In early May 1990, the first season of Twin Peaks was halfway finished. The show had taken the United States by storm and series’ actors were popping up in a variety of magazines. On May 7, 1990, People Weekly magazine published a short blurb about Dana Ashbrook who played Bobby Briggs in the show.
Twin Peaks fans in San Francisco should stop by The Summer Place Bar from November 12-17, 2024 for an unofficial pop-up celebration of the wonderful and strange show. Here are a few details about the week-long event if you are in the area.
My examination of “TV Guide” magazines published during the first season of Twin Peaks continues with the May 12-18, 1990 issue. This issue was a Mother’s Day special and featured a review of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s groundbreaking television series along with one black and white advertisement for episode 1.006.
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me since first viewing the film on VHS in October 1993. Despite watching both the original theatrical cut and the deleted and extend scenes from 2014’s The Missing Pieces, I’m still finding new details to discuss. This time,…
Nearly 35 years after Twin Peaks debuted on the ABC Television Network, I continue finding the wonderful and strange show is very much alive in the marketplace. This time, fashion boutique Haley Solar, located in the Eagle Rock neighborhood north of Los Angeles, California, has added limited-time, themed elements to their shop that captures the spirit of…
By the beginning of May 1990, Twin Peaks had been airing for a few weeks on the ABC Television Network. This gave “TV Guide” reporters enough time to write several stories for a special report about David Lynch and Mark Frost’s wildly popular first season for their the May 5-11 issue.
In Twin Peaks episode 2.022, a bomb explodes at the Twin Peaks Savings and Loan. There is a brief exterior shot of this location which was captured on the backlot of a famous California studio tour that is celebrating 60 years in 2024.
It’s always a surprise to find Twin Peaks apparel suddenly pop-up in well-known retailers. This time, two women’s apparel items inspired by David Lynch and Mark Frost’s show have arrived at fast fashion retailer H&M. I guess the dream of the 1990s is still alive.
The DVD releases for the first two seasons of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks nearly mirrored the series’ release on VHS in the early 1990s. In December 2001, the first seven episode DVD set was released without the pilot episode just like the original VHS release. Despite this fact, it was an exciting time…
By April 28, 1990, David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks had aired the pilot followed by three episodes. The next one, directed by Tim Hunter and written by Robert “Bob” Engles would debut on May 3. This was right around the time of “Sweeps Week” when television networks aired episodes designed to get viewers to…