"She's dead...Wrapped in plastic."
-- Pete Martell, Twin Peaks: "Northwest Passage"
It is happening again...My co-host with the most Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast! This time, we celebrate the 30th anniversary of Twin Peaks and provide our commentary track for "Northwest Passage", a.k.a. the pilot episode of Twin Peaks from April 8, 1990 directed by David Lynch, featuring the discovery of Laura Palmer's body, FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper's arrival in Twin Peaks, and the first musical performance by Julee Cruise in the Roadhouse!
LET'S ROCK!
In this special episode, Xan and I discuss things like our mothers not sharing our love of Twin Peaks, Lori and I celebrating our 23rd wedding anniversary, how Xan celebrated Twin Peaks' 30th anniversary, Showtime airing the movie Carrie after "The Return, Part 18", my live-tweeting the pilot episode along with Kyle MacLachlan and Madchen Amick, Kyle MacLachlan still embracing his fame from playing Dale Cooper, John Astin as Gomez Addams, Xan getting caught up in watching her cat wash her face, my getting quoted in a Fandom.com article about Twin Peaks' 30th anniversary, our tribute to "Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima" composer Krzysztof Penderecki, the pilot premiering right after America's Funniest Home Videos, Twin Peaks being a true game-changer for TV, Pete Martell getting the first iconic quote, Sherilyn Fenn in The Wraith, Grace Zabriskie's powerful scene where Sarah Palmer learns of her daughter's death, the return of our "BOB or Leland?" game, the days when you could walk right into a high school without a metal detector or security checkpoint, my watching the pilot episode live in 1990 while in college, the scene that made me a David Lynch fan forever, the Joker being the "J" in Laura Palmer's diary, Bobby's anti-authority issues, Xan having Harriet's hairstyle in 1990, Julee Cruise performing "Falling" in the Roadhouse, the retcon of Jacques Renault slipping Big Ed a mickey, wondering how Dr. Jacoby found Donna and James in the woods, talking Torchwood on Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast, Xan and I talking an entire hour before recording this episode, and more!
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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 073, as Xan and I provide our commentary track for "What Story Is That, Charlie?", a.k.a. "The Return, Part 13", from the 2017 Showtime revival of Twin Peaks, featuring Mr. C arm wrestling Renzo, the final fate of Ray Monroe, and James Hurley singing his classic song "Just You" in the Roadhouse!
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