A lot of Gilmore Girls episode titles are spoken by a character during the episode. In this one, Sookie says it (well, sings it really).
The room that the Gilmore's always go in before dinner is different. It is decorated differently and now there is a staircase.
When Lorelai is telling Luke that Max proposed, the ketchup bottle on the table behind her is tipped over then upright, then tipped over again.
Look closely when Rory is opening her gift from her grandparents at the dinner table. In one shot, she has it in her hands, but in the next shot, when she's saying "Thank you," it is completely out of sight, and Rory's hands are in her lap.
When Lorelai and Rory are sitting in the kitchen talking about Friday night dinner with Dean, there is a plate of twinkies on the table. When the camera goes back and forth between Rory and Lorelai, there are different numbers of twinkies in each shot. Some shots show 4 while others show 8.
When Lorelai tells Luke that Max has proposed, the 'Hills Bros.' logo on the coffee can on the counter in front of Luke changes direction. First it faces left, then right, then left again and so on.
When Dean is wiping off the water bottle, he starts around the rim, with the towel in his right hand. However when the angle changes, the towel is in his left hand and he is wiping upwards from the bottom of the bottle.
Emily: So, what would everyone like to drink? Lorelai: Uh, well, I'll have a white wine and Dean'll have a beer. Dean: What?! (taken by surprise) Lorelai: Corona, right? Dean: (completely panicked) No, I don't want a beer! I don't drink beer. I'll have water or soda or anything. Or nothing. Not beer. Never beer. Beer is... beer's bad. Emily: Relax Dean, that's just Lorelai's little sense of humor. (to Lorelai) You're very cruel. Lorelai: Well, yes, keeps me young. Dean: I'm just gonna sit here and stare at my hands. Emily: Soda Dean? Dean: Please. Emily: Rory? Rory: Oh, I'll have a beer. (Emily and Lorelai laugh) I'm sorry Dean, we're not laughing at you. Lorelai: Oh wait, I think I was. Emily: I think I was a little too. (Richard walks in) Oh Richard, there you are. Come join us. Lorelai: Hey Dad. Rory: Grandpa, hi. This is Dean. Dean, this is my Grandpa. Dean: Hi. Sorry, uh, hi. (he gets ups and walks over to Richard) Richard: Hello. Dean: (offers to shake his hand) It's uh... it's nice to meet... Richard: (ignores Dean's hand) Does everyone have drinks? Lorelai: Uh yeah, we all have drinks. Thanks. Dean: (he moves back to his seat and whispers to Lorelai) Should we do the beer thing again? Lorelai: Uh, I don't think so.
Emily: ...Rory finished in the top 3 percent! Lorelai: I know. Emily: You do? Well, who do you know at Chilton? Lorelai: Um...Rory. (points at Rory)
Emily: You're here! Richard, they're here! Richard: Wonderful! Emily: Come in, come in, come in! Lorelai: Uh, no. Emily: Why? Lorelai: You're scaring Rory.
Lorelai: I got stuff on my mind.
Rory: Max stuff?
Lorelai: No, stuff, stuff.
Rory: You're lying!
Lorelai: I'm being mysterious, that's what women do.
Rory: Mom...
Lorelai: Oh, look. Doorbell. Pretty sound!
(Lorelai is on the phone with Max, upset by her chat with Luke.) Lorelai: If I die, I want you to know where the coupon drawer is! Max: Yes, I'd like that too. I think.
Richard: You know, when I was ten years old I knew exactly where I wanted to work. Lorelai: Well, that's because you were always picked last for dodgeball.
Emily: Our daughter is getting married. She is getting married, and she didn't tell us. When Rory decides to get married I want her to tell us.
(Most of the town is pressed up against the windows of Luke's diner) Luke: Crazy people. The whole town should be medicated and put in a rec room with ping-pong tables and hand puppets.
Lorelai: I've got to check in at the Inn. Michel's there by himself. People could die.
Emily: William is a lovely boy. Richard: His head is shaped like a football. Emily: It is not. Richard If he fell asleep in the park someone would try to punt him.
Rory: That was ages ago. Read a paper. Lorelai: They make my hands black.
Lorelai: I know. Emily: You do? Well, who do you know at Chilton? Lorelai: Um, Rory.
Lorelai: Everything about me repulses that man. My coffee drinking, my eating habits. Remember when I called him Ranger Bob last week, he hated that!
Luke: But who knows how long you'll work after you're married. Lorelai: Excuse me? Luke: But you probably already talked about that, right? Lorelai: No, but I do think he and my father have come to an agreement on how many goats I'm worth.
(Sookie's hand is injured) Sookie: I'll be fine. I'm a good clotter.
Sookie: What are you doing? Michel: I am weighing my turkey. Sookie: Why? Michel: A group of scientists did a study on rats where they cut their daily calories by 30%. Sookie: And you felt left out? Michel: No, the rats lived 30% longer. The scientists were so impressed that they cut their own calories just like the rats. Sookie: It was a very nice display of solidarity.
