Salad Wars

Season 1, Episode 11 of ALF: The Animated Series.

Summary[]

Teaser[]

Gordon begins typing the next chapter of his memoir.

Story[]

Gordon's family go on a wagon train holiday in their mobile motorhome but leave the group to visit the theme park of Salad Dressing Town. Meanwhile, the park's boss, Louie the Pruner, is trying to get the rare plastic pussy willow seeds from old farmer Albert. Albert escapes and jumps aboard the Shumway's vehicle but the boss pursues them in a huge flower picking machine. He captures Gordon and Albert while sending the motorhome with the rest of the family over a cliff. The Shumways are saved by the wagon master Mr. Chisum . Gordon and Albert getting a foot-tickle-torture and the villains even want lick salad dressing off Gordon's feet to get the informations they need. But Gordon and Albert escape, and together they manage to have Albert's seeds widely distributed by Mount Snout which blows once a year.

Epilogue[]

ALF asks whether he has a big nose and gets a reply from a large off-camera audience.

Background information[]

Production history[]

Premiere airdate: December 19, 1987

Continuity[]

ALF breaks the fourth wall in the opening sequence when he says “Hi out there, television-landers!” He does so again in the conclusion when he talks to an off-camera audience.
This chapter of Melmac Memories begins “It was a dark and very very stormy night.”
The tour guide at Dressing Downs says that salad dressings are made by aging a flower nectar in a barrel.
Another tour guide said that Mt. Snout had “late summer buildup,” placing this episode in late summer.
End of chapter: “And then we drove off into the very dark and very stormy night.”
Gordon says his catchphrase, “Ha! I kill me” for the first time in this series.
There is a torture scene where Albert getting his feet tickled and ALF is threaten that the villains would lick salad dressing off his feet.

Links and references[]

Cast[]

Michael Fantini as Curtis Shumway
Paul Fusco as Gordon Shumway (ALF)
Paulina Gillis as Augie Shumway
Peggy Mahon as Flo Shumway
Thick Wilson as Bob Shumway

Additional voices[]

Len Carlson
Rob Cowamn
Don Francks
Dan Hennessey
Stephen McCulkin
Greg Morton

Unidentified voice actors[]

Albert (salad dresser)
Big Buds (villain)
Chism
Colorada
Louie the Pruner (villain)
Sonny (villain)

References[]

allergy medicine; balloon; barnacle whip; belt; blood pansy; cemetery; coin; cricket; Dressing Downs; earring; factory; fish; flower; Fort Shapira; gangster; gift shop; Gooey Gardenia; Harry; hat; horse; hospital; lab; menu; Mt. Snout; motorhome; needlepoint; Neep; periscope; pickling; pilgrim; plastic pussy willow; Plywood Ranch; postcard; rubber chicken; salad; salad dresser; salad dressing; Salad Dressing Country; salad oil; Salad Swamp; seed; sinus spray; slippers; Spicy French; statue; styrofoam; summer; tickle; toothbrush; torture; tourist; wagon; wagonmaster; Zesty Garlic; feet; licking

Framing sequence references[]

spray paint; television; typewriter

External links[]

Salad Wars at the IMDb