Drink - coffee
Cultural reference - Lorelai: "You're a regular Jack Kerouac."
Jack Kerouac is an famous American author and poet who wrote a book called On the Road - a story about him and his friends who roadtrip around mid-century America.
Cultural reference - Rory: "RuPaul doesn't have this much make up."
RuPaul is a famous drag queen in the United States.
Music - Rory: "I lost my Macy Gray CD..."
Macy Gray is a famous American R&B and soul singer song- writer who is famed for her distinctive raspy voice (song featured below).
Cultural reference - Lorelai: "Look, Officer Krupke, she's right at that table..."
Officer Krupke is the neighbourhood police officer from the Broadway musical 'West Side Story'.
Theme song - 'Where You Lead' by Carole King.
The theme song for the Gilmore Girls was sung by Carole King and her daughter Louise. Carole King also guest starred in the show as Sophie, the music shop owner.
Fashion - Lorelai: "What's with the muumuu?"
Lorelai is refering to a large, but very cute, white woolen sweater that Rory is wearing.
Book: Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
It was first published in December 1884 and is recognised as one of the Great American Novels.
Cultural reference - Lane: "There's no way Mark Twain could compete with that."
Twain is regarded as the 'father of American literature'.
Cultural reference - Lorelai: "There are several chapters from a Stephen King Novel I'd reenact before I'd resort to that option."
Stephen King is an American author who specialised in the genre of contemporary horror and suspense fiction.
Food/Cultural reference - Sookie -"Where's your pâté?
Lorelai - "At Zsa Zsa Gabor's house."
Pâté is a mixture of ground meat and fat minced in to a spreadable paste.
Zsa Zsa Gabor is a Hungarian-American actress and socialite. In 1974 Gabor purchased a two-story Bel Air home from Elvis Presley. It was built by Howard Hughes and featured an eccentric-looking French roof.
Music - "Where the Colors Don't go" by Sam Phillips
Phillips is an American singer and songwriter.
Cultural reference - Rory: "You're like Ruth Gordon, just standing there with the tannis root. Make a noise."
Dean: "Rosemary's Baby."
Ruth Gordan was an American actress and writer. She was best known for her role as the oversolicitous neighbor in 'Rosmary's Baby'.
Book: 'Moby Dick' by Herman Melville. Rory: "I know it's cliche to pick Moby Dick as your firt Melville, but..."
This book was first published in 1851 and is considered one of the treasures of world literature.
Book: "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert
This book was Flaubert's first published novel and is considered his masterpiece.
Food: Burgers
Cultural reference - Lorelai: "You'll have to turn in to frigging Flo Jo to get away from me."
Flo Jo was a African American track and field athlete in the 1980s and she became a popular due to her record-setting performances
Music: "Try" by Macy Gray
Cultural reference - Rory: "Do we go in or do we just stand here reennacting 'The Little Match Girl'?"
'The Little Match Girl' is a short story by Hans Christian Andersen about a little girl who sells matches on the street in the freezing cold and dies in the street, invisioning beautiful memories of the past.
Cultural reference - Lorelai: "... then on the way home you can pull a Menendez, deal?"
Brothers Joseph Menendez and Erik Menendez were convicted in a highly publicized trial for the shotgun murders in 1989 of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez.
Cultural reference - Lorelai: "We're thinking of having her [Rory] studied at MIT."
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university. It has a strong emphasis on scientific and technological research.
Food: Chilli Fries
Cultural reference - Lorelai: "Is he dreamy?"
Rory: "That is so 'Nick at Night'.
It is the nighttime TV shows on Nickelodeon which appeals to adolescent audiences.
