Cheers...from ALF & Rainbow Brite

Greetings From England,

 ALF: You may be wondering why we are suddenly writing on John and Katie’s Blog.  Well, it’s kind of a long story, but if you insist we’ll tell it.  My name is ALF.  You may remember me from the popular 80’s sitcom, “ALF.”

Rainbow Brite: And my name is Rainbow. You may remember me from the popular 80’s cartoon “Rainbow Brite.” 

ALF: Since NBC never actually finished filming the series finale of ALF, you all must be wondering what really happened to me.  The truth is, instead of returning back to Melmac after the show was cancelled, I actually decided to go backpacking through Europe…you know, see the sights before returning to my home planet. 

Fortunately for me, there was a travel abroad program in Hollywood exclusively for washed up TV stars from the 80’s.  It was actually through that program that I met Rainbow Brite here.  Aside from the brightly colored boots, she was actually the most normal person on my flight.  Much better than Scott Baio, Kurt Cameron and that lady named Tutti.  

Anyway the rest, as they say is history.  Rainbow and I became fast friends and have decided to travel Europe together.  We both thought this was a great plan until we landed in London a few days ago and realized how difficult it is to get around.  I mean, have you seen how short our legs are?!?!?  Originally we were going to just ride around on Rainbow’s horse (StarBrite) but we couldn’t get her through customs.  I’ll let Rainbow tell the rest of the story.

Rainbow Brite: If you are wondering what has happened to me since my show was cancelled, it has been a rocky road.  Three kids, two divorces and a short stint in rehab later, I am now getting my act together and plan to write a book about my life after fame.  It will be called “Rainbow Bright….the not so Bright Years.”  Anyway, I am hoping to take many pictures of my travels here in Europe to include in this book.   Meeting John & Katie is not a very long story but it is definitely the best thing to have happened to us yet.  ALF and I had been walking all day to see this old clock called “Big Ben.”  Wanting to document our trip for my book, I asked these two Americans (John & Katie) to take our picture in front of it.  

Our first picture in front of Big Ben

      

John & Katie knew immediately who we were and were actually both quite star-struck.  To make a long story short, we got to talking and John and Katie have agreed to take us along with them as they travel throughout England and the rest of Europe.  How lucky for us!!!  The only tricky part is that they don’t have a lot of extra room in their suitcase…have you seen how many pairs of shoes Katie packed?  How she thinks she needs the same pair of boots in brown AND black is beyond me, but who I am to judge…I've worn the same rainbow-colored boots for almost 30 years.

Anyway, ALF and I are really excited to be traveling with John and Katie and plan to share many more of our pictures with you on their Blog.  Anything else you want to add ALF?

ALF: I just wanted to let everyone know that I haven’t changed much since the early 90’s.  I still love cats and miss Willy, Kate, Lynn and Brian terribly, but John and Katie do seem nice enough, so I’m thinking this won’t be so bad.  We look forward to writing again soon.

Sincerely,

ALF & Rainbow Brite

        

This is us in front of Buckingham Palace where the Queen lives