"Diane..." - The Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper

by Scott Frost (writer), Kyle MacLachlan (Narrator), Michael Ontkean (narrator)

Based on the television series Twin Peaks. Here are the actual dictation tapes of FBI Agent Cooper, Chief Investigator of the Laura Palmer murder, plus never-before-heard tapes.

Genres: Audiobook, Fiction, Horror, Crime, Mystery, Fantasy, Tv

1 pages, Audio Cassette

First published October 1, 1990

About the author

Scott Frost is an American screen writer and novelist. He is the son of actor Warren Frost and the brother of Mark Frost and actress Lindsay Frost. He worked with his brother and David Lynch on the Twin Peaks television series, writing two episodes. Among others, he has also written episodes of Babylon 5 and Andromeda. In the early 1990s, he wrote the script for the mystery/thriller TV movie Past Tense with Miguel Tejada-Flores. He again worked with his brother on the 2001 series All Souls.

Series:
* Alex Delillo Mystery

Series contributed to:
* Babylon 5: Other Voices

Reviews

[Gregory · Rating 5 out of 5]

in 1994 this tape was stolen from my car and I have cried everyday for it's return. Good stuff.

[Christopher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Utterly useless yet utterly priceless for quotes from the second greatest FBI agent to ever visit the town of Twin Peaks.

"Oh, Diane… never drink coffee that has been anywhere near a fish."

"Diane, 7:00 pm, the RR Diner. This must be where pies go when they die."

[C.T. Phipps · Rating 4 out of 5]

A forty-five minute collection of musings by Dale Cooper over the first season and the early part of the second season of the Laura Palmer case. It ends right before the revelation of [blank] as the killer, which is a shame as that would be the best place to end it. In any case, though, it was highly entertaining and funny as hell.

The majority of entries are new with some taken from the first and (early) second season. There's some humorous moments like Cooper explaining why he didn't choose the rent-to-own option, his obsessiveness over coffee, how he has a fear of airplane turbulence, and his system for enjoying long-distance travel.

This could have easily been expanded to a full novel-length (or at least novella) work of at least six hours if they'd had talk about the various characters, places, and other things in the show. As such, it's more like buying a short story or novelette.

Kyle Mclaughlin does his character well in the new cassette entries just as he does with the ones from the show. I bought this from Audible for about five dollars and got my money's worth even if it was flawed. It's good catch-up listening as I enjoy "The Return."

8/10

[Paweł Kwiatkowski · Rating 4 out of 5]

Damn good audiobook

[Oziel Bispo · Rating 4 out of 5]

engraçado, viciante , com efeitos sonoros perfeitos...curti muito

[Adriana Scarpin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Só eu sei o quanto desgosto de audiobooks e embora a maioria das gravações estejam nas duas primeiras temporadas de Twin Peaks, há algumas falas inéditas e é sempre um prazer ouvir o agente Cooper.

[Michelle Cooper · Rating 4 out of 5]

I listened to the audiobook version!

It was read by Special Agent Dale Cooper, and I felt like it was actually read / recorded during the filming of the show!

[Keeley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Peak 8th grade nostalgia. I remember Twin Peaks was the only show I truly cared about seeing at a time when the rest of my peers were into the 90210 bunch. I've rewatched it multiple times and even managed to procure Laura's Diary to read by telling my mom it was for a friend's birthday gift. Revisiting the Diane tapes was great. Now I want coffee and pie.

[Lizzy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Diane, 10:12 PM, March 10. Kyle MacLachlan should narrate everything ever. 46 minutes is not enough.

[Isabel · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I saw Twin Peak's I couldn't help feeling sorry for this unseen Diane, who had to listen to agent Dale Cooper detailing every aspect of each day. But what did I do when stumbled across this audio book? I dropped everything so I could listen to it.
The book is a recap of the first season.

[Alicia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reliving precious 90s cassette tape memories

[Michael (Horror Gardener) · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun listen. Only 45 minutes and gathers all the Diane tapes from Season 1. It was a soothing time with Dale Cooper in my ears.

[Claudia · Rating 4 out of 5]

A short, fun listen for those who, like me, adore Twin Peaks and want to know EVERYTHING *laughs*

If you are not a fan of the show, you'll won't get a thing from this. Obviously. But if you are... who can say no to more Kyle MacLachlan? Not me, that's for sure :P

[Spencer · Rating 5 out of 5]

As I’m revisiting Twin Peaks in remembrance of David Lynch, I gave this short audiobook another listen. It’s just fantastic, all the recordings from the show are here, and even additional ones to fill in gaps and add to the experience. It’s full of iconic quotes, funny moments and insight into the story of Twin Peaks and Dale Coopers mind. As a Twin Peaks fanatic I loved every moment of this!

[Joseph · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love Twin Peaks.

I have recently re-submerged myself in the shows original first two seasons from the 90's in order to prepare for the new season coming to Showtime 25 years later!

What I love most about the show, among all its many great elements, is the character of FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, expertly portrayed by David Lynch's frequent leading man, the great Kyle MacLachlan.

