Doug is kidnapped by Cookie, an alien mom. They marry and try to blend their mixed family into everyday life.Doug is kidnapped by Cookie, an alien mom. They marry and try to blend their mixed family into everyday life.Doug is kidnapped by Cookie, an alien mom. They marry and try to blend their mixed family into everyday life.
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I know there are concerns from bad people after it was cancelled due to bad results so I better be creating a time machine to fix everything to have everyone not hate everything & such as new things including The Zoiders with a titular puppet alien family & I loved this show I watched on ABC as part of its TGIF lineup but in this bad universe ABC pulled the series from its TGIF lineup after two weeks, replacing the show's scheduled third airing with re-runs of other TGIF programs. The show did not return for over four months and aired the rest of its episodes on Saturday mornings in the summer of 1996 & this has finally made everyone gone mad. With me getting the universe to start over, teenage daughter Heather & alien pet Varch will get along & love each other on planned later episodes.
I liked this show. It was kind of funny but it really was not given the chance most shows get. It was on TGIF, but quickly cancelled and later showed up on ABC's Saturday morning only to again be cancelled. The show was not unique. It had a theme played on by the Brady Bunch.
At 35, this is the worst sitcom I can remember seeing in my entire life. Considering some of the stinkers to hit TV, that's a heck of a distinction.
The mixed puppet/human cast (some sort of bad Alf rip-off) didn't work. The characters were awful and the jokes were pitifully hackneyed. If they showed this on a TV in a prison, the convicts could sue for cruel and unusual punishment. It was that BAD.
Anyone who fondly remembers this was probably 4 years old when they saw it, because anyone over that age (or over that *mental* age) would be hard pressed to stomach one episode of this.
The mixed puppet/human cast (some sort of bad Alf rip-off) didn't work. The characters were awful and the jokes were pitifully hackneyed. If they showed this on a TV in a prison, the convicts could sue for cruel and unusual punishment. It was that BAD.
Anyone who fondly remembers this was probably 4 years old when they saw it, because anyone over that age (or over that *mental* age) would be hard pressed to stomach one episode of this.
I loved this show. I laughed from the moment it stated till the end. It's the best stupid comedy ever made for television.
As for it's being a "rip-off" of 3rd Rock. I don't think so. It's far better than 3rd Rock has ever been.
I just wish I could get it on video somewhere.
As for it's being a "rip-off" of 3rd Rock. I don't think so. It's far better than 3rd Rock has ever been.
I just wish I could get it on video somewhere.
Aliens in the Family is really the Meccah of the absurd. The show makes no sense, it doesn't pretend that it makes sense, and it proudly wears it's complete and utter disregard for quality. I guess the show has a "plot" of some sort, but that really doesn't matter. There is absolutely no reason to watch this show, unless your looking for the cheesiest, campiest, most poorly written, most poorly acted, most blatantly horrible show ever made. Watching this show is much like commiting suicide. You know it's probably not the best thing to do, but that doesn't mean you've never contemplated it. Normal writing can't describe this, so I've written a Haiku. "A Frightening Dream, This Show was on the T.V.
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- Trivia3rd Rock from the Sun (1996) was originally slated to air on ABC, which had recently been bought by Disney. The network dropped the bawdy extra-terrestrial comedy in favor of this family-friendly show produced by the Jim Henson Company. "3rd Rock" went on to air on NBC for six seasons; "Aliens in the Family" was canceled after only two episodes had aired.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Muppets Tonight: Michelle Pfeiffer (1996)
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Written and Performed by Todd Rundgren
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