Comments by AMY SHERMAN-PALLADINO and DANIEL PALLADINO

Aragorn - Heir to the throne of men in the

Lord of the Rings trilogy. (Ep. 22)

25, and then 30 . . . and then 45 and then 50, until we find all 59 and take back the square! Yeah! - Reference to
Howard Deans uninhibited speech during the 2004 Democratic nomination campaign. (Ep. 18)

Arnold Palmer - Championship golfer. (Ep. 12) Augustus Gloop - Bad rotund child from
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. (Ep. 4)

Adolphe Menjou - Popular silent film actor known for wearing

natty attire. (Ep. 14)

Barry White - Singer with the unmistakable deep voice who topped
the music charts in the 70s. (Ep. 2)

Adrian - Rockys girlfriend in the Rocky films. (Ep. 13) Blake Edwards - Film director and producer who worked with Alfalfa and Darla - Characters from The Little Rascals
television series. Alfalfa spent much time courting Darla. (Ep. 2) Peter Sellers on the Pink Panther movies. (Ep. 22)

Daniel:I am of the legion of fans who can quote Alfalfa extensively.

Alive - 1993 movie about a rugby team trying to survive the freezing
weather of the Andes after a plane crash. (Ep. 13)

Blossom Dearie - Squeaky-voiced cabaret singer and pianist. (Ep. 21) Braille Institute - Non-profit organization for the blind. (Ep. 4) Brown Bunny - Controversial indie film directed by Vincent Gallo that
included a very graphic sex scene. (Ep. 8)

Anna Nicole - Model and actress most famous for marrying

billionaire J. Howard Marshall when he was close to ninety and she was in her twenties. After his death, she went into a long court battle with her husbands son over the inheritance. (Ep. 17)

Amy:Seriously, how do you comment on Brown Bunny? What could I possibly say that Roger Ebert hasnt already covered?

Caiphas - High priest involved in the crucifixion of Christ.

(Ep. 7)

Capone - Reference to Al Capone, famed American Annie Leibowitz - Famous celebrity photographer
whose work regularly appears in Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair. (Ep. 2) gangster of the 20s and 30s who was arrested for income tax evasion. (Ep. 8)

Annie Sullivan - Teacher of the deaf and blind, her relationship with
Helen Keller was depicted in the film The Miracle Worker. (Ep. 20)

Carpenters songs - Popular 70s musical group made up of siblings

Karen and Richard. They had a string of soft rock hits including Top of the World and Close to You. (Ep. 14)

Dorf - Memorable Tim Conway character that golfed and was

part dork, part dwarf. (Ep. 18)

Eartha Kitt - Actress and singer best known for playing Catwoman The Carringtons - Dysfunctional family from
the soap opera Dynasty. (Ep. 19) on the Batman television series in the 60s. (Ep. 9)

Ebert - Noted film critic Roger Ebert, co-host of a television program Casper - The friendliest ghost from the animated Casper series. (Ep. 17) Clyde - Half of the infamous outlaw duo Bonnie and Clyde, who
committed murder and robbery during the Great Depression. (Ep. 11) that critiques new releases, he also writes a review column for the Chicago-Sun Times. (Ep. 8)

Ebola - Named for a river in Congo (formerly Zaire),

this virus is severe and often fatal in humans. (Ep. 12)

Cole Porter - Famed American composer known for popular songs

like Night and Day and Ive Got You Under My Skin. (Ep. 12)

Fagin - Character in Charles Dickens Oliver Twist, who is the leader

of a group of boy thieves. (Ep. 17)

Daria - Cynical MTV animated character. (Ep. 1)

Amy:And my role model.

David Blaine - Street magician and stunt performer
who spent several days standing in a block of ice. (Ep. 12)

Farrah on Letterman - Reference to Farrah Fawcetts infamous 1997

appearance on The Late Show. Her behavior was unaccountably bizarre. (Ep. 22)

Amy:The craziest event to take place on television until the Tom Cruise I will jump on this couch cause Im dating Joey from Dawsons Creek incident of 2005.
Fatso - 1980 film about an overweight man who has a

Donna Summer - Earned the title of Disco Queen singing

hits like Hot Stuff and Last Dance. (Ep. 18)

hard time getting motivated to lose weight until he falls in love. (Ep. 20)

Amy:The funniest movie ever! Ever !!!

