised by his nanny [[Fanny]] and never had a relationship with his parents.
+*The Orbit Guard patrols the water, not unlike a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_guard Coast guard].
 *In the closing credits, 'Melmacian' is pronounced "Mel-MAY-shin".
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 ===References===
-[[barnacle chips]]; [[Bismark]]; [[blackened black cat]]; [[bletsklamanian blowfish]]; [[boat]]; [[buldozer]]; [[cat]]; [[cat peeler]]; [[curlers]]; ''[[Desire]]''; [[diner]]; [[Eddie’s Cats-Up Diner]]; [[electric knarf]]; [[flern roach]]; [[foot brush]]; ''[[Lamborghini Succotash]]''; [[Neon]]; [[Orbit Guard]]; [[Orlon Ocean]]; [[pepper]]; [[pipe]]; [[pit termite]]; [[Polyester Sea]]; [[radio]]; [[rations]]; [[salt]]; [[Skip’s mom]]; [[sock]]; [[tabby chops]]; [[toothpaste dip]]; [[sea beaver]]; [[vegetable]]; [[wernick]]; [[Ye Salty Slug Inn]]
+[[barnacle chips]]; [[Bismark]]; [[blackened black cat]]; [[bletsklamanian blowfish]]; [[boat]]; [[buldozer]]; [[cat]]; [[cat peeler]]; [[curlers]]; ''[[Desire]]''; [[diner]]; [[Eddie's Cats-Up Diner]]; [[electric knarf]]; [[flern roach]]; [[foot brush]]; ''[[Lamborghini Succotash]]''; [[Neon]]; [[Orbit Guard]]; [[Orlon Ocean]]; [[pepper]]; [[pipe]]; [[pit termite]]; [[Polyester Sea]]; [[radio]]; [[rations]]; [[salt]]; [[Skip’s mom]]; [[sock]]; [[tabby chops]]; [[toothpaste dip]]; [[sea beaver]]; [[vegetable]]; [[wedding]]; [[wernick]]; [[Ye Salty Slug Inn]]
 ===Framing sequence references===