Re: Dual Spires: The Twin Peaks reunion
Calvin Wade <[email protected]> Thu, 2 Dec 2010 00:19:48 -0800 (PST)
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--0-84414653-1291277988=:3687 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thanks for the heads up !=C2=A0 I saw the episode of "Psych" tonight, and i= t was very good.=C2=A0 It was great seeing some of the old Peaks cast toget= her plus their references to the show (too numerous to mention) were done e= xtremely well.=C2=A0 I think any fan of Twin Peaks would find the "Dual Spi= res" episode to be a most enjoyable watch.=C2=A0 =C2=A0=C2=A0 Calvin Wade --- On Mon, 11/29/10, Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks <[email protected]> wrote: From: Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks <[email protected]> Subject: [twinpeaks] Dual Spires: The Twin Peaks reunion To: "twinpeaks" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, November 29, 2010, 4:46 AM =C2=A0=20 I wonder what 'reunion' means... anyway, there are a lot of Freemason codes in the text below - so I suppose these codes will also be present (again) in this Twin Peaks reunion... Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Author: Rob Owen Date: November 28, 2010 URL:=20 http://www.standard.net/topics/features/2010/11/28/lighthearted-psych-tips-= its-hat-twin-peaks News:=20 http://www.fluks.combidom.com/javascript/news_results.htm?query=3Ddual+spir= es&language=3Den&update=3D15 Lighthearted 'Psych' tips its hat to 'Twin Peaks' ------------------------------------------------- It was 20 years ago this fall that "Twin Peaks" revealed who killed Laura Palmer, the central question that kicked off the short-lived show that paved the way for every serialized, myth-arc-driven TV program that followed. This week, USA Network's "Psych" (8 p.m. Wednesday) pays humorous homage to "Twin Peaks" with an episode titled "Dual Spires" that finds sleuths Shawn (James Roday) and Gus (Dule Hill) investigating a murder in a strange town. It's an entertaining, often clever episode that only a "Twin Peaks" fan could write given all the in-jokes. (Roday shares script credit with "Psych" co-executive producer Bill Callahan.) Shawn and Gus travel to Dual Spires for the promise of a cinnamon festival, but discover the town is inhabited by oddballs, including a blind photographer and a woman who carries a log, played by the original Log Lady, Catherine Coulson. "Everyone looks so happy," Shawn says, "and yet so perplexed." "Perplexed" probably describes "Peaks" viewers in 1990. Some who tuned in loved the ABC series even if they didn't quite know what to make of the backward-talking, dancing dwarf, close-ups of a myna bird and characters who burst into tears, all of which get referenced in this week's "Psych." "Dual Spires" kicks off with a reworked "Psych" opening- credits sequence with music performed by Julee Cruise, whose songs were featured in "Peaks." Aural cues help set the tone for this love letter to a prominent series in prime-time TV history. As they wander the town, Shawn and Gus meet a diner proprietor (Dana Ashbrook, who played Bobby Briggs on "Twin Peaks") and his wife (Robyn Lively, who played Lana), as well as Sheriff Andrew Jackson (Lenny Von Dohlen, who played Harold Smith), whose name is a nod to the "Twin Peaks" character, Sheriff Harry Truman. The diner owners' niece goes missing and, naturally, turns up dead, wrapped in plastic. It's Dr. Donna Gooden (Sheryl Lee, who played the wrapped-in-plastic Laura Palmer) who unwraps the body of teen Paula Merral (an anagram of "Laura Palmer"). "Twin Peaks" star Sherilyn Fenn, who tied cherry stems as Audrey Horne, shows up as the Dual Spires librarian, cherry-loving Maudette Hornsby. Ray Wise, who played Leland Palmer, previously appeared on "Psych" as Father Westley and reprises that role with a nod to his "Peaks" character. "Psych" is a lighthearted show to begin with and this week's episode offers up several funny gags that have nothing to do with "Twin Peaks" but are certainly in the show's spirit. Cell-phone reception only works in one tiny spot in Dual