Whatever happened to...

Max Wright? Now that we have Billy Zane pretty much covered, I'll give you three guesses as to who Max Wright is. Ready?

1.___________
-Nope. Not the computerized talking head in a box. That's Max Headroom. One of my favorite concepts of all time. I'll probably blog about that in the future.

2.___________
-Wrong again. Max Powers was the name Homer Simpson changed his name to. Greatest TV show of all time: all in favor, say "I."

3.___________
-Correct. Max Wright played Willie Tanner in the watershed television show "ALF."

ALF was the pinnacle of the "suspension-of-belief-because-that-character-is-definitely-a-puppet" sitcom viewing trend in the eighties. The writing was good. Better-than-Webster good. Max Wright made the most of it. His incredibly dry delivery made all the over the top one liners ALF threw out that much better. In fact, his incredible verbal cadence would have made him a great fit in my concept for the ultimate buddy movie. ALF and Max have a place in my heart, and only in part to the anti-cat message (I don't like cats.. they aren't trustworthy).

I did check IMDB.com right away this time and he does still work, but generally in really small roles not befitting of a man with the acting chops of Max Wright. Someone should start a petition to get ALF rereleased so a new generation of TV viewers can see Max at his zenith. I'm to busy to do it right now. Any volunteers?