If you’ve been reading my ramblings for any length of time, you’ll already be aware that I’m a huge fan of Twin Peaks and you won’t be at all that surprised to hear that I’m looking forward to the belated arrival of season three with great anticipation.
But although I was completely obsessed with the show when it first aired, I’m not the sort of po-faced, chin stroking überfan who has an instant sense of humour failure, when someone pokes fun at the extraordinary blend of art house soap opera, surreal comedy and paranormal film noir that was David Lynch’s television masterpiece.
In fact, I’m perfectly happy to join in.
So when I discovered a Facebook group called The Woolhouse Boys, I realised that I was amongst like minded folks with a similar sense of the absurd.
Billy Zane (above, centre; flanked by Twin Peaks’ finest, Michael Ontkean and Kyle Maclachlan, as Sheriff Harry S Truman and FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper) played a largely unnecessary character called John Justice Wheeler, who apparently arrived solely to sweep pouting, virginal sex kitten Audrey Horne off her feet whilst he lounged around in garish knitwear.
Well The Woolhouse Boys have given a new lease of life to Mr Zane’s foppish creation, skillfully Photoshopping him into a range of amusingly bizarre new scenes from the original series and beyond.
But that isn’t all, oh no; for the fascination with Mr John Justice Wheeler is primarily with his choice of woollen garment and it is the skill with which they have edited his trademark striped sweater onto various other characters that makes their photo collages and memes so hilarious. At least they are to a veteran of many a Twin Peaks marathon such as myself and I think that even non-Peakies will appreciate the attention to detail in their creations.
So I’d like to present a selection from the rapidly expanding portfolio, some of which were manipulated by yours truly; ladies and gentlemen, The Woolhouse Boys.
{Tony Stanic, Joel Peacock, Mark Zandi, Dan Jones, Christian Hartleben}
Edit: Since the start of Twin Peaks season three, The Return, The Woolhouse Boys has expanded to group of over 900 members and there are too many amazingly talented people to name, but you should follow us on Instagram for all the latest woolly madness. See link at the bottom of the page.
Here area few of my more recent contributions
{Original source material: David Lynch/Showtime }
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