Gilmore Girls Season 7 Episode 5

Emily: The way Bunny Ferguson grunts -- oh! I mean, it's one thing if you're Maria Sharapova and you're 120 pounds and a 7-foot blond teenager.

Maria Yuryevna Sharapova is a Russian professional tennis player and model. She is a former World No. 1 ranked player and is currently the second ranked female tennis player in the world. As of the end of 2006, she is the world's highest-paid female athlete.

Sookie: Milton Berle, are you saying my kitchen smells like Milton Berle?

Milton Berle was an American comedian and actor. As the manic host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater (1948-1955), he became known as Uncle Miltie to millions during television's first golden age.

Bill: Experience that led to a mutiny. It's not like anyone ever gave Captain Bligh another ship after the Bounty.

William Bligh was an officer of the British Royal Navy and Colonial Administrator. He is best known for the famous mutiny that occurred against his command aboard HMAV Bounty, and the remarkable voyage he made to Timor, on the Bounty's launch, after being set adrift by the mutineers. Many years after the Bounty mutiny, he was appointed Governor of New South Wales.

Rory: But by invitation only. And it'll be like an online version of the Algonquin group, like throwing a party in your head where everyone you've ever wanted to talk to is there The Algonquin Group is a global venture development firm that delivers solutions and advice for businesses in a rapidly changing world. We are committed to meeting the needs of our clients with insight, innovation and integrity.

Rory is talking about the Alconquin Round Table which was a group in the 1920's composed of famous writers, playwrights and other wits who met for lunch at the Algonquin Hotel. These included Dorothy Parker and S.J. Perleman.

Rory: Yeah, but you can't be tired of London. Samuel Johnson said, "When you're tired of London, you're tired of life".

Samuel Johnson was one of England's greatest literary figures: a poet, essayist, biographer, lexicographer and often considered the finest critic of English literature. He was also a great wit and prose stylist whose bons mots are still frequently quoted in print today.

Lorelai: Wow, how Dangerous Liaisons of her. She doesn't call. She doesn't e-mail. Then she sends you a letter with a wax seal that weighs roughly the same as a porterhouse.

Dangerous Liaisons is a 1988 film directed by Stephen Frears. It is based upon a play by Christopher Hampton which in turn is based on the classic eighteenth-century novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. The original English-language film, which has characters speaking American English, strives for an authentic French sensibility: conversations are hushed, almost whispered, in an effort to evoke the grace and reserve of eighteenth-century nobility.

Lorelai: Who controls this thing, you or Pedro Almodovar?

Pedro Almodovar is a two-time Academy Award-winning Spanish filmmaker.
He is known for making movies for and about women, which usually show a deep understanding of women.

Lorelai: The Ice Hotel.

There are a couple of ice hotels around the world, for instance in Canada and Sweden. Lorelai doesn't mention which one she's talking about but since she's talking about reindeer meat and vodka, she's most likely referring to the one in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden. In northern Sweden, quite a few people make a living out of owning reindeer and Sweden is also famous for its Absolut Vodka.

Rory: Oh, well, he's talked my ear off about you, too. All of you. I'm practically Van Gogh with my earlessness.

Vincent Van Gogh was a famous Dutch painter, best known for his works "Starry Night" and "Sunflowers." In a famous 1888 incident, he became so angry that he slashed off his left earlobe with a razor.