Let Them Drink Cosmos: An Unofficial Gilmore Girls Podcast

We have run out of rewatch episdoes we recorded prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. We recorded a short section, answering a couple of questions before the quarantine started. This episode is a mixture of answering those questions, announcing that we will likely take a brief hiatus while waiting to be able to record separately and some bloopers. 

We discuss which characters on Gilmore girls we are most like, personality-wise, and what ways we feel the show has had a positive impact. 

Plus, you hear the inventing of the word lembolic.

Stay tuned to our Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/letthemdrinkcosmos/ for updates from Laura & Paisley about when we'll return.

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    A special guest joins us to talk about S:1E:8 Love and War and Snow. This episode will be filled with laughing, snow talk and some talk about the fruit bowl.
 
 Synopsis:
    This episode starts at our first town meeting, where we learn about the reenactment of the legendary Battle of Stars Hollow. We learn about Lorelai's love of snow. Lane and Rory have a small fight when Rory isn't there for Lane when dealing with a crush who's hair she runs her hair through. Lorelai and Max have their first date. The town's reenactors drive Luke crazy. 
 
Luke's cap reference: https://m.zimbio.com/Fun+Facts+All+Hardcore+'Gilmore+Girls'+Fans+Need+to+Know/articles/5RazsNuFJkI/There+reason+Luke+wears+backwards+baseball

Someone to Watch Over Me by Rickie Lee Jones https://youtu.be/YeCLnbl7SlE
 
Pictures of You by The Cure https://open.spotify.com/track/209r0VNkLHuAMVnJ97AdaY?si=ZwQ-64P2Qs-WQRAo2yuESQ
 
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band https://www.thebeatles.com/album/sgt-peppers-lonely-hearts-club-band
 
Eat Like a Gilmore The Unofficial Cookbook for Fans of Gilmore Girls 
https://www.amazon.com/dp/151071734X/ref=cm_sw_r_em_apa_i_DcSEEbKF4JHKQ
 
Authors mentioned:
Jane Austen https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen
 
Hunter Thompson https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_S._Thompson
 
Charlotte Brontë https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Bront%C3%AB
 
Judy Blume https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Blume
 
Emily Dickinson https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Dickinson

Join Laura & Paisley while they talk about S1:E7 of Gilmore Girls, Kiss and Tell. They will share their thoughts on the episode with Dazzling Details, Fun Facts and background details like the fruit bowl!
 
 
 Synopsis:
 
 Lorelai and Rory are walking through the Town Square in Stars Hollow, which is all decorated for Autumn Festival. They walk into Luke’s, demanding coffee and muffins, but Luke and Taylor are fighting because Taylor wants Luke to decorate his diner like the rest of the town.
 
 Later, Rory is in Doose’s market observing Dean. Rory is pretending she’s not there for Dean but she’s there for corn starch. That’s when he asks if she wants a pop/free soda. He tells her to choose which hand the soda is in & takes that chance to lean in and kiss her. Rory replies with "Thank You," runs away and accidentally shoplifts the corn starch.
 
 Rory runs to Lane's and excitedly tells her about her first kiss! Rory returns home, wanting to tell Lorelai what happened, but Lorelai was upset with the fridge so she decided not to tell her.
 
 Lorelai goes to Kim's Antiques to pick up the chair she purchased 6 weeks ago. While there, Mrs. Kim tells Lorelai about Rory's kiss, much to her surprise.
 
While Rory and Lane are in the town square, Lane keeps asking Rory to retell the story because she want to live vicariously through Rory. Lorelai, sitting at Luke’s, watches Rory with Lane and is sad that Rory didn’t tell her about her first kiss.
 
 Lorelai goes into Doose’s to spy on Dean. While Luke and Lorelai are walking through town, Lorelai is venting to Luke about how she’s upset Rory didn’t tell her because they tell each other everything.
 
 Lorelai is waiting up for Rory and when she finally returns home, Lorelai confronts her asking why she didn’t tell her about the kiss.
 
 Lorelai and Rory go to Doose’s to buy bunch of food for their movie night. Lorelai and Dean finally meet. Lorelai invites Dean over for the movie night without Rory's knowledge!
 
 Rory freaks out because the boy that she likes is coming over and she has nothing to wear until Lorelai walks in and picks out an outfit for her.
 
 Dean finally arrives and movie night is underway. Rory turns to Lorelai for advice and assurance. Eventually, Lorelai and Dean are alone, so she gives Dean "the speech."
 
 Rory and Dean share another kiss and Dean says "Thank You." After he leaves, Rory finally tells Lorelai the story of her first kiss!
 
