"Gordon Cole": Cribbed from "Sunset Boulevard" ?

[Mike Melnyk]

I was watching the movie "Sunset Boulevard" the other day. In this flick
there is a minor character named... Gordon Cole. He works for Paramount
Studios in the Props Department (I think).

Seems likely that David Lynch cribbed his name for his Twin Peaks
character, especially since "Sunset Boulevard" is an off-the-wall, but
classic, movie Lynch probably has seen.

Did I drink too much cough syrup in my youth or has anyone suspected this?

Mike Melnyk
r...@ipac.caltech.edu

The views expressed above are those of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory,

[jacobj...@gmail.com]

You were right

[Fota]

On Monday, August 21, 2017 at 2:28:17 AM UTC-5, jacobj...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, April 24, 1991 at 8:25:54 AM UTC+8, Mike Melnyk wrote:
> > I was watching the movie "Sunset Boulevard" the other day. In this flick
> > there is a minor character named... Gordon Cole. He works for Paramount
> > Studios in the Props Department (I think).
> >
> > Seems likely that David Lynch cribbed his name for his Twin Peaks
> > character, especially since "Sunset Boulevard" is an off-the-wall, but
> > classic, movie Lynch probably has seen.
> >
> > Did I drink too much cough syrup in my youth or has anyone suspected this?

> >

> > The views expressed above are those of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
>
> You were right

I remember reading somewhere that Sunset Boulevard was one of Lynch's favorite movies. It is a great one, and may have inspired the title of Mulholland Drive. In episode 15, Dougie Jones had his Coop senses jolted while watching the film and it's Gordon Cole reference.

[gabrie...@gmail.com]

It only took 26 years to be confirmed :)