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Other detective mystery shows: we need a protagonist to be the "straight man", the stand-in for the audience in the descent into darkness and mystery.
Twin Peaks: no we don't

Modern investigative protagonist: I may look like an asshole, but I'm just telling it like it is, just like our audience.
Agent Dale Cooper: I love every one of you, people I work with.

Modern protagonist: my methods are unorthodox, but that's because, just like our audience, I just love science and am smarter than you.
Agent Dale Cooper: I'm going to start throwing rocks and whatever gets hit is a clue. This came to me in a dream.

Modern supporting cast: he may act like an asshole, but that's because he's so smart. And his unorthodox methods work, so you have to respect him.
Supporting cast in Twin Peaks: we love you, agent Dale Cooper! You're the best, Agent Dale Cooper!

An inexplicable thing every 10 seconds and the lyrics are a definite forebearer of "women are my favorite guy"

"My name is jane and I like to ride an elephant" has replaced "The first time I tasted somebody else's spit, I had a coughing fit" as the strongest song opener of all time. It's also a very good line to crowbar into the chorus despite not rhyming once.

"Hey Cheetah, get banana, hey monkey, get funky" is just transcendent

Any online video resources on not being shit at composition, angles, etc.?

I'm scared. I know enough about photography to be scared, bur not much else.

I love complex "memes" that I can appreciate because I have just the barest glimmer of understanding of the inspiration.