So It's A Show?: Keeping Up With The Gilmore Girls

Gilmore Girls and Buffy the Vampire Slayer go together...perfectly, it turns out! Taylor is on vacation, so Kyla is joined by the hosts of the Buffy the Gilmore Slayer podcast Stacey Kulow and Bryan Morris. They share the connections between these two shows that they've discovered, just how much they believe Amy Sherman-Palladino was inspired by Buffy, and of course what all these Buffy references mean in Gilmore Girls.We Wholeheartedly Recommend: The 10th Kingdom, Pod Meets World, Mistborn book seriesOther pop culture we ref: Stranger Things, Boy Meets World, Better Call Saul, What We Do in the Shadows, PreyCheck us out on Instagram! (https://href.li/?https://www.instagram.com/soitsashow/)Subscribe to our email list! (https://href.li/?https://soitsashow.mailchimpsites.com/)So it's a show? Twitter (https://twitter.com/SoItsAShow)So it's a show? Tumblr (https://soitsashowpodcast.tumblr.com/)

Toto, I don’t think we’re in Stars Hollow anymore! We’re taking a look at The Wizard of Oz, one of the movies Lorelai and Rory love to reference most. Who in their lives are like the Witches of Oz? How many of the movie’s songs did they sing in the series? What special connection does the Life and Death Brigade have with the characters? And what is the only season of Gilmore Girls that doesn’t reference this classic? Join us down our journey on the Yellow Stick Road to find out!We Wholeheartedly Recommend: Stranger Things, Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)Other pop culture we ref: The Godfather, A Star Is Born, Riverdale, Spuds Mackenzie, The Lord of the Rings, Oz, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Planet of the Apes, The Shawshank Redemption, Friends, Wicked, SupermanCheck us out on Instagram! (https://href.li/?https://www.instagram.com/soitsashow/)Subscribe to our email list! (https://href.li/?https://soitsashow.mailchimpsites.com/)So it's a show? Twitter (https://twitter.com/SoItsAShow)So it's a show? T

Stop the presses—we’ve got a scandal! We’re trying to figure out what “Howell Raines-ing” Paris means for the Yale Daily News Staff, which means we’re doing some investigative journalism about Raines and his role in the Jayson Blair scandal of the early ‘00s. We watch the documentary A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power and Jayson Blair at the New York Times, and then we ask questions like: How many lies can you tell before you get caught? Can you lose the company car and keep your job? And is the Yale newsroom the breeding ground for the next Howell Raines? We Wholeheartedly Recommend: Elvis (2022), Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)Other pop culture we ref: Valerie Plame, All the President’s Men, Matt Lauer, Star Wars, Meghan Markle, Blake SheltonCheck us out on Instagram! (https://href.li/?https://www.instagram.com/soitsashow/)Subscribe to our email list! (https://href.li/?https://soitsashow.mailchimpsites.com/)So it's a show? Twitter (https://twitter.com/SoItsAShow)So it's a show? Tumblr (https://soitsashowpodc

Welcome to our biweekly round up of sadness and misery! Lorelai is comparing Rory’s new apartment to an Irish memoir and a ‘70s sitcom—you know, like you do all the time. How were we introduced to these references by two modern sitcoms? What do Harry Potter actors have to do with Angela’s Ashes? Can you still go to the Sanford and Son junkyard? And are Rory’s new digs with Paris really as bad as the homes Lorelai is referencing?We Wholeheartedly Recommend: Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Stranger Things Season 4 (2022)Other pop culture we ref: Anna Karenina, Bugsy Malone, The Office, 30 Rock, Norman Mailer, Amos ‘n’ Andy, Once Upon a Time, The Great Gatsby, Harry Potter, Paul NewmanCheck us out on Instagram! (https://href.li/?https://www.instagram.com/soitsashow/)Subscribe to our email list! (https://href.li/?https://soitsashow.mailchimpsites.com/)So it's a show? Twitter (https://twitter.com/SoItsAShow)So it's a show? Tumblr (https://soitsashowpodcast.tumblr.com/)