Spires and the townsfolk have no knowledge of popular culture, except for weekly reruns in the town square of a beloved but under-the-radar WB series. In a recent teleconference, Roday said making this particular "Psych" episode was a fanboy's dream. "'Twin Peaks' is my favorite show of all time, hands down," he said, noting that he first pitched the idea of a "Peaks" episode to "Psych" executive producer Steve Franks at the end of season one. "It just took three more years for us to gain enough steam and get enough fans and have enough sea legs to actually be able to pull something like that off. It was worth the wait because I think it came out way better than it would have if we tried to do it too soon." Roday encouraged fans to watch the initial airing of the episode on Wednesday because it will run more than seven minutes longer than usual and subsequent airings will not include the additional material. When it came time to invite "Twin Peak" actors to "Psych," Roday said he opted not to pursue Kyle MacLachlan, who starred in "Peaks" as FBI Agent Dale Cooper. "He was such an iconic part of such an iconic series that we decided not to go for Kyle, not because we don't love him but just because we thought it might be more interesting to feature some of the other actors from the cast," he said. They also chose not to approach Lara Flynn Boyle, who played Donna Hayward in the TV series but was replaced by Moira Kelly in the movie "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me." "There was a lot of speculation back in the day that maybe she wasn't as connected to the series as some of the actors were." Roday said producers did approach two other "Twin Peaks" actors - Michael Ontkean, who played Sheriff Truman, and Madchen Amick, who played diner waitress Shelly Johnson - but for various reasons weren't able to get them in the episode. Still, working with seven "Twin Peaks" stars proved to be a joyful experience for a fan like Roday and for some of his "Psych" guests. "We discovered that several of the original cast members hadn't seen each other in 15 or even 20 years, so we were basically doing a 'Twin Peaks' reunion within our 'Twin Peaks' show," he said. "Watching them reconnect and reminisce was pretty special as well. It was sort of like two unbelievable experiences for the price of one." -------- (c) 2010 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette --0-84414653-1291277988=:3687 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <head> <style type="text/css"> <!-- /* start of attachment style */ .ygrp-photo-title{ clear: both; font-size: smaller; height: 15px; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; width: 75px; } div.ygrp-photo{ background-position: center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-color: white; border: 1px solid black; height: 62px; width: 62px; } div.photo-title a, div.photo-title a:active, div.photo-title a:hover, div.photo-title a:visited { text-decoration: none; } div.attach-table div.attach-row { clear: both; } div.attach-table div.attach-row div { float: left; /* margin: 2px;*/ } p { clear: both; padding: 15px 0 3px 0; overflow: hidden; } div.ygrp-file { width: 30px; valign: middle; } div.attach-table div.attach-row div div a { text-decoration: none; } div.attach-table div.attach-row div div span { font-weight: normal; } div.ygrp-file-title { font-weight: bold; } /* end of attachment style */ --> </style> </head> <html> <head> <style type="text/css"> <!-- #ygrp-mkp { border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-family: Arial; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0 10px; } #ygrp-mkp hr { border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; } #ygrp-mkp #hd { color: #628c2a; font-size: 85%; font-weight: 700; line-height: 122%; margin: 10px 0; } #ygrp-mkp #ads { margin-bottom: 10px; } #ygrp-mkp .ad { padding: 0 0; } #ygrp-mkp .ad p { margin: 0; } #ygrp-mkp .ad a { color: #0000ff; text-decoration: none; } --> </style> </head> <body> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Thanks for the heads up ! I saw the episode of "Psych" tonight, and