Doobie Brothers - American rock band popular in the 70s

for such hits as Black Water and Takin It to the Streets. (Ep. 12)

Foreigner - Middle of the road rock group whose songs included

Cold as Ice and I Want to Know What Love Is. (Ep. 12)

Doogie - Doogie Houser, M.D. was an 80s

television series about a genius teenaged doctor. (Ep. 2)

Frances Farmer - Film actress whose questionable behavior put her

in and out of mental institutions. (Ep. 13)

get medieval on their ass - Line from the film Pulp Fiction.
(Ep. 18)

Heidis grandfather - Classic story of a girl sent to live in the

mountains with her reclusive grandfather. (Ep. 3)

GI Jane - 1997 movie starring Demi Moore as the head-shaved

first female Navy SEALS trainee. (Ep.4)

Henry Box Brown - Plantation slave who escaped

to freedom in the North by shipping himself in a 3 x 2 box. (Ep. 2)

Gravlax - Raw, thinly sliced cured salmon. (Ep. 3 ) Hogans Heroes - Television sitcom of the late Grey Gardens - 1975 documentary about a reclusive and eccentric
mother and daughter holed up in a mansion in East Hampton. (Ep. 5) 60s that was set in a German POW camp during WWII. (Ep. 15)

Iran in 79 - Iranian militants took U.S. embassy employees in Groucho, Chico, Harpo, and Zeppo - First names of the
Marx Brothers, a comedic troupe who performed on vaudeville stages and in film. (Ep. 18) Tehran hostage in 1979. (Ep. 1)

Jack LaLanne - Bodybuilder and well-known fitness expert. He spent

years on television giving fitness instruction. (Ep. 21)

Hans Christian Andersen - Danish author in

the 1800s whose work is the basis for many modern fairy tales, including The Ugly Duckling and The Little Mermaid. (Ep. 6)

Daniel:In my house growing up, we watched Jack LaLanne a lot. We never exercised -- we just watched.

James Spader / Pretty in Pink - Spader plays a rich, smarmy brat

in this 80s teen flick. (Ep. 22)

Hare Krishnas - Members of a religious sect easily recognized by

their colorful robes and chants. (Ep. 2)

Jayson Blair - New York Times reporter caught plagiarizing and

subsequently forced off the paper. (Ep. 16)

Harry Chapin - Singer-songwriter known for his melancholy

hit about a father and son, Cats in the Cradle. (Ep. 18)

Jethro Tull - Progressive English rock band of the 60s, considered

passe by boys Jesss age. (Ep. 20)

Hart to Hart - Television series about a wealthy husband and wife

who play detective. (Ep. 11)

Jim Morrison - Lead singer of The Doors

who is buried in the Pere LaChaise cemetery in Paris. (Ep. 1)

Hayley Mills - Played twins in The Parent Trap a movie about

sisters trying to bring their parents back together. (Ep. 22)

Joan Crawford - Award-winning actress with

a reputation for being difficult. The book and movie Mommie Dearest are based on Crawfords shortcomings as a mother. (Ep. 21)

The Lords of Flatbush - Movie about greasers (50s gang members

with greased hair and leather jackets) starring Sylvester Stallone and Henry Winkler. (Ep. 20)

Lou Ferrigno - Bodybuilder and actor who played

The Incredible Hulk on the television series. (Ep. 14)

John Ashcroft - Over-reaching Attorney General during George

W. Bushs first term. (Ep. 7)

Madeleine Albright - Nominated by President Clinton

and the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. Government when she was sworn in as the 64th Secretary of State in 1997. (Ep. 11)

John Nash - Brilliant mathematician who suffered from paranoid

schizophrenia and was the inspiration for the 2001 film A Beautiful Mind. (Ep. 3)