 Rachael_is_here on IG: https://www.instagram.com/rachael_is_here/?igshid=1aqwbn90z6175

Elsa Klensch: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Klensch

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0067992/

Pink Moon by Nick Drake: https://open.spotify.com/album/7KyvfoQhqlNLPNb98yY0pf?highlight=spotify:track:16qzGrIMWoxerw2gnW0zuv

Invasion of the Body Snatchers: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_the_Body_Snatchers

Clearly Canadian: https://clearlycanadian.com/en-us/

Earl Jeans Jacket: http://www.earljean.com/

Laura & Paisley discuss S1:E6 of Gilmore girls, Rory's Birthday Parties. Listen to them laugh about everything from pudding to those light-up beaded bracelets from the early 2000s.


Synopsis:
 During Friday Night Dinner at the Gilmore Mansion, we learn Rory Gilmore is turning sixteeen. Her grandmother insists on throwing her a proper party, in addition to the casual party Lorelai will be having in Stars Hollow. Additionally, Lorelai & Rory have been tasked with choosing which items they'll want bequeathed to them in the will.
 
 Emily requests her daughter's help in shopping for Rory's present. After not understanding Rory's taste isn't the same as the Queen's, Emily finally listens to Lorelai's suggestions and the two wind up having a good time.
 
 At school Rory finds out Tristan and the rest of her Chilton classmates have been invited to the party being hosted by her grandparents. Rory is visibly upset, but doesn't tell her mother after seeing how well she is finally getting along with Emily.
 
 At the party, Rory's holding together until Emily asks her to address the guests by giving a speech. She refused, exclaiming that they're Emily's guests and running upstairs. Surprised, Lorelai goes to find out what's wrong. Rory confesses everything and Lorelai feels bad.
 
 Emily reprimands the girls, and refuses to talk to Rory, even not accepting her invitation to her next party.
 
 Rory attend a college fair to pick up a new Harvard brochure, only to learn Paris has the same aspirations. After learning Rory doesn't like Tristan, Paris softens.
 
 The Stars Hollow bash is in full swing when Richard and Emily show up after all. Being her first visit to Lorelai's house, Emily learns she really doesn't know her at all, which truly hurts her.
 
 While cleaning up, Lorelai sees Rory outside with Dean as they talk and he gives her a bracelet. They then hold hands and Lorelai realizes she too doesn't know her daughter as well as she thought.


Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Brides_for_Seven_Brothers

Eat Like a Gilmore: Daily Cravings by Kristi Carlson https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/eat-like-a-gilmore-kristi-carlson/1129393209

Star Trek: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060028/

The Waltons: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068149/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

I Love Lucy: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043208/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Lemonheads: https://www.amazon.com/Lemonhead-150ct-Tub-Individually-Wrapped/dp/B009D8ZE06


Montblanc pen: https://www.montblanc.com/en-us/collection/writing-instruments.html

Laura & Paisley ramble about S1:E5 of Gilmore Girls, Cinnamon’s Wake. Hear about how their social awkward introvert ways are like Rory’s and search for the answer to the great debate: Roquefort or Real Fruit.

Synopsis:

Lorelai informs Emily she can’t get away from work to attend the funeral of a distant relative. Chilton hosts a big bake sale fundraiser, which Lorelai attends with Sookie and her master baked goods. Sookie meets Mr. Medina and he asks Lorelai out. She finally agrees to meet up for coffee while she’s in town for business school. 

Rory and Dean have a few awkward, flirty encounters on the bus and at Doose’s Market. On their coffee date, Lorelai agrees to go out on an official dinner date with Max. Unfortunately, Cinnamon, Maury & Babette’s cat dies. Lorelai, Rory and much of the town comforts them and hold a wake at their tiny house. In the chaos, Lorelai forgets about her date until he’s seen next door, arriving to pick her up. 

Lorelai convinces Max she isn’t trying to get out of the date and is still interested. She then has to deal with the fact that she didn’t tell Rory about the planned date. Rory and Lorelai come to an agreement that Lorelai won’t keep such things from her in the future. Emily finds out that while Lorelai couldn’t make her thousandth cousin’s funeral, she could make it to one for a cat. 

Personalized Copper Cuff by Central Coast Glow: https://www.instagram.com/p/B3_KFTsAKF3/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/604630090/gilmore-girls-inspired-custom-quote?ref=shop_home_active_3

Lorelai’s date of birth: April 25,1968 https://gilmoregirls.fandom.com/wiki/Lorelai_Gilmore

Time Bomb by Rancid: https://open.spotify.com/track/41kg2RvdwBuIv0OPpvBS4v 

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18521.A_Room_of_One_s_Own

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/292496/little-women-by-louisa-may-alcott-with-an-introduction-by-regina-barreca-and-an-afterword-by-susan-straight/

Talking As Fast As I Can by Lauren Graham: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/541241/talking-as-fast-as-i-can-by-lauren-graham/

@seecaroread’s bookstagram account: https://www.instagram.com/seecaroread/

https://lnk.bio/DRjt

Hee-Haw: https://www.heehaw.com/

Roquefort vs Real Fruit Puffs debate settled by an official copy of the script: https://www.instagram.com/p/B-nL3ZUjCda/

Troop Beverly Hills: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098519/

Truly, Truly by Grant Lee Buffalo: https://open.spotify.com/album/5gOlqvFlEAhDIP7eLEATkk?highlight=spotify:track:1HpVVmqvX8RsyEQxRuzU0C 

     Join us in our ramblings about S1:E4 of Gilmore Girls The Deer Hunters. We will be discussing it with our first guests Amber and Wynter!

