"She's dead. Wrapped in plastic."

--the late Jack Nance as Pete Martell from the first episode of Twin Peaks.

Bob and Laura

The paintings in the background were done by Stan Starbuck himself in the late 80s-early 90s.

Twin Peaks was an endless source of enjoyment while it lasted. It spurred on deep philosophical discussion about such topics as the Black and the White Lodges. And it was damn entertaining. Stan and I realized that we also bore a resemblance to Bob (the demon that inhabited Leland Palmer and then Agent Cooper) and Laura Palmer, respectively. (Actually, it was more Stan's excellent impersonative qualities that bore resemblance rather than his actual physical qualities, thankfully.) On Halloween of 1992, shortly after the release of "Fire Walk With Me," we had "studio tour night." A group of us graduate art students trick-or-treated other art studios on campus. Not many of the other artists knew who we were, (those damn politically correct artiste types are so stoic!) but the few who were TP fans knew instantly! It was 40° outside that night, but I was sweating inside my plastic bag! Stan applied a grey hairspray color to make his blond hair look dingy like Bob's. He would actually look even more Bob-like as of late since his hair is usually longer. Unfortunately, Madison, the PC town that it is, somehow never caught on to Twin Peaks, despite the David Lynch sightings and the fact that he supposedly has a house here. We felt very isolated out here, but our friends out west understood.

Symbolism you probably didn't notice about Twin Peaks There is a scene when Ben Horne is in jail with his brother Jerry, shortly after he realized he'd been set up by Katherine Martell. On his mattress next to him is a small Japanese flag. It is gone from the next scene. Was this intended as symbolism because Katherine had disguised herself as a Japanese businessman? Why else was a Japanese flag there? Ben and Jerry Horne. Ben and Jerry. One scene shows Jerry eating ice cream. Ben and Jerry? Great symbolism with Shelly the Waitress, her husband Leo Johnson ("Leostein"), and then the poem by Percy Shelley that gets sent to "the Angels" from Windom Earle. Notice the first encounter of Earle with Leo is like a scene from a Frankenstein movie, where the monster befriends a blind man. The One-Armed Man cut off his arm with the tattoo when he saw the face of God. There is a scene in the movie (FWWM) where he is sitting on a sofa in the Black Lodge. Seated next to him, where his left arm should be, is "The Little Man from Another Place," the dwarf. Get it? Dwarf? Tattoo? Fantasy Island? The Plane, Boss? Lynch's hommage to bad 70s TV? Other Things to Notice The little figurine that looks exactly like Nadine on Nadine & Ed's nicknack shelf. Owls everywhere! Notice owl posters, owl postcards at the Great Northern, Owl cookie jars.  There were three incidents of transvestism on the show: 1) When Katherine disguises herself as a Japanese businessman; 2) When Special Agent Denise (formerly Dennis) Bryson appears (be still, my heart!); and 3) When Windom Earle dresses up as the Log Lady.

For more TP fun, check out The Twin Peaks Humor Website...it kept me laughing for hours.

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