As part of first season for David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks, ABC Television published a series of individual publicity photos featuring various townspeople from the small Pacific Northwest town. One image featured Wendy Robie dressed as Nadine Hurley working on her strange invention – the completely silent drape runners. Similar to the Josie…
During the first two seasons of Twin Peaks, a stone sundial is seen outside the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Department. This monument paid tribute to an early resident of Snoqualmie Valley who was a beloved and respected mill manager.
In this installment of “Reviewing Peaks,” I revisit the end of the show’s second season with a review by William Grimes with the New York Times. A few months earlier, an aggressive letter writing campaign by fans brought Twin Peaks back to ABC Television following a brief five-week hiatus. But the honeymoon didn’t last long…
In the weeks following the debut of Twin Peaks on the ABC Television network on April 8, 1990, the entire nation was asking, “Who killed Laura Palmer?” Before April ended, The Oregonian asked readers on April 26, 1990 who they thought was the killer. Like many papers at the time, they encouraged fans to don their detective…
When Twin Peaks splashed onto television screens in April 1990, millions of television viewers tuned into the show. Viewership was measured by Nielsen TV Ratings, an audience measurement system operated by Nielsen Media Research. Measurement of viewers have changed over the years with the advent of streaming services, yet these reports and statistics continue helping networks…
Being a child of the 1980s, I remember learning how to “dare to keep a kid off drugs” through the D.A.R.E. program at my grade school. This campaign along with the iconic frying of an egg to symbolize my brain being on drugs are forever imbedded into my brain. Perhaps that is what the Partnership…
The character of Josie Packard in David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks was originally meant for Isabella Rossellini. Her character would have been named Giovana Pasqualini Packard. When scheduling didn’t work, Joan Chen was cast as the “vulnerable outside” as described in a March 1990 publicity photo.
Since David Lynch’s passing in January this year, it feels like more and more people are discovering Twin Peaks. I’ve encountered several new fans either online or at the recent Real Twin Peaks event in Snoqualmie, Washington. On June 13, even more folks may discover Lynch and co-creator Mark Frost’s groundbreaking series that changed television…
After the Norwegians left en masse from the town of Twin Peaks, a delegation of Icelanders, led by businessman Einer Thorson, were ready to invest in Ben Horne’s Ghostwood project. Throughout their appearances in the first season, they were heard singing Icelandic songs at all hours of the day. During a recent trip to the…
As a long-time fan of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks, I own multiple copies of the physical and digital releases of the series and Lynch’s 1992 feature film. I remember the excitement around the show’s first season being released for the first time ever on DVD in December 2001. Recently, I acquired an advertisement…