Subject: *SPOILERS:Windom Earle-A Canadian Connection
From: ADMN8647@Ryerson.CA (Linda Birmingham)
Date: 1990-11-29, 05:53
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

The following information was obtained from an article in the
Toronto Star by Antonia Zerbisias (Wed. Nov. 28):

Windom Earle will be played by Canadian actor Kenneth Welsh.
Welsh starts shooting his first of seven episodes next Wednesday.
Welsh starred in the CBC's movie Love and Hate, where he played a
man who murdered his ex-wife.  He apparently is also currently shooting
an NBC miniseries titled Love You To Death with Sheryl Lee.

Welsh says this about Windom Earle "He's a master of disguies, a
mastermind villain who quotes poetry.  He also plays the Japanese
Shakuhatchi flute".  According to Zerbisias "That's the flute the
ancient Samurai played - after their swords were outlawed.  Which
means the did more that tootle away on it".  Welsh apparenly really
does play the flute.

The article also commented on viewership.  The president of Global TV
(the station that picks up Twin Peaks in Canada) stated that Global gets
on average 500,000 viewers per episode in Ontario alone.  Ontario has
(I think) a population of around 5 million - Canada as a whole has
approximately 30 million people.  The president said "If Twin Peaks
did as well in the United States as it does here, it would be in the
Top 10".  Does this mean that us Canadians are more intelligent and/or
demented than our fellow Americans :>)

The other tidbit Zerbisias reported was that USA Today reported that
on Dec. 8th there will be a wake for Leland Palmer!  I can't wait
until Saturday to find out what that means.



Linda

:Might as well laugh at life, it sure is laughing at you: