WHAT MY THEME SONG SAYS ABOUT ME: Alf

You have this show about an American family with a one comedic outlet. You choose that comedic outlet to be an alien. You make that alien hairy and with snout. Luckily it is small enough for some reason, knows your language enough to be consistently wisecracking for some reason, and is now an integrated part of your family. That's super. That is swell. A fuzzy little best friend who gives dad a hard time and humorously tries to eat the cat. Life as summed up by:

They really felt the need to hammer home that this was a family-friendly show. You advertise the alien, but you still want him to appeal somewhat to a female 25-40 demographic. That theme song really cuts out any bite Alf tried to gain. That theme song really shows that this is about a puppet and a family. The theme song really says this dad's relationship with his kids is rocky at best because he has glasses, but at least he has enough heart to learn to love an alien who is the equivalent (in humor and annoyingness) as Full House's Joey.

But as it turned out, Alf was still to edgy. He was a bad influence, probably, on children. To make matters more--- wussy, some pleasant light rock saxophone was added to the theme song. CLICK HERE.

So Alf went for the family demographic and hoped to catch the counter culture and other smart people with irony. Did it work? Yes. Yes it did. Alf is so ironic that his cycle came and went twice already. He is next due to be funny in the 2020s. Despite its docile nature and elevator muzak inspiration, it is a wel crafted theme song with such pleasant overtones that no midwife from the bible belt could possibly turn away from an alien introduced by it. The song sucks, but that's because the show ultimately sucked. What did the Alf theme song say about Alf the show? "We're giving you the courtesy of not to think for the next half hour".