Subject: Doughnuts, doughnuts, doughnuts: `Twin Peaks' parties
From: waldo@tpclinic.vet.ORG (Bob Lydecker)
Date: 1990-05-23, 17:00
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

 By KEN BROWN
   NEW YORK (UPI) -- The computer memo appeared at the advertising firm
of Chiat-Day-Mojo as mysteriously as Laura Palmer's body washed up on
the lake shore in the first episode of "Twin Peaks."
   "This is the voice of the silent drapery runner calling all lonely
log readers together on the final night," began the message, which
provided clues from Agent Dale Cooper on the whereabouts of Wednesday's
season finale party.
   The ABC series "Twin Peaks," the brainchild of cult director David
Lynch, has become an obsession for fans, many of whom have not followed
a television series in years, and its last episode has led many to go to
extremes.
   "The building number is five short of the total number of days in the
year," the message continued. "The street number and apartment number
all contain the same digit. Put them together, add 111 and you get the
sign of the devil."
   The culprit behind the message, Keen Wilkins, a media research
supervisor at Chiat-Day-Mojo, said the party, which will be held in his
apartment in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood in Manhattan, is strictly
for aficionados.
   "Before you gain entry, you will be quizzed on every character and
plot in the show," Wilkins warned. "Don't show up without cherry pie,
doughnuts or black coffee."
   Wilkins is not alone in his enthusiasm for "Twin Peaks" and parties
ranging from the informal to the formal are being planned in
Philadelphia, Washington and other cities by people thrilled by the
moody series and meandering plot line.
   ABC has picked up "Twin Peaks" for next season but that did not
diminish the suspense about the Wednesday season finale for those
die-hards who wonder about the significance of the blinking traffic
light, the llama, the fate of Chet, the nerdy character on "Invitation
to Love," and why Audrey likes maraschino cherries.
   In the European version of the series, the drifter who appeared in
Laura's mother's dream was fingered as the killer, but a spokesman for
Lynch said Wednesday that version has nothing to do with the American
series.
   In Wednesday's finale, one suspect was arrested and later killed, and
several others -- including Agent Cooper -- were shot, burned or
otherwise maimed. The mystery was no closer to resolution.
   The Philadelphia Inquirer features department planned a party for
about 200 people dressed as "Twin Peaks" characters and walked around
with fish, Washington state apples, eye patches, "damn good" coffee,
logs, and slicked back hair, said Maureen Carmen, an administrative
editorial assistant.
   Guests will write their names on the back of poker chips from the
brothel-over-the-boarder, One-Eyed Jacks, and will be eligible for door
prizes including little Elvises and broken hearts. "We're really crazed
here," Carmen said.
   "I had Kona Coffee shipped in from Hawaii just for this occasion, I'm
going to clean my coffee machine for the first time," said Aaron
Sugarman, a senior writer at Conde Nast Traveler magazine in New York.
"I was thinking I would have to get pie or doughnuts."
   "We would be partying because we have been watching, but our cable
was cut off, which is really unfortunate because we have been missing
all the last episodes of all the series," said University of Delaware
senior John Kubaska, who graduates this weekend from the Newark, Del.,
school.
   The first six episodes of "Twin Peaks" have been shown on Thursday
nights, and the switch to Wednesday, despite extensive publicity by ABC,
has left some viewers confused.
   "People are coming over for a barbecue but we weren't planning on
watching `Twin Peaks,"' said Fred Azcarate, program associate for the
group Citizens Action in Washington. "It's tonight? I guess we'll turn
it on."