Luke: (to Lorelai) Fresh coffee'll be ready in a minute, unless you wanna just roll up a dollar bill and go nuts.
Lorelai: You want tater tots also? Rory: That's a rhetorical question, right?
(after Rory keeps talking about wedding stuff even though Lorelai wants her to change the subject) Lorelai: You know how on All in the Family when Edith would be yapping about something and Archie would pretend to make a noose and hang himself or shoot himself in the head? Rory: Yeah? Lorelai: I don't know. Something about this moment just made me think of that.
Rory: You should walk down the aisle to Frank Sinatra with a huge bouquet of something that smells really good. Lorelai: Pot roast.
Rory: Grandma, I can't believe you found the recipe for Beefaroni. Emily: It wasn't easy. Antonia thought I'd gone insane. Lorelai: Well... Emily: No one needs a comment from you.
Bootsy: (reading a gossipy magazine) So, apparently they shoot a gland from a pig's head into Ivana Trump's rear end twice a month to keep her looking young. Lorelai: Wow, I hope she's not Kosher.
Rory: When is dinner ready? Lorelai: Do I look like a timer? Rory: I thought you might have set one. Lorelai: Silly rabbit. Rory: Timers are for kids. Lorelai: I say 10 minutes, it's done.
Rory: Where's Dean? Lorelai: Getting water. Rory: You're shameless. Lorelai: He offered. Rory: Please... Lorelai: The first thing he said to me was, 'Hey Lorelai, can I change your water?' What can I say, the kid's a freak!
Lorelai mentions Alex Trebeck in her conversation with Rory in the first scene of this episode. Lauren Graham was a contestant on the celebrity edition of Jeopardy.
Daniel Palladino on referring to Mencken's Chrestomathy - This certainly was the first time the word 'chrestomathy' was ever uttered on The WB. And with God as my witness, it won't be the last... oh wait, it's actually the second time. We referenced it in season one. Damn! Mencken's Chrestomathy was first referred to in the third episode of season one - "Kill Me Now"
German episode title: "Der Antrag", meaning "The Proposal". French episode title: "Question pour un mariage", meaning "Question about a wedding".
Starting with this episode, Jared Padalecki (Dean) is now part of the main list of stars on the show.
Music: - "I'll Be Your Mirror" by The Velvet Underground and Nico - "I Found Love" by The Free Design
Richard: I'm going to give Rory that first edition of Mencken's Chrestomathy.
Mencken's Chrestomathy is a collection of writings by Baltimore journalist H. L. Mencken.
(Dean is being grilled about his grades by Richard at Friday night dinner) Dean : I'm not great in Math. Lorelai : Yeah except who is really? Except mathematicians or blackjack dealers or I guess Stephen Hawking doesn't suck. Stephen Hawking is a famous scientist who wrote the groundbreaking A Brief History of Time.
Lane: It's gonna be just like that Sally Field movie when her husband took them to Iran and wouldn't let them come back. Lane is referencing the movie, Not Without My Daughter. It is a true story starring Sally Field as Betty Mahmoody whose Iranian husband convinced her to visit his family in Tehran, but forced her to stay.
Lorelai: Ugh, I'll take any other subject in the world for two hundred, Alex. Lorelai is referencing the game show Jeopardy and its host Alex Trebek.
Dean: (about breaking up) I'm sure some people like it. Rory: Oh, sure. Cher, Gregg Allman, bet they'd give it a big thumbs up. Singer Cher and Gregg Allman, from The Allman Brother's Band, were married for nine days in 1975. They later reconciled, then divorced in 1977.
Lorelai: (referring to Emily) Oh yeah, Dad, J. Edgar Hoover over here was just telling us. J. Edgar Hoover was the director for the FBI from 1924 until his death in 1972. He was known for keeping extensive files on politicians, celebrities, and others.
Sookie: (to Michel) So you're going to live forever? Like on Fame? Sookie was referring to the song written by Irene Cara.
Richard: I'm going to give Rory that first edition of A Mencken Chrestomathy. A Mencken Chrestomathy: His Own Selection of His Choicest Writing is a collection of writings by Baltimore journalist H.L. Mencken.
Lorelai: Silly rabbit. Rory: Timers are for kids. This is a parody of the famous Trix cereal commercials in which the tag line is always: "Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids."
Lorelai: Supposedly ripped off Zelda Fitzgerald's cold, dead hand. Zelda Fitzgerald was married to the famous American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, and was renowned for her lavish lifestyle. She eventually went crazy and was institutionalized.
Max: Put Cujo on the phone please. Cujo is a rabid dog who is the title character in Stephen King's novel Cujo.
Sookie: Who's catering? Lorelai: Bobby Flay. Bobby Flay is a chef made famous for the restraunt Mesa Grill but now is better known for Hot off the Grill with Bobby Flay, a popular cooking show on the Food Network.
Title: Sadie, Sadie The title of this episode refers to the song Sadie, Sadie from the 1968 movie Funny Girl. Comparing herself to her married friend Sadie, Fanny sings the song right after she weds Nicky.
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