Twin Peaks

Trivia

• The musician Moby used "Laura Palmer's Theme" as the basis for his track "Go".
• Marilyn Manson titled a song on their Portrait of an American Family album “Wrapped in Plastic”, apparently after a line of Pete Martell's in the first minutes of the pilot. The track itself appears to have a sample of Laura Palmer’s scream from episode 29
• Australian DIY avant-pop star Talkshow Boy has a song with lyrics inspired by Twin Peaks. Entitled "Black Logic (VHS Version)", Talkshow Boy maintains that song was written whilst 'stuck' in the fictional Black Lodge.
• The series launched the careers of a number of actors, including Kyle MacLachlan, Heather Graham, Lara Flynn Boyle, Sheryl Lee and Sherilyn Fenn.
• A number of actors from Twin Peaks had roles in the short lived 1992 Lynch / Frost TV series On the Air about a 1950's live television show. Seven episodes were produced while only three aired in the US.
• A number of principal and minor actors from Twin Peaks also had small (but memorable) roles on the sitcom Seinfeld:
• Warren Frost (Doc Hayward) and Grace Zabriskie (Sara Palmer) had recurring roles on Seinfeld as Susan's parents (George Costanza's fiance, Susan).
• Ian Abercrombie (the medical insurance salesman when Leo is brought home after being shot) had a recurring role on Seinfeld as Mr. Pitt (Elaine's boss).
• Frances Bay (Mrs. Tremond) appeared in three episodes as the "marble rye-bread lady" (where Jerry Seinfeld stole her marble rye)
• Walter Olkewicz (Jacques Renault) appeared as the cable man that Kramer tries to avoid
• Molly Shannon (woman from the adoption agency, also of SNL fame) appeared as one of Elaine's co-workers that did not swing her arms when she walked
• Several of the actors from Twin Peaks appeared on The X-Files:
• David Duchovny, who played Agent Denise Bryson, starred as Fox Mulder on The X-Files.
• Don S. Davis, who played Major Briggs, played Agent Dana Scully's father, Captain William Scully.
• Michael J. Anderson, who played the Little Man From Another Place, appeared on The X-Files as Mr. Nutt in the second-season episode "Humbug."
• Michael Horse, who played Deputy Tommy Hawk, appeared on The X-Files as Sheriff Charles Tskany in episode "Shapes" (1.18), airing 1 April 1994.
• Richard Beymer, who played Benjamin Horne, appeared on The X-Files in the episode "Sanguinarium", airing 1997.
• Kenneth Welsh, who played Windom Earle, appeared on The X-Files in the episode "Revelations", airing 1996.
• One of the major influences on the Konami video game series Silent Hill was Twin Peaks. The opening theme tune to the first game on PSOne has very noticeable similarities to "Laura Palmer's Theme", and Silent Hill 2 available on PS2 and Xbox contains not only a character called Laura, but the opening theme music is listed as "Theme of Laura" on the original soundtrack. The Silent Hill series also touches on paranormal and supernatural themes, not unlike Twin Peaks.
• Special Agent Dale Cooper's middle name is Bartholomew.
• The name of Dale Cooper might have been inspired by the mysterious 'D.B. Cooper' who, in 1971, high-jacked an airliner leaving Seattle and jumped from the plane with $200,000 dollars strapped to his chest, never to be seen again.
• The Log Lady's husband died fighting a forest fire.
• The two mountains in Twin Peaks are called Whitetail and Blue Pine.
• Laura Palmer's prom date was Bobby Briggs.
• The Twin Peaks High School mascot is a Steeplejack (stated in Second Season, Episode 9).
• The Simpsons featured Twin Peaks in a show highlighting Bart's young childhood. Homer was watching as Dale Cooper remarked "That's some damn fine coffee you got here in Twin Peaks...and damn good cherry pie." Cooper was then shown waltzing with a horse, under a tree with a traffic light hanging from a branch. Although Homer announced that it was "brilliant," he confessed momentarily afterward: "I have absolutely NO idea what's going on."
• In the "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" Simpsons episode, Chief Wiggum has a dream that resembles Dale Cooper's dream in which Lisa talks backwards to reveal clues. The chief awakens from his dream with his hair shaped like Dale Cooper's.