The above ad that appeared in TV Guide announced the premiere of Twin Peaks, a series created by David Lynch and Mark Frost that debuted 30 years ago today. The image above suggests that the program was a soap opera,…
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Celebrate 30 Years Of Twin Peaks With Us!
April 8th will mark the 30th anniversary of the debut of Twin Peaks. David Lynch and Mark Frost‘s mind-bending drama about murder and mystery in a small Pacific Northwest town became an immediate pop culture phenomenon…and never really went away….
Read more →Great TV Scenes: Gordon Cole Enjoys Some Pie on “Twin Peaks”
There’s no talent in showbiz quite like David Lynch. The dark and disturbing visions of the writer/director have captivated audiences since his infamous head-scratcher Eraserhead redefined cinema upon its release in 1977. Although Lynch often gets pigeonholed as a creator…
Read more →Who Is Your Favorite Character on The Munsters?
During the monstermania craze of the 1960s (one that frankly never really went away, really), The Munsters and The Addams Family duked it out for the title of television’s creepiest family. In this author’s opinion, the former won this bout…
Read more →Poll: Who’s Your Favorite “Freaks and Geeks” Character?
It’s been 20 years since Freaks and Geeks Paul Feig and Judd Apatow‘s dramedy series about growing up in early-1980s Michigan first debuted on NBC. A critical favorite, the series not got the attention it deserved and it was unceremoniously…
Read more →Great Sitcom Moments: The Honeybees Invade “Gilligan’s Island”
One of the catchiest musical moments in television history happened on December 9, 1965, when the “Don’t Bug the Mosquitoes” episode of Gilligan’s Island first aired. In this installment, the castaways’ suspected that their eternal three-hour tour had come…
Read more →The Future, Long Ago: “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” Turns 40
“In the year 1987, at the John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA launched the last of America’s deep space probes. The payload, perched on the nose cone of the massive rocket, was a one-man exploration vessel – Ranger 3. Aboard…
Read more →Four and Three and Two and Done: The Complete “Broad City” Is Now on DVD
Yas kween! Initially beginning life as a web series, Broad City has gone on to become a comedy sensation. The brainchild of creators/stars Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, the show chronicles the adventures of two twentysomethings navigating the perils of…
Read more →The Owls Are Not What They Seem: Happy Twin Peaks Day!
It was on this day seemingly a lifetime ago that Special Agent Dale Cooper first entered the town of Twin Peaks. His life, and television, was never the same again… Each year on February 24th, fans of David Lynch and…
Read more →Travel Through Time to the Disco Era with “Doctor Who”
Man, the 1970s were weird. In what was a blink of an eye in terms of time being measured on a cosmic scale, disco briefly ruled the galaxy. Previously on MovieFanFare we’ve how the divisive musical genre was used to…
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