The gazebo at Easter Park in Twin Peaks serves as the backdrop for several key scenes in seasons 1 and 2 in Twin Peaks. According to the “Twin Peaks Access Guide to the Town,” the gazebo is located in Upper Twin Park at the corner of Falls Avenue and Cedar Street, which is nowhere near a lake as seen…
According to the “Twin Peaks Access Guide to the Town,” the gazebo is located in Upper Twin Park at the corner of Falls Avenue and Cedar Street. In reality, the gazebo was located by Malibou Lake on the grounds of Malibou Lake Mountain Club. Unfortunately, the devastating Woosley Fire (named after Woosley Canyon Road) that began on…
“It’s your jet,” says Audrey Horne to John Justice Wheeler after she stops his departure from the Twin Peaks Airport in episode 2.020 (Episode 27) of Twin Peaks. While researching that film location, I discovered that Wheeler’s plane has some unique connections to both Disco legends and a talking car from the 1980s.
The tour of airports in Twin Peaks continues with a look at the Twin Peaks Airport from episode 2.020 in season two. While the “Twin Peaks Access Guide to the Town” calls the airpot Old Unguin’s Field, it is called Blake Lake Airport in the script. In reality, the scenes were shot at Whiteman Airport in…
One of the fondest memories I have from the 1996 Twin Peaks Fan Festival was meeting Don Davis who played Major Garland Briggs in the first three seasons of Twin Peaks and briefly in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.
In Episode 1.002 of Twin Peaks, Audrey Horne tells Donna Hayward at the Double R Diner that “Agent Cooper loves coffee.” Fueled by multiple cups of coffee on National Coffee Day 2018, I spent all day examining just how much Cooper enjoys a cup o’ joe that is “black as midnight on a moonless night.”
I’ve been exploring the various locations used for Yankton Federal Prison in Twin Peaks: The Return on Showtime. This time, we stop by Warden Dwight Murphy’s office as seen in Part 7. Like several other scenes that take place in the prison, the office set is located at Sybil Brand Institute in Los Angeles, California.
The tour of scenes shot inside Sybil Brand Institute in Los Angeles, California continues with a look at Mr. C’s jail cell at Yankton Federal Prison. These interior scenes appear in Twin Peaks Parts 5 and 7 on Showtime.
In a recent article, I discussed the exterior locations used for Yankton Federal Prison in Twin Peaks on Showtime. This time we venture inside to the administration hallways from this California location that was once home to a women’s prison.
In Twin Peaks Part 4, 5 and 7 on Showtime, action took place at Yankton Federal Prison in South Dakota. In reality, scenes were shot at Sybil Brand Institute, the former Los Angeles County correctional facility for women that closed in 1997. Since there are multiple scenes that take place both inside and out the prison, I’ve…