Synopsis: 
    We are introduced to Max Medina. Rory is upset getting her first D in English class. Meanwhile, in Stars Hollow Sookie is sad because a food critic called her magic risotto FINE. 

    Since Lorelai and Rory Gilmore stay up all night studying for the big test, in the morning Rory is running late. On her way to Chilton, she gets hit by a deer! Finally making it to Chilton, she has missed the test, gets upset and yells at her classmates. After getting a call from the headmaster’s office, Lorelai rushes to Chilton and tries to get them to let her daughter Rory Gilmore take the test. When they won’t let her take the test, Lorelai gets upset. 

Chilton aka Graystone Mansion: https://www.greystonemansion.org/

Independence Inn: http://www.brookfieldfarms.net/

Warner Bros. Studio: https://www.wbstudiotour.com/

The 10th Kingdom: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_10th_Kingdom

Eat Like A Gilmore Cookbook: https://www.eatlikeagilmore.com/

William Shakespeare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Shakespeare

Marlowe: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Marlowe

Bacon: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon

Ben Johnson: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Jonson

John Webster https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Webster

Sonnet 116: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45106/sonnet-116-let-me-not-to-the-marriage-of-true-minds

The B-52’s: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_B-52%27s

Saved by the Bell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saved_by_the_Bell

Artie Shaw: https://youtu.be/8RShFUtMv2w https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artie_Shaw

Maurice Chevalier: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Chevalier 

My Little Corner of the World by Yo La Tengo: https://open.spotify.com/track/0Rr1IrRiPyCurxicOXwBhz?si=w3xw4GIqR6GQ12ZpGheGGw

Our Little Corner of the World Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3GZtXpZLgFczcvG4TkNJnn?si=zq_AxSsoQW6h3mDDTpGVQQ

Beccs.memories IG: https://instagram.com/becca.does.life?igshid=m9k5m17ooyt

Connect with us on IG, FB or check out our TeePublic Merchandise https://linktr.ee/LetThemDrinkCosmos

Listen to Laura and Paisley's musings on Season 1 Episode 3 of Gilmore Girls (Kill Me Now.) From Cassoulet to golf hats and Laura’s pun about Sookie's quest for strawberries. Also, how many brides are actually at that wedding?

Synopsis:

During Friday Night Dinner at the Gilmore mansion, Richard and Emily learn that Rory must choose a sport to play at Chilton. Emily concocts the plan to have Richard take Rory to their country club to give her golfing lessons. Lorelai is unsurprisingly opposed, fearing Rory will enjoy it. Emily deems her controlling, much to her chagrin.

At the Independence Inn, Lorelai is busy planning a lavish double wedding for spoiled, wealthy, twin brides. Although handling everything like a pro, Lorelai keeps worrying about Rory. Richard and Rory get off to an awkward start, with him expecting her to be a typical teen who’d prefer an afternoon at the mall. Richard and Rory bond over her love of literature and desire to travel. 

That evening Rory & Lorelai meet up at Luke’s Diner. Lorelai is surprised and a little jealous that Rory had a “quite” good time with her grandfather. Her jealousy intensifies the next day after Richard calls to discuss a book with Rory. As a result, Lorelai picks a fight Rory over something as unrelated and trivial as borrowing a sweater. 

Sookie helps Lorelai figure out the basis for her irrational behavior and Lorelai makes peace with Rory at the twin wedding. 

 
Cassoulet: https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/toulouse-style-cassoulet

 Mencken’s Chrestomathy: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/113241/a-mencken-chrestomathy-by-h-l-mencken/

Mencken’s Memoirs: Happy Days, 1880-1892 (1940); Newspaper Days, 1899-1906 (1941); and Heathen Days, 1890-1936 (1943). They were published together in a single volume called The Days of H.L. Mencken in 1947 https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/C9B/hl-menckens-autobiography

Blueberry Shortcake recipe in Eat Like a Gilmore: The Unofficial Cookbook for Fans of Gilmore Girls https://www.eatlikeagilmore.com/

Independence Inn (Brookfield Farms): https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1464-Hidden-Valley-Rd-Thousand-Oaks-CA-91361/2104315682_zpid/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUnd-frPcCg

Listen to Laura and Paisley's caffeinated whims about furry clocks, Lorelai's rodeo getup and that infamous pink tie-dye t-shirt. This episode covers Season 1 Episode 2 of Gilmore girls. 