Agent Cooper is admirably quirky, a fierce lover of "damn fine" hot black coffee and diner pie. With a smile on his face, he says things like, "Theres nothing quite like urinating in open air. " A detective whose approach is unconventional and unorthodox yet he proves to be a skillful, competent and proficient man of the law. In a world of evil he is the embodiment of true good. I found this sort of character with an always-true-north moral compass boring in other stories like what's his name in Leviathan Wakes. But that is not the case here. Cooper is a complex, dynamic and extremely believable character whose qualities we could all use in a fellow human being. Audrey Horn told Coop that his only flaw is that he's perfect. But as viewers, we know that he's not. He's human like the rest of us and therefore susceptible to bleeding.(Which he does, taking a gunshot with an insane amount of composure.)

This "book" collects all of Cooper's letters recorded on cassette tapes that he sent to Diane, of whom me know very little. With the letters, you can kind of piece together a story. I would advise you to just watch the show instead. It's amazing.

Most of the entries are lifted straight off the show. There is very little new material here, and the new material that there is, written by Scott Frost (brother of the show's co-creator Mark Frost) feels inauthentic.

Another complaint is that "story"/ Cooper's tapes stop before the case has even been solved, quite abruptly, in fact, bookended with jazzy detective music instead of more material. It kinda feels like they just slapped this together to make a quick buck while the show was piping hot.

I picked this audiobook up on Audible through Amazon Prime at $5.99; I couldn't pass up that price. A little of the novelty is lost by listening to it on an Ipad instead of a cassette tape as it was produced originally, but I'm glad to have gotten 45 minutes of entertainment out of it anyways.

And it is Kyle MacLachlan himself that performed the new material. Of course his performance is amazing; there just is not that much substance here.

[Martin Hassman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Audiobook. Jen pro skalní fanoušky Kyle MacLachlana a první řady seriálu Twin Peaks. Bez její dobré znalosti totiž nedává smysl. Je to nostalgické připomenutí silných momentů seriálu, svým způsobem podobné jako když se vydává soundtrack k filmu, jen tohle je mluvené slovo.

[Nicolò Grasso · Rating 3 out of 5]

Essentially a glorified recap of season one and the beginning of season two of Twin Peaks, experienced through the tapes from Agent Dale Cooper to Diane. It's a fun little treat for fans of the show, but holds little to no substance.

[flesher goreman]

Oh Dale Cooper...

[Tristy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Getting ready for the third season to begin!

[Michael Douglas · Rating 5 out of 5]

dale cooper is my spirit animal

[Caroline Fosse · Rating 4 out of 5]

«Diane, 7:00 pm, the RR Diner. This must be where pies go when they die.»

I think it’s great that this book exist, I really enjoyed listening to it. It’s narrated by Kyle MacLachlan who plays special agent Dale Cooper, and he did such a great job. His voice is so calm and soothing, and it felt like I rewatched the whole first season in about 40 minutes.

Twin Peaks grew to be one of my favorite series, so it didn’t come as a surprise that I loved this book as well. I think listening to Dale Cooper detailing every aspect of each day was a really great thing, and I wished there was more of it. Also, there’s never-before-heard clips. All in all, if you love Twin Peaks, I think you’ll love this too.

[Alex Doenau · Rating 3 out of 5]

Now this is that Twin Peaks curio that your mother told you about. Not actually sure this counts as an audiobook, really. It's a collection of Cooper's recordings from the first season of Twin Peaks, plus a couple more inserted before and during the process. This is more of a relic from an age where TV shows weren't sold for home consumption.

It's amusing, of course, but you can't really glean anything from its contents that you couldn't get from Twin Peaks.

Diane, I'm holding in my hand a small box of chocolate bunnies.

[Haley Blain · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m not an audiobook person, but when I found out that Kyle MacLachlan agreed to once again reprise his role as Special Agent Dale Cooper to narrate this I downloaded Audible and signed up for a free trial just so I could download this. Clocking in at 45 minutes long it was the perfect treat for the ride to and from work this week. Peppered with audio from the original show it was also lovely to hear Dale again with new “uncovered” tapes.

[Steph · Rating 4 out of 5]

Extremely short and light and enjoyable. It's Coop's narration to Diane spanning from just before the first episode of Twin Peaks to just after the first episode of season 2. I really liked that actual audio narration from the show is interspersed with new material to fill in the gaps. Definitely a nice listen, and it's on youtube!!

[Will Barker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Completely superfluous to the actual story of Twin Peaks, but it's absolutely worth it for extra Dale Cooper quotes.

Gets four stars for Coop talking about Canadian geese, and for including Coop's incredibly endearing audio recording from the first episode of season 2.

[Danie KM · Rating 5 out of 5]

“but a town like this is like a river; lots of hidden currents and eddies, concealing their own secrets. i haven’t even broken the surface yet…”

haters may say this is pointless but the real ones know

[Claire · Rating 5 out of 5]

a damn fine piece. an incredibly enjoyable 45 minutes of my life.

[Keith Kavanagh · Rating 3 out of 5]

much like a dog or a child picking up shit off the road, I'm mad for quick little diddies such as thus that the youtube leaves out for me
nice refresher on the first series events

[M · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a pleasant little thing to listen to for under an hour. I will pad my way towards my annual reading goal in 2022. Currently available on YouTube.

[natalia agnieszka]

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