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - Popularizer of Transcendental Meditation Joy Division - Late 70s post punk band. Later morphed into
New Order following singer Ian Curtiss death. (Ep. 15) around the world. (Ep. 8)

Matchbox Twenty - Much-mocked rock band led by Keith Richards at Altamont - Guitarist for the Rolling Stones,
performed at an infamous free concert in Altamont, CA, marred by violence between concert goers and the Hells Angels. (Ep. 2) singer Rob Thomas. (Ep. 19)

Maxim - Magazine for young men, always featuring a scantily clad

woman on the cover. (Ep. 17)

Kids in the Hall - Canadian sketch comedy group with an 80s-90s

television series of the same name. Kids member Bruce McCulloch has guested on Gilmore Girls. (Ep. 14)

Mel - The grumpy owner and cook at Mels Diner in the television
series Alice. (Ep. 5)

Kofi Annan - Secretary of the United Nations, known for

his astute diplomacy. (Ep. 19)

Metrosexual - Newly coined phrase used to describe a heterosexual

male with good fashion sense. (Ep. 18)

Kraftwerk - German electro-pop group credited with the growing

interest and development of electronic music. (Ep. 11)

Ming Dynasty - Ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, the emperors
of the Ming Dynasty were members of the Zhu family. (Ep. 12)

The L Word - Television series about the lives of a group of lesbians.

(Ep. 15)

Mommie Dearest - 1981 movie starring Faye Dunaway as

Joan Crawford the screen legend and abusive mother. (Ep. 3)

Mrs. Robinson - Character in the 1967 film The Graduate.

Mrs. Robinson is a married woman who seduces a much younger man. (Ep. 12)

Petticoat Junction - 60s television series centered around the goings-on

at the Shady Rest Hotel and its colorful country characters. (Ep. 18)

Pink Floyd - Classic rock and roll band formed in the 60s, best known Mummenschanz - Pantomime group from Switzerland that
makes use of surreal masks and props. (Ep. 15) for the albums Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall. (Ep. 7)

Nag Hammadi - In the 1940s an important collection

of ancient texts dealing with the gospels was found near Nag Hammadi in Egypt. (Ep. 13)

Daniel:The cover photo of the bands album Wish You Were Here was photographed at Warner Bros.Studios, where Gilmore Girls is shot.
Pop locked - A style of dance, spin-off of break dancing. (Ep. 22)

National Velvet - 1944 Elizabeth Taylor movie about

a young equestrian named Velvet who hopes to win Englands greatest racing event, the Grand National. (Ep. 5)

Amy:Oh Shabba doo and Boogaloo Shrimp, where are you now? We need you so.
Prog rock - Short for progressive rock, featuring a combination of musical
elements (classical, jazz, etc.) and occasionally over-wrought structures. (Ep. 11)

New Zoo Review - 1972 television series for

kids. (Ep. 8)

Daniel:I hid the fact for years but th eres no denying it -I love progressive rock ! Long live Gentle Giant, Van der Graaf and Triumvirat!

Norman Rockwell - Beloved artist whose sweet depictions

of American life appeared on the covers of The Saturday Evening Post. (Ep. 7)

Purim - Celebration commemorating the efforts of Queen Esther

to save the Jewish people from the tyrannical Haman. (Ep. 1)

Owsley - Potent form of LSD, named after its manufacturer in

San Francisco. (Ep. 8)

Amy:To me, Purim is the holiday of winning goldfish at a carnival that are time released to die once you get them home so you can be emotionally scarred by their death. I also saw Walter Koenig, Star Treks Chekov, at a Purim Carnival, so Purim is, to me, the Festival of Death & Walter Koenig.
Quiet Riot - 80s heavy metal band who gained fame from a remake
of Slades Cum On Feel the Noize. (Ep. 7)

Pat Summerall - Famed football play-by-play

announcer. (Ep. 2)

Persis Khambatta - Actress who played the bald Lt. Ilia in

the 1979 Star Trek movie. (Ep. 4)

Robert Downey Jr. - Actor who broke into a strangers house

thinking it was his own and fell asleep. (Ep. 13)

