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Some Enchanted Evening is the sixth episode of ALF's second season. It originally aired on October 26, 1987.
Several people including the Burkes see ALF at the Tanner's Halloween party. Since he is wearing a zipper, they think he has a costume on.
Plot Summary[]
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Kate is helping Brian with his pirate Halloween costume, and ALF comes in with his costume, dressed as Gene Shalit
Act One[]
Willie is having trouble sleeping, because he's worried he got turned down for a promotion because he got pulled off a teen runaway project to help his boss, , Walter Burke, find a missing water cooler. ALF comes to ask about Halloween and why he can't go out, and that his body makes a great costume. ALF then suggests Kate and Willie have a Halloween party to invite Willie's boss butter him up, to which Willie balks at. Kate likes the idea of a party.
On Halloween night, Kate is getting ready for their party, and then two of the Three Stooges ring the bell for trick or treat, They said Moe had to use the bathroom. Brian and Lynn come back from trick or treating. Lynn says her boyfriend Lizard is on his way over to attend the party and Brian goes to the garage to give ALF his share of the candy, ALF tries to swindle him out of even more of it.
The family is starting to get ready more, and the Lizard arrives for the party. He talks about how he got his nickname by removing a brain tumor from a lizard. He mentions that he likes quantum physics even more to which Willie on the spot tells him he's pre-approved to marry Lynn. The first two guests arrive dresses as cowboys, then Willie's boss shows up too. Willie then realizes that ALF got a hold of the guest list. Then ALF himself arrives with a zipper on his chest.
Act Two[]
All the guests believe it is a costume just like ALF said. Willie drags him into the kitchen to ask why he did this, and ALF says he did it to speak to Walter and get him to give Willie his promotion. ALF is the life of the party and starts doing an Elvis impression, and Lizard finds it incredible. After that ALF literally puts a lampshade on his head, and people actually laugh at it.
The party goers start doing the limbo. ALF then encourages Walter to do the limbo as well, but Willie protests not to do so. Walter decides to attempt doing the limbo anyways but hurts his back and everyone leaves seeing him in pain. ALF does back-massage on him which helps it feel better. Walter thanks him, and asks what he can do to help, and ALF says to give Willie his promotion to which Willie begs that he not make Walter lose his temper but his boss decides to give back his promotion. ALF, still not satisfied that Willie got his promotion back, starts complaining to Walter about additional problems such as Willie not having a window in his office, his parking space not close enough, having an annoying work partner, and coming home very late. Walter gets frustrated having to listen to ALF's complaints.
Epilogue[]
ALF and Willie are going trick-or-treat with Willie claiming ALF is supposed to sound like a little child. They go to an old lady's house, who claims that she gave away her last candy hours ago. ALF hears and sees that she has a lot of cats, requesting that he gets one of them. The old lady refuses to, closing the door.
Background information[]
Production history[]
- Premiere airdate: October 26, 1987
- Production number: 2005
Costumes[]
- Pirate (Brian)
- The Three Stooges (Larry and Curly only, Moe was absent due to a bathroom break- neighborhood children)
- King and Queen (Willie's boss, Walter Burke, and his wife)
- Cowboys (Bernice and her Ed)
- ALF was himself with a zipper cloth on his belly
- Lederhosen
- Bride of Frankenstein
Trivia[]
- Willie mentioned Dagwood Bumstead from the comic Blondie when ALF told him to "butter up" to his boss to earn the promotion. Willie replied, "I'm not buttering up to my boss. Who do you think I am? Dagwood Bumstead?"
- The party scene in this episode represents the largest group of humans to see ALF at the same time without realizing that he is an alien. Since he is wearing a zipper down the front, the party guests think that he is a short human in a costume.
Quotes[]
- ALF: You mean all those times you complained about "you-know-who," it was me?
Title Reference[]
"Some Enchanted Evening" is the title of a song from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific.