# R.I.P. David Lynch **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [January 16, 2025, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049 "2025-01-16T18:41:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049/41 "2025-01-17T06:16:24Z")
Another one of our era’s most creative minds has gone away. Sigh. I liked _The Elephant Man_. I just loved _Wild At Heart_ from the first few minutes, and I must have watched it a dozen times. Didn’t think much of _Eraserhead_ on first viewing, watched it again and realized it’s actually darkly hilarious, especially the dinner scene. I like it better now. And I absolutely **hated** _Blue Velvet_ the first time I saw that. On reflection, I got to where I sort of like it, mainly for the throbbing absurd weirdness of it, but it still ain’t my favorite movie. RIP David Lynch. You done good, sir. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049/42 "2025-01-17T07:44:24Z")
Well, damn ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049/43 "2025-01-17T15:45:17Z")
I loved both _Eraserhead_ and _The Straight Story_. And they are both so completely different from each other. Did not care for _Blue Velvet_, although “Heineken?! Fuck that shit! Pabst Blue Ribbon!” is an iconic line, right up there with “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn.” ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049/44 "2025-01-17T16:06:46Z")
My husband bought a videotape of Eraserhead because we had heard so much about it, so we had a family movie night (with our teenage daughter). We all watched it and when it was over - silence. ‘Well, that was special…’ I said, LOL…watched both Twin Peaks series. I thought the second one was incredibly messed up and creepy, and I hate to admit it, but I was scared at night. (by that time, husband had passed away, I was home alone at night). ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049/45 "2025-01-17T16:50:41Z")
did anyone ever read Lynch’s cartoon “the angriest dog in the world” in late LA Reader in 80’s ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049/46 "2025-01-17T16:56:49Z")
Yes, I remember that cartoon! But I didn’t realize that was by David Lynch. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049/47 "2025-01-17T17:00:42Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](#): > > I loved both _Eraserhead_ and _The Straight Story_. And they are both so completely different from each other. Apparently, Richard Farnsworth saw _Blue Velvet_ only after he’d shot _The Straight Story_ (or possibly during…I can’t find the cite) and was horrified/offended beyond belief. And yeah, I’m trying to think of another director whose works range that far between family-friendly and NSFW poles and coming up empty. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049/48 "2025-01-17T17:00:56Z")
I went though his filmography and I have seen most. My favorite, **The Straight Story** , A Disney flick about an old man without a drivers license who drives his lawn tractor across Iowa to see his estranged ailing brother. A fantastic film from beginning to end. Loved his **Dune** as well. ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049/49 "2025-01-17T17:03:10Z")
Reader also carried cartoon "Binky the one-eared rabbit’ by Matt Groening of Simpsons fame ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049/50 "2025-01-17T17:05:28Z")
When I was in college my friend and I watched Eraserhead. We thought it would be a good idea to get stoned and watch it again. It was a bad idea. To this day that movie freaks me out. Despite that, I love that Lynch made it. I wish there were more directors like him. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049/51 "2025-01-17T17:18:50Z")
> [@veryfrank](#): > > And yeah, I’m trying to think of another director whose works range that far between family-friendly and NSFW poles and coming up empty. George Romero started out directing short films for _Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood_. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049/52 "2025-01-17T17:25:05Z")
Pencils down, I think we have a winner already. Good call. I could say Wes Craven, ranging from _Last House on the Left_ to _Music of the Heart_ but I still think you nailed it. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049/53 "2025-01-17T17:30:53Z")
> [@fedman1](#): > > did anyone ever read Lynch’s cartoon “the angriest dog in the world” in late LA Reader in 80’s > [@CairoCarol](#): > > Yes, I remember that cartoon! But I didn’t realize that was by David Lynch. Same here! The _L.A. Reader_ was where I discovered The Straight Dope, Matt Groening’s cartoons, and other comics. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049/54 "2025-01-17T17:59:40Z")
> [@salinqmind1](#): > > My husband bought a videotape of Eraserhead because we had heard so much about it, so we had a family movie night (with our teenage daughter). We all watched it and when it was over - silence. ‘Well, that was special…’ I said, LOL I went on and on at my college job about Blue Velvet, and as a result a co-worker watched it with his girlfriend and her parents. He did NOT find that as funny as I did. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049/55 "2025-01-17T18:02:54Z")
Man, I am more bummed by this one than I thought I would be. I’m another who loved Dune. I liked Straight Story a lot, but was a little confused when it never went off the rails. And yeah, Episode 8 of Twin Peaks: The Return was astounding. The marquee at the Texas Theater today: [![](http://tunes.drawerdevils.com/tunes/Lynch_marquee.png) ](http://tunes.drawerdevils.com/tunes/Lynch_marquee.png) ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049/56 "2025-01-17T20:53:26Z")
Honorable mention goes to Rob Zombie for his work as a production assistant on _Pee Wee’s Playhouse_. Speaking of children’s television, I wonder what Lynch thought about this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Vftf8TTve4s/hqdefault.jpg "Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theater "Twin Beaks"") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vftf8TTve4s) ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049/57 "2025-01-17T20:58:54Z")
The great Disney cartoon Darkwing Duck also did a Twin Peaks themed episode called Twin Beaks. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049/58 "2025-01-17T21:12:32Z")
If we’re going to tributes, there’s always [_Blue Peanuts_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9kScrjLfVo). Same creator as _Apocalypse Pooh_. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049/59 "2025-01-17T21:20:13Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > I liked his adaptation of _Dune._ As did I. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-david-lynch/1013049/60 "2025-01-17T22:17:35Z")
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