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try it again.
this time i'll get it.
okay, tell me
what i'm thinking.
you're thinking
of
the 1927 yankees.
i was thinking
of a fork.
but didn't one of their
pitchers throw a forkball?
i don't know.
well trust me,
he did.
hi, guys.
hello.
oh, we're okay.
don't get up.
i wasn't going to.
guess what? alf
can read our minds.
he's not reading
mine at the moment.
yes, i am.
i'm just ignoring it.
"how to develop your psychic
awareness in one afternoon.
"
we sent away for it.
yeah, it came with a pair
of these x-ray glasses.
you wasted good money
on a mind-reading kit?
we'll make it all back
with our stock market picks.
alf, you come from an
advanced civilization.
how can you be
so gullible?
you're right.
i'm ashamed.
nice underwear, kate.
**
oh, good.
everyone's here.
where's kate?
in the shower.
thanks.
he wouldn't.
he might.
[ kate ]
aaaaaah!
he did.
found her.
alf, you don't walk into
other people's showers.
i didn't walk in.
i just pulled
the curtain open.
i insist that you respect
my wife's privacy.
all right, all right.
we're movin' on.
i need to have
a family meeting here.
alf!
they'll
call back.
you do that again,
you're a seat cover!
do what again?
you know what!
alf, that was rude hanging
up the phone like that!
you're right.
i'm sorry.
you look a little
different today.
did you used to
have a mustache?
no, i got my
braces off.
yeah, but
didn't you used to
have a mustache, too?
alf, what do you have to
say that's so important?
today is march the first.
you better not
be finished.
i wasn't.
tomorrow is the second.
i'm calling mindy back.
wait! wait! wait!
come here.
come back here.
every seventy-five
years on march second
i go through a complex
physiological
and psychological
transformation.
what?
i go goofy.
all melmacians
go through it.
from sunrise
to sunset
my personality
will change dramatically.
how dramatic
is this change?
one never knows
'til it happens.
but expect
the unexpected,
wildly erratic behavior,
personality shifts--
the main thing is that
i'll do anything
to get out of
that cage,
and get my hands
on a cat.
any questions?
i have one.
you, in the tie.
what cage?
oh, the cage you're
going to build for me.
the one with the
reinforced sides.
well, i guess
it's that time.
good luck, alf.
thanks, brian.
now remember, willie,
you are not
i repeat, not to let
me out of here
under any circumstances.
is that clear?
yes.
good.
good.
now
let me out.
i have to use the
little alien's room.
oh, sure.
what are you doing?
are you crazy?
didn't i say not
to open this door
under any circumstances?
well, i thought, uh
i thought you
really had to go.
you have a lunatic
on your hands here.
you've got to be
prepared for
all kinds of
diabolical tricks.
okay, okay.
you know, maybe
i should go
just to be on
the safe side.
forget it.
good.
you're
finally catching on.
now, now let me out.
i have to go.
no, no.
aaaaaaoooww!
maybe he's
in pain.
that's just another
one of his tricks.
help! help! fire!
somebody let me out.
he's lying.
ooh, there's
a big rat in here.
badly.
[ in lynn's voice ]
mom, dad,
get me out of here!
lynnie, that sounded
just like you.
wow, he's
really good.
this is really weird.
i can't watch.
[ brian's voice ]
wait for me,
wait for me!
did i say that?
you'd better go
to your room, too.
this could get
out of hand.
[ in willie's voice ]
this could get out of hand.
it's going to be
a long night.
yo b
brian.
where are
you going?
to get
some milk.
oh, yeah.
that would
sure hit the spot.
hey, come here.
i'm not supposed
to talk to you.
not talk to your
old buddy?
you don't have
to be afraid.
it's over.
i'm back
to my old self.
come on,
let me out.
you said not
until sunrise.
brian, it's me.
the ol' alfer.
the guy that taught
you how to read minds.
i know what you're
thinking right now.
what?
that you want to
let your old pal
out of this cage,
right?
no.
i was thinking
of a fork.
[ imitating clock buzzer ]
what's that?
oh, it's
my alarm.
it's sunrise.
you can let
me out now.
but, it's
still dark.
not on melmac.
see, that's the
time we go by.
so, i made it.
open up.
are you sure?
i'm sure, i'm sure.
open up.
i'm hungry.
okay.
thanks.
oh, hey
would you check
in that cage?
ha! ha!
alf, why are you
locking me in this cage?
sorry, kid.
i need
a head start.
here, kitty,
kitty kitty.
mom!dad!
mom! dad!
let me out!
oh boy, he does
a good brian.
you'd hardly
know it was alf.
it's me,
it's really me.
nice try.
honey, maybe
it is brian.
but that can't be.
brian's in bed.
brian!
what!
not you!
brian!
what?
i'll go check
his room.
honey, it looks
just like brian.
maybe alf can change
his shape, too.
no he can't.
it's me.
all right.
all right.
if you're
really brian
what's your
favorite food?
spaghetti.
uh, that's
ridiculous!
no, no, no,
that is his
favorite food.
i thought lynn
liked spaghetti.
no.
no?
he's not
back there.
say, what's your
favorite food?
i don't
know
white boiled
potatoes.
i thought you
liked spaghetti.
it's all
right.
all right?
it's fine.
willie
willie, i'm going
to open this cage.
no.
wait.
what's your mother's
maiden name?
what's
a maiden name?
well, you know
it's the name she had
before she was married.
kate.
no, her
other name
her last name.
halligan.
oh, brian!
honey!
are you
all right?
what happened
to alf?
i let
him go.
oh,
honey.
i'll go check
out back.
brian, why?
he told me the
change was over.
i'm really
sorry.
oh, honey,
it's all right.
but what were
you doing up
in the middle
of the night?
i thought i wanted
some milk.
maybe alf was trying
to call me in my mind.
no, i don't
think so, brian.
the gate to the
ochmoneks' is wide open.
oh, no.
lucky's over there.
i'm going
next door
and see if
alf is there.
stay here in
case he comes back.
oh, well
you'd both better
go back to bed.
i can't
sleep now.
i'm hungry.
we'll stay up
and have a snack.
what would
you like?
spaghetti.
white boiled potatoes.