it was very good. It was great seeing some of the old Peaks cast together plus their references to the show (too numerous to mention) were done extremely well. I think any fan of Twin Peaks would find the "Dual Spires" episode to be a most enjoyable watch. <BR><BR>Calvin Wade<BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 11/29/10, Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks <I><[email protected]></I></B> wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><BR>From: Dr. Marc-Alexander Fluks <[email protected]><BR>Subject: [twinpeaks] Dual Spires: The Twin Peaks reunion<BR>To: "twinpeaks" <[email protected]><BR>Date: Monday, November 29, 2010, 4:46 AM<BR><BR> <DIV id=yiv281241537><SPAN style="DISPLAY: none"> </SPAN> <DIV id=yiv281241537ygrp-text> <DIV>I wonder what 'reunion' means... anyway, there are a lot<BR>of Freemason codes in the text below - so I suppose these<BR>codes will also be present (again) in this Twin Peaks<BR>reunion...<BR><BR>Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<BR>Author: Rob Owen<BR>Date: November 28, 2010<BR>URL: <BR><A href="http://www.standard.net/topics/features/2010/11/28/lighthearted-psych-tips-its-hat-twin-peaks" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.standard.net/topics/features/2010/11/28/lighthearted-psych-tips-its-hat-twin-peaks</A><BR>News: <BR><A href="http://www.fluks.combidom.com/javascript/news_results.htm?query=dual+spires&language=en&update=15" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://www.fluks.combidom.com/javascript/news_results.htm?query=dual+spires&language=en&update=15</A><BR><BR>Lighth earted 'Psych' tips its hat to 'Twin Peaks'<BR>-------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>It was 20 years ago this fall that "Twin Peaks" revealed<BR>who killed Laura Palmer, the central question that kicked<BR>off the short-lived show that paved the way for every<BR>serialized, myth-arc-driven TV program that followed.<BR><BR>This week, USA Network's "Psych" (8 p.m. Wednesday) pays<BR>humorous homage to "Twin Peaks" with an episode titled<BR>"Dual Spires" that finds sleuths Shawn (James Roday) and<BR>Gus (Dule Hill) investigating a murder in a strange town.<BR>It's an entertaining, often clever episode that only a<BR>"Twin Peaks" fan could write given all the in-jokes.<BR>(Roday shares script credit with "Psych" co-executive<BR>producer Bill Callahan.)<BR><BR>Shawn and Gus travel to Dual Spires for the promise of<BR>a cinnamon festival, but discover the town is inhabited<BR>by oddballs, including a blind photographer and a woman<BR>who ca rries a log, played by the original Log Lady,<BR>Catherine Coulson.<BR><BR>"Everyone looks so happy," Shawn says, "and yet so<BR>perplexed."<BR><BR>"Perplexed" probably describes "Peaks" viewers in 1990.<BR>Some who tuned in loved the ABC series even if they<BR>didn't quite know what to make of the backward-talking,<BR>dancing dwarf, close-ups of a myna bird and characters<BR>who burst into tears, all of which get referenced in<BR>this week's "Psych."<BR><BR>"Dual Spires" kicks off with a reworked "Psych" opening-<BR>credits sequence with music performed by Julee Cruise,<BR>whose songs were featured in "Peaks." Aural cues help<BR>set the tone for this love letter to a prominent series<BR>in prime-time TV history.<BR><BR>As they wander the town, Shawn and Gus meet a diner<BR>proprietor (Dana Ashbrook, who played Bobby Briggs on<BR>"Twin Peaks") and his wife (Robyn Lively, who played<BR>Lana), as well as Sheriff Andrew Jackson (Lenny Von<BR>Dohlen, who pla yed Harold Smith), whose name is a nod<BR>to the "Twin Peaks" character, Sheriff Harry Truman.<BR><BR>The diner owners' niece goes missing and, naturally,<BR>turns up dead, wrapped in plastic. It's Dr. Donna Gooden<BR>(Sheryl Lee, who played the wrapped-in-plastic Laura<BR>Palmer) who unwraps the body of teen Paula Merral (an<BR>anagram of "Laura Palmer").<BR><BR>"Twin Peaks" star Sherilyn Fenn, who tied cherry stems<BR>as Audrey Horne, shows up as the Dual Spires librarian,<BR>cherry-loving Maudette Hornsby. Ray Wise, who played<BR>Leland Palmer, previously appeared on "Psych" as Father<BR>Westley and reprises that role with a nod to his "Peaks"<BR>character.