In 2007, When "Gilmore Girls" was cancelled, Edward was never informed of this, and only found out when a woman at a coffee shop came up to him and said: "Hey, I'm sorry your show was cancelled, I loved it". Ed Responded by saying: "It Is?".
Edward is like his character Richard on the Gilmore Girls for the fact that someone in his family shares the same name as a character on the show. In the show his grandaughters nickname is Rory and in real life his son is named Rory.