[ knocking ]
hey, raquel!
[ snoring ]
raquel!
oh
oh, was i
snoring again?
i'm coming.
keep your shorts on.
who could that be
at this time of night?
it's probably
the airport
asking you to
keep it down.
all right, all right,
all right.
hey, tanner.
trevor.
hi, raquel.
hello, willie.
i'm sorry to
bother you
this late
at night
but, i just
came over--
i was hoping
i could get lucky.
i mean, lucky,
our cat.
oh.
at this time
of night?
well, we were worried
about him.
it's his first night
away from home.
yeah.
i had
a feeling.
raquel,
get the cat.
i can't go
near that cat.
you know it makes
my feet swell.
oh, yeah.
then you'll be wearing
my shoes again.
i'll get
the cat.
i'm sorry,
raquel.
that's all right.
can
i get you something?
i just bought
one of those
international
coffees--
no!
something without
caffeine?
no, no, no.
i don't need anything
from the kitchen.
i can't find the
little fella anywhere.
[ can opener whirring ]
hey, what's going
on in the kitchen?
[ whispers ]
alf!
how long do you
preheat these
for a cat?
give me that!
ha, ha, ha, ha,
ha, ha, ha
ha, ha, ha, ha!
what's so funny?
this toaster oven
is it a toaster,
or is it an oven?
ha, ha, ha!
why are you
holding it?
haven't you ever felt the
need to just hold something?
i just found the
strangest thing
an open can of minestrone
in the kitchen.
oh, that was
probably the cat.
your cat opens
tin cans?
it's amazing,
i know.
we're trying to
get him on letterman.
[ crash ]
oh, my!
that better not
be my cologne.
here kitty, kitty,
kitty, kitty.
alf, we're
going home.
i want
that cat.
no!
all right.
who needs him?
there are a million
cats out there!
give me your
car keys.
alf, we're going to
go home, right now!
no! ha!
ha! ha!
he broke my
glass eye.
i'll buy you
another one.
you got
that right.
[ lawn mower revving ]
raquel, that sounds like
your riding mower!
oh, no!
hey, where are you going
with my toaster oven?
[ police radio ]
treed cat at 13145 "julio" st.
what? "hoolio" st.
?
i hate this town.
where was
that again?
oh, no, i should have
seen this coming.
what?
we're running out of
those little flags.
[ police radio ]
unit-9, proceed to
105th and decker.
investigate break-in at
pete's house 'o' pets.
well, here's
look, dad.
it's nowhere
near julio street.
alf can't be doing
all those things.
you're right,
of course.
how far can he get
on a lawn mower?
[ police radio ]
all units in the vicinity,
proceed to county zoo.
investigate report of
a missing tiger.
oh, my gosh, alf!
even alf would
have more sense
than to kidnap
a tiger.
yeah, you're
right.
lynnie, let's get
in the car
drive around the neighborhood
one more time
and see if we
can find him.
but, what if he's
got the tiger?
then they won't
be hard to spot.
[ tv voice ]
one, two, three
you can't hit the
beaches if you can't
see your feet.
three
no luck?
nope.
we did find
the lawn mower, though.
oh, good, i won't have
to buy raquel a new one.
you will if you
can't get
the bonsai trees
out of the blade.
anything on the
police scanner?
just a couple of
domestic spats.
one of them was
at the ochmoneks'.
brian?
honey, you have
a headache?
no, i'm thinking
of a fork.
i'm trying to
get alf back.
"metal" telepathy.
i'm the one who
let him get away.
i've got to make
him come back.
honey, he'll come
back when he can.
if he can.
by now,
his 12 hours are up.
i'm sure he's
come out of it.
he might not
know where he is.
something terrible
could have happened.
let's just try to
think positively
about this, okay?
i'm sure that he'll
be home soon.
and he never misses
"captain kangaroo.
"
[ loud thump on door ]
alf!
excuse me,
but
you good people
have a fork?
the mind reading
worked!
oh, alf.
alf, are you
all right?
yeah, yeah, fine.
why do you ask?
we were so worried.
where were you?
out.
well, do you think
this thing
has run its
course now?
to quote yogi berra,
"it ain't over
'til it's over!"
there's still
one more stage.
well, what stage
is that?
quoting people.
and as mercutio said,
"all's well that
ends well.
"
no, no, no,
mercutio said,
"'tis not so deep
as a well,
but 'tis enough,
'twill serve.
"
oh, right.
but "to err is human
to forgive, divine.
"
plutarch, i believe.
well, at least
you've recovered.
sort of.
yeah.
or, as marcel
proust said
"we are healed of
suffering
only by experiencing
it to the full.
"
or was that
marcel marceau?
no
that couldn't be right.
marcel marceau said
or in the words
of dustan
"it ill-becomes us
to jest
"at a fallen
potentate.
and still less before
he has fallen.
"
say, how much longer are
you going to do this?
well, if i may
quote porky pig
"th-th-th-th-that's
all, folks!"
and speaking of porky
do i smell bacon?
no.
well, i'd like to.
i thought you spent
the whole night
eating cats.
i don't think i did.
at least, i don't
feel bloated.
but now that you
mention cats
i do remember storing
something in the garage.
the garage?
you, this way.
if you've
stolen any cats,
they're going back
immediately.
you understand?
no problem.
i'll, i'll take him back
right after breakfast.
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