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Gordon Shumway Everybody's favorite Melmacian has been relatively quiet on the pop culture radar of late, mostly because all puppet roles are currently being played by Nicolas Cage. Thankfully, the Web is bringing him back to relevance. Witness, then, this hypnotic four-part series of ALF, directed by David Lynch. Never before has Willie Tanner's plight seemed so terrifyingly surreal. I fully expect someone to start remixing all kinds of old television shows as if they were directed by David Lynch. I would love to see what he would do with "WKRP In Cincinnati."