<BR><BR>"Psych" is a lighthearted show to begin with and this<BR>week's episode offers up several funny gags that have<BR>nothing to do with "Twin Peaks" but are certainly in<BR>the show's spirit. Cell-phone reception only works in<BR>one tiny spot in Dual Spires and the townsfolk have no<BR>knowl edge of popular culture, except for weekly reruns<BR>in the town square of a beloved but under-the-radar WB<BR>series.<BR><BR>In a recent teleconference, Roday said making this<BR>particular "Psych" episode was a fanboy's dream.<BR><BR>"'Twin Peaks' is my favorite show of all time, hands<BR>down," he said, noting that he first pitched the idea<BR>of a "Peaks" episode to "Psych" executive producer Steve<BR>Franks at the end of season one. "It just took three<BR>more years for us to gain enough steam and get enough<BR>fans and have enough sea legs to actually be able to<BR>pull something like that off. It was worth the wait<BR>because I think it came out way better than it would<BR>have if we tried to do it too soon."<BR><BR>Roday encouraged fans to watch the initial airing of the<BR>episode on Wednesday because it will run more than seven<BR>minutes longer than usual and subsequent airings will<BR>not include the additional material.<BR><BR>When it ca me time to invite "Twin Peak" actors to<BR>"Psych," Roday said he opted not to pursue Kyle<BR>MacLachlan, who starred in "Peaks" as FBI Agent Dale<BR>Cooper.<BR><BR>"He was such an iconic part of such an iconic series that<BR>we decided not to go for Kyle, not because we don't love<BR>him but just because we thought it might be more<BR>interesting to feature some of the other actors from the<BR>cast," he said.<BR><BR>They also chose not to approach Lara Flynn Boyle, who<BR>played Donna Hayward in the TV series but was replaced<BR>by Moira Kelly in the movie "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with<BR>Me." "There was a lot of speculation back in the day<BR>that maybe she wasn't as connected to the series as some<BR>of the actors were."<BR><BR>Roday said producers did approach two other "Twin Peaks"<BR>actors - Michael Ontkean, who played Sheriff Truman, and<BR>Madchen Amick, who played diner waitress Shelly Johnson<BR>- but for various reasons weren't able to get them in the<BR>episode. Still, working with seven "Twin Peaks" stars<BR>proved to be a joyful experience for a fan like Roday and<BR>for some of his "Psych" guests. "We discovered that<BR>several of the original cast members hadn't seen each<BR>other in 15 or even 20 years, so we were basically doing<BR>a 'Twin Peaks' reunion within our 'Twin Peaks' show," he<BR>said. "Watching them reconnect and reminisce was pretty<BR>special as well. It was sort of like two unbelievable<BR>experiences for the price of one."<BR><BR>--------<BR>(c) 2010 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<BR><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <br> <br> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> <div width="1" style="color: white; clear: both;"/>__._,_.___</div> <!-- Start Recommendations --> <!-- End Recommendations --> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <br><br> <tt> Through the darkness of future past....</tt> <br><br> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <img src="http://geo.yahoo.com/serv?s=97476590/grpId=6856/grpspId=1705036152/msgId=2708/stime=1291308328" width="1" height="1"> <br> <!-- |**|end egp html banner|**| --> <!-- |**|begin egp html banner|**| --> <br> <div style="font-family: verdana; font-size: 77%; border-top: 1px solid #666; padding: 5px 0;" > Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional <br> <a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/twinpeaks/join;_ylc=X3oDMTJjZmI1YjRkBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzY4NTYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDM2MTUyBHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA3N0bmdzBHN0aW1lAzEyOTEzMDgzMjg-">Change settings via the Web</a> (Yahoo! 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