Synopsis:

On the Lorelais’ first day at Chilton, Lorelai Victoria Gilmore  oversleeps, due to her fuzzy clock not purring. A hardcore punctual person, Rory (Lorelai Leigh Gilmore) is upset and yelling the time every minute. Without her dry cleaning being picked up, Lorelai throws together cutoff shorts, a pink tie-dye tee and cowgirl boots to take Rory to Chilton. 

Upon arriving at the daunting building that is Chilton Preparatory Academy, Lorelai learns that she must go in with Rory to meet the Headmaster. Her ensemble turns heads in the wrong way among other parents, the Headmaster and Emily Gilmore, who took it upon herself to join the meeting. One head she turns the other way was Ian Jack, a divorced Chilton dad. Before finding the Headmaster’s office, they exchange small talk and Lorelai tells him where she works. 

After the rough start, Rory’s day doesn’t improve. She’s explained the harsh reality that she’s already behind and might not be cut out for Chilton after all. She encounters the Chilton version of mean girls, led by super smart and competitive Paris Gellar. Paris makes it clear that Rory will never beat her academically. Things worsen after Rory accidentally wrecks her project. Tristan, spends his day hitting on Rory and calling her Mary. Lorelai has an equally hard day, dealing with the whole town lecturing her about not dressing appropriately for Rory’s first day. After finally picking up her dry cleaning and making it to work, Ian arrives to ask her out. She has to contend with more issues with Emily. To end the terrible day, Lorelai arrives with coffee in hand to pick up Rory.

I’m the Man Who Murdered Love by XTC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdqk6AD69tg

Greystone Mansion: https://www.greystonemansion.org/

Salon which is really an Italian restaurant:
https://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2011/09/gilmore-girls-season-1-episode-2.html
Restaurant's website: https://www.ilcielo.com/
Google Maps street view: https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0720906,-118.3884189,3a,75y,177.18h,89.24t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1ssSHftrOoX_A1NQov2PS7jA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Listen to Laura and Paisley's ramblings on the Pilot episode of Gilmore Girls. We go over the synopsis & most scenes, zeroing in on some fashion, literature, background information and favorite quotes. 

Synopsis:

We’re introduced to the Gilmore girls, Lorelai and her daughter Rory, who live in the idyllic New England town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut. 

              We meet Luke Danes, owner of Luke’s Diner (the girls’ favorite spot for food and coffee.) During the scene at Luke’s we see the close bond between mother & daughter, which more closely resembles best friends. 

              We also are introduced to the staff at The Independence Inn, the inn managed by Lorelai. Michel, the rude French man who is the concierge, the also rude Drella, the harp player & Sookie, the clumsy and quirky chef round out the staff. 

              We meet Rory’s friend Lane who attends Stars Hollow High with her. Her parents own Kim’s Antiques and want to set Lane up with a future doctor. 

              Rory has been accepted to Chilton, a prestigious prep school in Hartford, which should help her with admission to Harvard, her dream university. While excited, Lorelai realizes she can’t afford it, so she returns to her pretty much estranged wealthy parents to ask for a loan. They agree, but her mother Emily wants something in return: weekly Friday night dinners with Lorelai & Rory. 

              We meet Dean, the new kid who has been admiring Rory and her nose stuck in book tendencies. They have an awkward meet-cute and eventually Rory considers not attending Chilton because of him. Lorelai refuses to let her daughter throw her life away for some guy and they have a fight. 

              The Gilmore girls attend their first of many Friday Night Dinners at the Gilmore mansion. It turns into a disaster with Emily and Lorelai fighting in the kitchen. Rory overhears it all, including the deal made for the funds for Chilton. Lorelai and Rory makeup and Rory decides to go through with attending Chilton.

Jack Kerouac's time in San Luis Obispo https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article139464678.html

Original Gilmore Mansion: https://www.google.com/maps/place/61+Binscarth+Rd,+Toronto,+ON+M4W+1Y3,+Canada/@43.682576,-79.3733175,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89d4ccaf181fe5e9:0xb468dc97cf3eae!8m2!3d43.682576!4d-79.3711288

Filming locations including original Luke's/Stars Hollow/Independence Inn:
https://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2011/09/gilmore-girls-season-1-episode-1-pilot.html

Independence Inn (Brookfield Farms): https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1464-Hidden-Valley-Rd-Thousand-Oaks-CA-91361/2104315682_zpid/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUnd-frPcCg

Warner Bros. Studio: https://www.wbstudiotour.com/

Gilmore Girls Fan Fest: https://www.gilmoregirlsfanfest.com/

Postponement announcement and Episode 1 clips and teasers.