Gilmore Girls is packed to the brim with pop culture references - it's totally understandable for so many of them to go over our heads! So here's every reference explained for Season 1 Episode 1, with some trivia and thoughts as well!

0:00 Intro
1:43 "You're a regular Jack Kerouac"
2:47 "RuPaul doesn't need this much makeup"
3:45 "I lost my Macy Gray CD"
4:37 "Look, Officer Krupke"
5:43 "Doubt I'll make any inroads with Eminem"
7:13 "I'm gonna be in Britney Spears video?"
7:59 "Protestants love oatmeal"
8:44 "Several chapters from a Stephen King novel"
10:19 "At Zsa Zsa Gabor's house"
11:21 "You're like Ruth Gordon"
13:16 "Chicago...windy...Oprah"
15:01 "You're gonna have to turn in frickin Flo-Jo"
16:32 "I kiIIed a Viking"
17:12 "Gonna give me the Mommie Dearest treatment forever?"
18:22 "Do we stand here reenacting The Little Match Girl?'
19:41 "Pull a Menendez"
21:35 "That's so Nick at Nite"
23:05 Trivia
27:28 Review

Feel free to comment any references I missed out, any you already knew, or any you were surprised by! And of course, stick around for more shows and episodes to come!

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