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"Alf"
Season 2, Episode 2
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Alf reveals himself as a fan of "Gilligan's Island" and dreams himself into the show.
Basic Info
Air Date: September 28, 1987
Written By: Scott Spencer Gordon
Directed By: Nick Havinga
Guest Cast: The Cast of "Alf"
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The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island Surviving Gilligan's Island

Somewhere Over The Rerun is the Second Episode of the Second Season of "Alf." It aired on September 28, 1987.

Synopsis

Watching TV, Alf becomes a big fan of "Gilligan's Island" and starts considering it paradise, going as far as to question why life isn't as much fun at home, as it is on the series, much to the annoyance of Willie and Kate. Alf starts turning the Tanner's home into a shrine to the series, but eventually takes it too far when he digs a huge hole in the back yard, and diverts the main water line to his hole create a lagoon. Willie is livid that Alf would do such a thing, and demands that Alf restore his yard to its original state, refusing to let him back into the house, until he does so. After working well into the night, but making little progress, Alf falls asleep and has a dream where he's now on the island, and he meets Gilligan, the Skipper, the Professor and Mary Ann. However, becoming one with the Castaways is not turning out to be the fantasy he hopes for as the Castaways have become bored and chronically depressed from being away from civilization from over twenty-five years. Gilligan detests being called "Little Buddy" into his forties, and Mary Ann is only making healthy meals and fruit for dessert, with the Professor commenting that her coconut cream pies were bad for their blood sugar levels (and they were sick to death of them anyway). The bickering between them had gotten so bad that Ginger and Mr. and Mrs. Howell have moved to the other side of the island and are now on non-speaking terms with the others. When Alf tries to get them to be the funny, friendly, wacky characters he's used to seeing on TV, the Castaways turn on him, and order him to dig dirt to fill in their lagoon for them to build a miniature golf course (which they don't intend to share with the Howells), while they turn to a makeshift TV the Professor built to pick up a TV signal. Their favorite TV show is "The Tanners" which reminds them of what regular life is all about back in the civilized world, and they pine for things that the Tanners are able to do, like take warm bathes, eat meatloaf and apple pie, and change clothes. Alf now realizes that Gilligan's Island is 'only fun in half-hour chunks' as Willie (through the Professor's TV) breaks the fourth wall and declare that Alf wanted to be on Gilligan's island, where the fun never stops. Alf begs to return home, just before Willie wakes him up. Alf is now disenchanted by "Gilligan's Island" and more appreciative of what he has with the Tanners. Willie, although touched by Alf's setiment, still insists he finish filling his makeshift lagoon, to Alf's dismay. Unfortunately, a few days later, Alf has latched into another TV show, turning the Tanner back yard into the Ponderosa from "Bonanza."

Cast

Main Cast/Gilligan's Island

Main Cast/Alf

  • Paul Fusco as Gordon "Alf" Schumwey
  • Max Wright as William "Willie" Tanner
  • Anne Schedeen as Kate Tanner
  • Andrea Elson as Lynn Tanner
  • Benji Gregory as Brian Tanner

Guest Cast

  • None

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