In the episode “A-Tisket, A-Tasket.”
Jess: Well, it’s no Lenny Bruce routine but it has its moments. Click to continue »
In the episode “I Get A Sidekick Out of You,” in reference to Battlestar Galactica.
“Fracking Celine Dion!” Click to continue »
In the episode “The Hobbit, the Sofa, and Digger Stiles,” in reference to Love Boat.
BIRTHDAY PARTY
[A woman, Helen, walks two boys over to Lorelai]
HELEN: Here we go. I’d like you to meet Redmond and Riley James.
LORELAI: Redmond, Riley, nice to meet you. I’m Julie, your cruise director. I’m here to help you with your costumes…
BOY (running up to Lorelai): Lorelai, my hood is loose!
REDMOND: Her name is Julie, stupid.
BOY: No, it’s not, retard!
LORELAI: Hey, hey, hey.
RILEY: She just told us her name was Julie. She’s our cruise director.
BOY: What’s a cruise director?
In the episode “Teach Me Tonight,” in reference to Courtney Love.
RORY: Do not give me that whole “I’m so misunderstood,” Kurt Cobain-y thing. You are way stronger than that, and I don’t even wanna hear it… You could do more.
JESS: Oh, here come the pompoms.
RORY: No, no pompoms, just me saying you could do more.
(pause)
JESS: So, Courtney, what about you? Click to continue »
In the episode “Kill Me Now,” in reference to Doublemint gum.
(Two men, twins, walk in the front door of the Independence Inn.)
MICHEL: Are those? …
LORELAI: No, it would be too…
(The twin brides rush into the grooms’ arms.)
LORELAI: … weird.
MICHEL: You kept this from me on purpose.
LORELAI: It’s like a really snooty Doublemint commercial.
In the episode “Those Are Strings, Pinocchio,” in reference to Love Boat.
LUKE: We’re driving through Western Canada and then taking a cruise up to Alaska.
RORY: A cruise?
LORELAI: Intimate.
LUKE: I guess. Is it?
LORELAI (singing): The Love Boat!
LUKE: What?
LORELAI: A cruise is a good spot to get down on one knee.
LUKE: And do my ventriloquist act?
LORELAI: And propose.
LUKE: I have no plans to propose.
LORELAI: You don’t now, but after you’ve had dinner at Captain Stubing’s table and Isaac’s served you up a couple of mojitos… Click to continue »
In the episode “Star-Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers,” in reference to Anna Karenina.
DEAN: It’s depressing.
RORY: It’s beautiful.
DEAN: She throws herself under a train.
RORY: But I bet she looked great doing it.
DEAN: I don’t know. I think maybe Tolstoy’s just a little over my head.
In the episode “That Damn Donna Reed,” in reference to A Streetcar Named Desire.
“STELLA!” Click to continue »
In the episode “Eight O'clock at the Oasis,” in reference to Blue Crush.
(Rory is soaked from the sprinklers going haywire. She runs down the street and crosses paths with Jess.)
JESS: Whoa, whoa, slow down.
RORY: (upset) Get out of my way.
JESS: I like the new look. It’s very Blue Crush.
In the episode “Teach Me Tonight.”
RORY: You could do more.
JESS: Oh, here come the pompoms.
RORY: No, no pompoms, just me saying you could do more.
JESS: (pauses) So, Courtney, what about you?