Melmac (planet)

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Melmac was a fictional planet in the television series ALF. The name is a joke reference to the Melmac brand of dinnerware made popular in the 1950s.

Melmac was discovered 23,000 years ago when Harold Twink accidentally took the wrong exit for Neptune.[1] Although ALF described the planet's demise as having exploded in a freak boating accident one night while he was out in his Orbit Guard patrol ship,[1] the real reason was a nuclear war.[2] Other explanation given during the show on the reason why Melmac exploded was that all melmacians turned on their hair-dryers at the same time and by pure coincidence, thus causing the explosion of the planet. Melmac was located six parsecs past the Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster. Melmac was very much like Earth but it had two moons, it was oddly shaped and made of Melmac,[3] Melmac had green skies and blue grass, and it orbited a purple sun.[4]

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[edit] Melmacian culture

The Melmacian God was called Barry.[4] The planet's motto was "Are you going to finish that sandwich?".[3] Melmac's national anthem was "Dance till you drop", by Homer T. Swipe,[5] and the national flower was Roger, the turnip.[5] During the holiday season, Melmacians dress up as vegetables and dance with their neighbours.[4][5] Melmacians' favorite food is cats. Melmac had a huge liking for seafood and used it in sports activities such as "Bouillabaisseball." Melmac's one and only military was named the Orbit Guard and it took the duties of protecting Melmac from space, sea, land, and air. Melmac technology was very advanced; they had flying/hover cars, cyborgs, and light-speed space travel. The Melmacian education system accepts students into college for the standard 63-year enrollment period.[4] 90% of Melmacians are under the height of 3 feet (0.91 m), but are over the weight of 400 pounds, since their fur is very dense.

[edit] Melmacian time

A year on Melmac consists of 364 days, 386 days if you include Sundays.[1] The Melmac months are: Harble, Tarble, Gorruf, Kilmerl, Gagg, Orring, Barp, Twangle, Fanfan, Nathinganger, Anerva, and Fibble.[4]

[edit] Melmacians

Before the Melmacian race existed, huge creatures used to roam Melmac; they looked like a cross between a dinosaur and an insurance salesman.[1] Melmacians have a lifespan of 650 years. By the inclusion of a plant called the Carl Shrub in their diet, Melmacians are immune to infectious disease. Following the destruction of the planet, Gordon Shumway, from the Lower East side of the planet, believed he was the last survivor of both his civilization and his species. Only two other surviving Melmacians are known: Skip and Rhonda, who invited Shumway to leave with them and colonize a new planet.

[edit] Notable Melmacians

In the early 1800s boxer Aldo 'The Twinky' Shumway became the first Melmacian to win titles in the middleweight, heavyweight, and the Parsnip Division. During a fourteen week fight in 1823, Aldo suffered three broken lips and lost all three titles to Rudy 'That Mean Dude' Frizbudster.[1]

In 1931, Elmo Shumway invented television and made the first broadcast, a fifteen minute shot of Elmo flossing his teeth with a trout, on Tarble 14, 1932. Television didn't become popular until 1938, when Shubert W. Fletch invented electricity.[1]

[edit] Melmac in culture

In the science fiction series, Stargate SG-1, (Season 6, Episode 13, Sight Unseen) Melmac is mentioned. Colonel O'Neill tells Vernon Sharpe, a civilian, that the 'aliens' he has been seeing came from the planet Melmac. Vernon is perplexed: "Isn't that where ALF is from?" Colonel O'Neill pretended that he had no idea what Vernon is talking about, and after Vernon's explanation about the TV show and puppet, O'Neill claims never to have seen it. (Richard Dean Anderson, who portrayed Colonel O'Neill, also starred as MacGyver in the eponymous series that aired in a time slot opposite the show ALF.)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f ALF FACTS. ALFtv.net. Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
  2. ^ Alf: Season One (Lions Gate). UnderGroundOnline review. Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
  3. ^ a b Alien Puppets. TV Acres. Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
  4. ^ a b c d e Trivia Archive. The ALF archive. Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
  5. ^ a b c Melmac Facts. Retrieved on 2007-03-09.
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