Gilmore Girls

Rory: It was a vinyl copy of the Go-Go's original album signed by Belinda. The Go-Gos were an all-girl band in the 80s and came out of the punk/new wave music trend. They were perhaps the most popular all-girl band of the 80's and some of their hits include Vacation, We got the Beat and Our Lips are Sealed. Their lead singer was Belinda Carlisle who went on to have a moderately successful solo career and later appeared in Playboy.

Lorelai: Thanks for coming, Sook, Marcus Shenkenberg. Marcus Schenkenberg is a Swedish born male model and Lorelai comparing Jackson to Marcus due to his new Ermenegildo Zegna suit.

Zach: It's like a Baz Luhrman movie out there. Australian writer/director of Moulin Rouge, Strictly Ballroom and Romeo + Juliet.

Lorelai: You look very GQ. Jackson: Oh, thanks to my best new friend: Ermenegildo Zegna. GQ is a men's fashion magazine. Ermenegildo Zegna is a high end, men's fashion manufacturing company known for its luxurious clothes and accessories. It was started by Ermenegildo Zegna in 1910.

Liza: A bunch of us are going to Shaky's afterwards for pizza. Shakys is a nationwide pizza parlor chain.

Liza: I had to run here straight from work. Kinkos. Kinkos is a nation wide chain of photocopying stores.

Lorelai: I never leave home without all the essentials: mirror, make-up, picture of Shaun Cassidy. Shaun Cassidy was a 70s teen idol. He is the younger, half-brother of David Cassidy (of The Partride Family fame). He began as a singer/songwriter and branched into acting. His best known role is probably Joe Hardy from The Hardy Boys Mysteries. He later went on to re-invent himself and has become a successful television writer and producer.

Jess: This place is right out of High Fidelity. Originally a novel about a London record store owner written by Nick Hornby. It was later made into a film starring John Cusack, Jack Black and Iben Hjejle.

Rory: And bought a Hummel at the curio store in Stars Hollow. Collectible ceramic figurines, originally the crafts of German artist M.I. Hummel.

Rory: We saw the Bangles here. The Bangles were an all girl band in the 80s whose lead singer was Susanna Hoffs. Some of their hits include Walk Like an Egyptian, Eternal Flame and Manic Monday. Rory is referring to season one episode "Concert Interruptus", where Rory, Paris, Madeline and Louise went to a Bangles concert on the tickets Sookie had scored. Lorelai and Sookie bought nosebleed seat tickets and also saw the concert.

Lorelai: You drank some Boone's Farm out of a bota bag and knocked a beach ball around. Fruity flavoured wines known for their affordability and popularity amongst young drinkers. A bota bag is a traditional Spanish wine skin. Typically, it is made of leather, and is used to carry wine, although any liquid will do.

Lorelai: Hey, try to seat us next to a celebrity on the Concorde, like Sting or Screech or someone. Sting a.k.a. Gordon Sumner, was the lead singer for The Police and has had his own very successful solo career. He's known for lending his voice to many worthwhile causes like band aid and saving the Amazon Rain forest. He even made an appearance on The Simpsons. He's also an actor and has appeared in Dune, Brimstone and Treacle and Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels. Screech is a character, played by Dustin Diamond, from the television series Saved by the Bell.

Rory: I'll look it up in Zagat and book the Concorde.

Zagat is a famous worldwide restaurant guide.
The Concorde was a supersonic jet that flew from New York to London or Paris and vice-versa. It made the trip in about 4 hours and was mainly for the jet set. The planes flew from the early 70s to 2003. There was a major crash in Paris on July 25, 2000. The industry never recovered from the negative publicity and lack of business. In 2003 both the British and French companies flying concordes decided to stop their flights due to low passenger turnout and rising costs.

Jess: It's where David Lee Roth got busted. David Lee Roth was the lead singer for Van Halen. He was replaced by Sammy Haggar and had some minor success as a solo artist.

Lorelai: I ended up in a career that apparently Jessica Hahn would think was beneath her. Jessica Hahn was a church secretary for the PTL ministry who claimed that televangelist Jim Bakker had raped her. Her accusations eventually led to his downfall. She later went on to pose for Playboy, launched her own 900 number and had a brief soft porn career.

Lorelai: Unless I turn into John Nash and start drooling on people. John Nash is a brilliant mathematician and Nobel prize winner. He suffers from schizophrenia.

Lorelai: It's Shea Stadium when the Beatles played. It's cramped and girls are screaming, and I think George is fighting with Ringo. Shea Stadium is a baseball stadium where the New York Mets play. The Beatles are a famous British group that consisted of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Star. They led the British invasion of musical groups to the U.S. in the 60s and were at one time one of the most popular bands in the world. They disbanded in 1970. As part of their American tour, they played Shea Stadium in 1965. At this time only two of the Beatles are alive: Paul and Ringo.

Lorelai: Now say, I can't believe I ate the whole thing. In the 70s and 80s Alka Seltzer had commercials where someone would be uncomfortable and occasionally groaning due to indigestion or heartburn. The person would say, "I can't believe I ate the whole thing", and often another person would say, "you ate the whole thing." Then the person would take some Alka Seltzer and feel better.

Lane: I've almost nailed the fill in Ramble On. I just have to stop hitting my face with the sticks when I pull my arms back. Rory: John Bonham had that same problem. Ramble On is a song by Led Zepplin and John Bonham was the drummer for Led Zepplin.

Lorelai: Oh look it's Michael Landon. Television actor who played Little Joe in Bonanza, Charles Ingalls in Little House on the Prairie and Jonathon Smith in Highway to Heaven. Lorelai might have called Lane Michael Landon because of the wholesome characters he played and the fact that his character Little Joe was always asking his older brothers to wait for him and Lane had been asking Lorelai and Rory to stop and wait for her.

Rory: Oh yeah, right after they stoned the woman who won the lottery. Reference to the short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson.