The scoop on Jacoby's glasses

[Robert Steven Glickstein]

Several days ago I posted a hypothesis that Jacoby is color-blind, based
on the odd glasses he wears. I first learned about such glasses from
Nathaniel Borenstein. Here's what he had to say about it after I asked
him for an elaboration on the subject:

Excerpts from private correspondence: 10-May-90 Re: Color blindness
Nathaniel Borenstein

> For certain kinds of red-green color-blindness, it is possible to obtain
> substantial correction to the color vision by placing a red contact lens
> (known generally as an Xchrome lens, I believ) in the less dominant eye.
> I had such contacts for several years, and the correction was
> substantial. However, this correction is only available in hard
> contacts, to which I was ultimately unable to adjust, so I had to stop
> wearing them.

> I then had a pair of glasses specially made which had a dark red lens in
> the less dominant eye. The frames were mountaineering frames which had
> eye shades around the sides, which prevented stray light from bypassing
> the colored lens and ruining the effect. The glasses worked about half
> as well as the contacts in terms of color correction, but they looked
> REALLY weird.

> Your Dr. Jacoby might indeed have funny glasses for such a purpose, but
> I have not heard of anyone using a blue lens with a red lens.
> Typically, one lens is red and the other is clear.

> Meanwhile, I recommend that all your color-blind correspondents on the
> net look into Xchrome lenses. They aren't effective for everyone, but
they were awesomely effective in my case.

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[Jym Dyer]

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|T|hey look like 3-D glasses to me. This is a Very Important Clue
`-' (TM), especially in this newgroups. Obviously, it's an indic-
ation that Jacoby reads 3-D comic books. Figure out which
comic books, solve the crime. Our job is simple.
<_Jym_>

[John Ryder]

Quoting an article in USA Today on 5/15, which talks about clothing
styles used on the show (and how they subtly provide hints on the real
personas of the TP characters), Sara Markowitz, Twin Peaks' costume designer
says of Jacoby's glasses:

"That's so his analytical brain can look out through the rosy
lens; his emotional side can look through the cool blue side."

She goes on further to talk about the earplugs:

"He wore earplugs off duty because he listens to people's
problems all day at work."

There was also a separate article on the prognosis of some current shows for
their chances of renewal. The USA Today tv critic listed Twin Peaks in
the "Winners" category (along with The Simpsons -but we all knew that), and
gave Twin Peaks a score of 9.5 out of 10 (with 10 meaning the highest chances
for a show being renewed).

"when you told your secret name I burst in flame........."