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(An occasional series of articles where I revisit some of my not-so-obvious crushes from the 80s. I wonder aloud what ever happened to them, and if I’d still do them now.)
Andrea Elson. The name is probably not familiar to you until I give you one more name. And that name would be ALF. Right, she was the daughter on the show. (Right now, I am willing to guess there are a fair number of you going “O yeaahhhh”) Andrea had the classic girl next door look and killer 80s hair. She was on the show during that special era where she goes from illegal to pretty damn hot. Yes, there is something pervy about that aspect.
Hell, even the mom on the show was pretty hot, an early era MILF. So it made sense that the daughter was attractive as well. I mean, if you’re gonna have a show about a damn puppet, ya better get some eye candy. For those kids who don’t know the premise of ALF, the basic concept was that he was an alien that crashed on earth and ate cats. I know, sounds like comedy gold, right? Every week, millions would tune in to see the next wacky episode of ALF with the Tanner family. It wasn’t long until all the horny young guys started noticing something else; Lynn, the daughter.
Ah, Lynn was a good kid. She often was carrying books around. She even had braces, too. She had one of the best heads of 80s hair this side of that one guitarist from Mr. Mister. As the series wore on, it wasn’t hard to see the producers knew they had a hottie on their hands. Suddenly, she was jumping up and down in an effort to get ALF to exercise. She started wearing more flattering dresses. The nations’ perv meter slowly started peaking. She was so damn cute, you could barely tell one of her eyes was just a few degrees off. Now, that’s cute.
The meter spiked in 1987 when she put on a leather dress for her appearance on Married With Children. Suddenly, our little Lynn was all grown up, and on the prowl alongside Kelly Bundy. How she never got an award for this role is beyond me.
OK, so I will bet she turned out relatively OK. I think she stayed off Dana Plato Blvd. I imagine her to be well adjusted. And I think she’s still doable. So let’s see if I’m right. My research shows her to be a former bulimic, so I wouldn’t have had to spend a lot on dinner dates.
Turns out Andrea has pretty much fallen off the face of the earth. I can’t find any recent info on her, and one semi-recent picture. She still looks pretty good. She ended up marrying someone from the show and still appears to be happily married, so good for her. Even if she doesn’t know what she’s missing with me. She has one daughter. Acting wise, it seems to have tailed off for her. Sadly, in her last few roles-all from the late 90s-she has been billed as ‘Girl #1’ and ‘flight attendant’. Ah, Andrea, there is still one voice in cyberspace who misses you so.