Rockefeller - One of the richest men of the 1800s,

John D. Rockefeller was the founder of Standard Oil. (Ep. 14)

Sk8er Boi - Avril Lavignes annoyingly ubiquitous hit song

from the album Let Go. (Ep. 1)

The Sound of Music - Movie set in Austria starring Romanov kids - Children of Russian Tsar Nicholas II
and his wife Alexandra, granddaughter of Queen Victoria, the kids were born into a life of incredible wealth and luxury. (Ep. 3) Julie Andrews as a nun-turned-nanny. (Ep. 10)

Sputnik - Satellite launched by the USSR that

began the space race in 1957. (Ep. 1)

Roslyn Kind - Popular nightclub singer and little sister of

Barbra Streisand. (Ep. 22)

Stations of the Cross - Fourteen sculptures found in

Catholic churches depicting Christs journey from sentencing to his burial. (Ep. 8)

Salvador Dali - Surrealist painter of dream-like images,

the most recognizable being the melting watch. (Ep. 8)

Stephen Glass - Reporter for The New Republic magazine who

was fired after it was discovered that over half of his stories were in some degree fabricated. (Ep. 16)

Sandinistas - Members of a leftist Nicaraguan political party, and

a Clash album. (Ep. 1)

The Strand - New York used bookstore that Schleprock - Unfortunate teenage caveman character on the
animated series The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show. (Ep. 9) claims to stock 16 miles of books. (Ep. 1)

Daniel:I usually buy about a mile of books per visit. I need help.
Taxi Driver - 1976 movie
starring Robert De Niro as a New York cabby slowly losing his sanity in what he perceives to be a hopeless city. (Ep. 14)

Sharon - As in Ariel Sharon, the prominent military leader and

Prime Minister of Israel. (Ep. 8)

Shirley MacLaine - Oscar-winning actress who is outspoken about

her belief in reincarnation. (Ep. 17)

Shriner hats - The Shriners is a mens organization

whose members wear fezes and drive tiny cars in local parades. (Ep. 17)

Ted Knight - Silver-haired actor who played newscaster Ted Baxter

on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. (Ep. 4)

The Three Stooges - Popular slapstick comedy group made up of

brothers Moe, Larry, and Curly. (Ep. 6)

Winona in the Family - Actress Winona Ryder was caught stealing

from Saks Fifth Avenue in 2001. (Ep. 16)

Timothy Leary - Psychologist who walked a fine line between

genius and insanity, he was outspoken about his belief in drug use and spent some time dabbling in the occult. (Ep. 19)

Witches of Eastwick - Novel and movie about

three witches who innocently conjure up a mystery man to free them from their boredom. (Ep. 11)

Trigger - A.K.A. The Smartest Horse in the Movies.

He appeared in over 80 films - always playing a horse named Trigger. (Ep. 6)

Wolfowitz - A Neo-Conservative U.S.

Deputy Secretary of Defense who was a leading proponent of the 2003 Iraq War and the architect of George W. Bushs foreign policy. (Ep. 12)

Toby from American Splendor - Reference

to chatty geek character in the movie based on the writings of cartoonist Harvey Pekar. (Ep. 20)

Woody Allen - American filmmaker once married to Mia Farrow

and now married to her adopted daughter, who is over thirty years his junior. (Ep. 10)

Tolstoy - Genius Russian author of War and Peace and

Anna Karenina. (Ep. 12)

Tony Robbins - Well-known motivational speaker. (Ep. 18) Valley of the Dolls -1966 best-selling novel
by Jacqueline Susann about the rise and fall of three women in Hollywood. (Ep. 9)

Amy:Yes, his view of family values might be very different than mine, but Hannah and Her Siste rs is one of the greatest movies ever and Ive watched it two hundred and fif ty thousand times just to make sure.

Woody - As in Guthrie, Depression-era

folk singer best known for the song This Land is Your Land. (Ep. 5)

Village People - Disco group of the 70s best known for their
use of costumes and their hit YMCA. (Ep. 15)

Whats your damage, Heather? - Referring to the

1989 cult movie Heathers about three cruel girls named Heather. (Ep. 22)
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