Paul Fusco, creator of Alf aka Gordon Shumway the lovable cat-eating alien from Melmac graduated from my high school, Hamden High School [MOM].
But before Alf, he gave local CT kids something which impacted me.
TX Critter, is likely the proto-Alf, and I can say I have fond memories of him as a kid hosting afternoon cartoons: GI Joe, Transformers and the like.
More fondly, I even met TX Critter on two occasions. Once when my aunt's Junior's Women's Club invited Kidstime Express to a local town event, and once in studio, where we got to watch the show live!