Twenty years ago last week, Twin Peaks made its TV debut. Often described as eerie, creepy, or just plain weird, Twin Peaks is now considered a landmark in TV history. I’m a huge fan of the music — composed by Angelo Badalamenti, with lyrics by David Lynch and vocals by Julee Cruise — it’s atmosphere and haunting. If you’re a Twin Peaks fan, the Julee Cruise album “Floating Into the Night” is a must-have. Anyway, here are some awesome Twin Peaks clips to weird out your evening.
“Just You and I”
James Hurley, Donna Hayword, and Madeleine Ferguson sing a song (complete with invisible rhythm section) in the living room. If you think the weirdness of this clip is interesting, you will like this show.
Coffee Clips
“Damn good coffee — and hot!” Spoiler alert: Agent Cooper likes his coffee black.
Opening Credits
The extra-long version (over two and a half minutes), apparently from the pilot.
Audrey’s Dance
No words.
Cooper’s Investigative Techniques (Featuring Tibet)
“Where do you want these rocks?” “Put ‘em right there by the donuts, deputy.”
Andy Versus Loose Board
Andy’s got some issues.
Sesame Street – Monsterpiece Theater – “Twin Beaks”
Agent Cookie reporting. “Me in town called Twin Beaks. Darn fine town. Darn fine pie.” Also featuring David Finch and Log Bird.
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now I’m hungry for cherry pie
The actual theme is called “Falling” and it’s on iTunes
posted by PartiallyDeflected on 4-21-2010 at 10:21 pm
I remember finagling my schedule so that I’d be off on Wednesday nights to watch Twin Peaks – only show I’ve ever been that way about.
It was the hot topic at work on Thursday morning. Everyone from the age of 18 up to 45 or so was glued to their tv’s to see what weird thing would happen next.
Nothing could top the backwards talking dwarf, though.
Thanks for reminding me.
posted by Sherry Hawk on 4-21-2010 at 10:53 pm
I love this show. I just rewatched the entire series last year (thanks, Netflix!) Yes, I should have stopped halfway through the second season, but I couldn’t look away from the train wreck.
I would love, LOVE to see a re-imagining of the series from Lynch. I know he has other things to do, and I would hate for it to be a nostalgia act, or to ruin our collective memory of the show. But in a Universe in which people actually get excited by the return of “V”, it seems like there is more than enough room for a return to of a style of show that altered the TV landscape.
posted by Alex on 4-22-2010 at 1:25 am
I was a fanatic for this show as well. It had more weirdness than Lost, Fringe and Flash Forward put together. Too bad it never got a real ending since its fate was still up in the air when they did the last episode. But knowing David Lynch, he probably liked it better that way. I agree with Alex that it would be great to have TP back again, but these are different times. Networks are cheaper and more cowardly, the fundamentalists call the shots for the media, and people seem satisfied with the “mystery” of who’ll get the boot on Idol or Dancing instead of something really challenging like who killed Laura Palmer.
The owls are not what they seem!
posted by Black Cat on 4-22-2010 at 2:46 am
My log has something to say
posted by Beth on 4-22-2010 at 8:38 am
No dancing midget from the Lodge?
posted by Joel on 4-22-2010 at 8:48 am
“She’s dead, wrapped in plastic.” is used around my house anytime we run out of something. When my 5 year old is old enough to understand the show, we will definately be watching TP again.
posted by tinkerschnitzel on 4-22-2010 at 9:43 am
Twin Peaks is still one of the 3 or 4 best shows ever made, and definitely the best on network TV. To be made today it would have to be on Showtime or HBO.
That said, there are a ton of 2nd season subplots that can be ignored to enhance the overall experience: anything featuring James Hurley (especially the bored housewife and chauffer tripe), the Robyn Lively nymphet plot, and (to a lesser extent) the Lucy baby mystery.
I mean, Windom Earle, The Black Lodge, Owl Cave all that stuff had a painfully awesome amount of potential.
Still, the series finale is one of my favorite hours of television ever.
posted by EMStoveken on 4-22-2010 at 10:10 am
More Twin Peaks posts would be fine by me! I discovered Twin Peaks when I was in high school, about a year after The X-Files premiered (I am a HUGE Phile!), and heard that David Duchovny played a transvestite in the show.
Needless to say, after the TV Movie/Backdoor Pilot, it was love at first site. I watch the entire series at least once a year, and love, LOVE the movie (though most don’t care too much for it).
I’ve turned my wife on to the show, as well. It’s amazing how old the show looks (very late 80′s dress and housing), but how current, and — quite frankly — wrong the subject matter is.
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Can you imagine trying to launch a show today that revolves around (not just mentioned in one episode) an underaged girl who prostitutes herself out for cocaine, but is still held up as the town’s beauty queen?
I do get the entire message — it’s the same in almost every Lynch production — the smiling, happy, blissful small towns always have a darker, more sinister side; however, shows like CSI, Law and Order, etc. all get blasted if they air even one EPISODE that deals with subject matter as hefty as this, and during the 2000′s, no less.
Twin Peaks is a landmark show for many reasons. It was able to deal with subject matter that is taboo even today, all the way back in 1991. Twin Peaks also helped usher in the “soap opera”-ish continuing story line, over-arching mystery that fueled X-Files, Lost, 24, etc.
Most, if not all, of the current serial dramas owe quite a lot of their fame and success to this little show that could.
Question: I remember back in about 2000, or so, talk of a revived Twin Peaks series. Not a remake, but more of a continuing story in the same world, but with different characters. Kinda like Twin Peaks: The Next Generation. I believe it was called “Loggers” or “Loghouse.” It was in TV Guide.
Anyway, I never heard anymore about it. While I’m not a fan of remakes, I wouldn’t mind seeing what an Alan Ball or Ronald D. Moore could do with this world. Twin Peaks was a FASCINATING place, and given Lynch’s continued assurance that he will NEVER go back to Twin Peaks, and NEVER to television again, I think a very apt, and skilled writer should pick up this IP.
Let’s face it, the series finale was horrible, and we all want more cherry pie!
posted by CL Robertson on 4-22-2010 at 11:08 am
Sorry for the second post, but my memory just kicked in on what was discussed for a 3rd Season of Twin Peaks or a continuation of the show.
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After the doppleganger Cooper came back, it was found that the Black Lodge was able to be resisted by only those pure of heart. So, once everyone realized — after half a season of murders by doppleganger Cooper — that Dale wasn’t the right Dale, they send Andy into the Black Lodge to get the good Dale back.
Apparently, that’s where the season was to end, with all manner of wrong being released from the Black Lodge when Andy came back with the good Dale as a cliffhanger for Season 4; or, they all lived Happily Ever After as the end of the series.
posted by CL Robertson on 4-22-2010 at 11:21 am
I loved Twin Peaks. I’m excited about the new series that starts like in a week or so called Happy Town. It’s on ABC like Twin Peaks was and in one of the trailers I’ve seen online, they even make reference to it being like Twin Peaks. So maybe it will be cool.
posted by Melissa on 4-22-2010 at 12:01 pm
No joke. There have been nights where I’ve had nightmares and woken up expecting Bob to come crawling out from behind a chair.
So scary.
posted by Kristyn on 4-22-2010 at 12:45 pm
that monsterpiece theatre was hilarious. “david finch? good good i love a bird who knows his own name”
posted by kat on 4-22-2010 at 6:30 pm
This was the only show I have ever watched faithfully. I even had to buy the movie
posted by Lorelei on 4-25-2010 at 8:43 am