Subject: Re: Carpet Stain
From: jblum@umd5.umd.edu (Jon Blum)
Date: 1991-08-15, 12:55
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <9108150253.AA01428@ucbvax.berkeley.edu> C491153@UMCVMB.MISSOURI.EDU (John Schultz) writes:
> >According to a TP discussion list that originates out of England, the
> >version aired in Europe had a wavy image of BOB superimposed over
> >the stain in the carpet.

According to some behind-the-scenes book, that was Lynch's original idea for
the episode, but they decided to just do an ordinary bloodstain, because
(A) it would blow the "surprise" of BOB being a real entity, and (B) it was
just a bit too hammy that way.