What: Come join us on June 30th for a hang out via Remarkist and discuss Gilmore Girls pop culture refs with John Cabrera (aka Brian, our favorite bassist from Hep Alien!) When: June 30th, 2022 at 5 p.m. PSTWhere: The Remarkist Clubhouse Club on the Clubhouse mobile app (see more details about joining below)Not a member of Remarkist yet? Here’s how to get started:Join the Remarkist Clubhouse Club (https://href.li/?https://www.joinclubhouse.com/join/remarkist/AqXOwymw). Clubhouse is a separate mobile app on iPhone and Android that we use right now to meet and watch content together. You’ll need it to actually join us for our real-time events, and you’ll need to be a member of our club there to see those chat rooms. You can follow Taylor (@tblake24 (https://tblake24.tumblr.com/)) and Kyla (@kylacarneiro (https://kylacarneiro.tumblr.com/)) in the Remarkist Club on the Clubhouse app right now!We can’t wait to chat all things Gilmore Girls pop culture refs with you—see you on June 30th!Learn more about Remarkist a

What: Come join us on June 30th for a hang out via Remarkist and discuss Gilmore Girls pop culture refs! When: June 30th, 2022 at 5 p.m. PTWhere: The Remarkist Clubhouse Club on the Clubhouse mobile app (see more details about joining here (https://soitsashowpodcast.tumblr.com/))And now, details on this episode...Who’s our friend? Oh, that’s Paris Geller, but today we’re calling her Angela. In this ep, we take a stab (pun intended) at Paris’s new nickname, inspired by one Angela Lansbury, the star of the hit murder mystery show we knew nothing about: Murder, She Wrote. Other things we don’t know about include the answers to these questions: Was there *actually* a secret killer trolling the town in Murder, She Wrote? Will Angela Lansbury *ever* win an Emmy? And *was* Luke running a crime ring in his diner? While we leave those cases cold, listen in for the cases we *do* solve, like what it’s like to watch Mitchum Huntzberger die.You’re the Best/You’re the Worst: Gilmore Girls deaths (Please send your incensed

We’re coming back with The Comeback! We’re checking out Lisa Kudrow’s other sitcom—if you can call it a comedy—along with its cast connections to Gilmore Girls. What real life lawsuit may have inspired a storyline on the HBO show? Is it possible for a show to be cringier than April Nardini? (Spoiler alert: Yes.) And what on Earth is the “that” no one wants to see? Get the documentary crew ready to follow us on our journey!Other pop culture we ref: Sunset Blvd., I Love Lucy, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Katharine Hepburn, 30 Rock, Community, Friends, Love and Marriage, Switched at Birth, Murphy Brown, Cheers, 27 Dresses, Jay Leno, The OfficeWe Wholeheartedly Recommend: A Face in the Crowd, The Flight Attendant Season 2Check us out on Instagram! (https://href.li/?https://www.instagram.com/soitsashow/)Subscribe to our email list! (https://href.li/?https://soitsashow.mailchimpsites.com/)So it's a show? Twitter (https://twitter.com/SoItsAShow)So it's a show? Tumblr (https://soitsashowpodcast.tumblr.com/)

Um, nope, Jess—Rory did the opposite of graduating. But you know who DID graduate and then some? Doogie Howser, M.D. We check out the Neil Patrick Harris teen doctor dramedy that was not at all what we were expecting. How did every episode of this show feel like a Very Special Episode? What does NPH think of the show now? And does Doogie have anything in common with Rory? Other pop culture we ref: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Full House; Chris Evans; Friends; Doogie Kameāloha, M.D.; How I Met Your FatherWe Wholeheartedly Recommend: The Stand-In (2020), The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)Check us out on Instagram! (https://href.li/?https://www.instagram.com/soitsashow/)Subscribe to our email list! (https://href.li/?https://soitsashow.mailchimpsites.com/)So it's a show? Twitter (https://twitter.com/SoItsAShow)So it's a show? Tumblr (https://soitsashowpodcast.tumblr.com/)

We feel the need...the need for beach volleyball! We’re going back to the ‘80s again for a closer look at Top Gun, the fighter jet blockbuster that launched Tom Cruise to stardom. How does this movie compare with the real Top Gun in the Navy? What other pop culture has used this same pop culture ref? Why does all beach volleyball attire seem so uncomfortable? And why doesn’t Paris feel the need for beach volleyball? We do our best to answer all those questions and get the scoop on the long-awaited sequel, Top Gun: Maverick.Other pop culture we ref: The Outsiders, Footloose, Marathon Man, 30 Rock, Pirates of the Caribbean, Hot Shots!, Planes, Independence Day, Pearl Harbor, Hamilton, Transformers, A Few Good Men, Law & Order, Harry Potter, Airplane!, Serena WilliamsCheck us out on Instagram! (https://href.li/?https://www.instagram.com/soitsashow/)Subscribe to our email list! (https://href.li/?https://soitsashow.mailchimpsites.com/)So it's a show? Twitter (https://twitter.com/SoItsAShow)So it's a show? Tum

Grab your union pins, cardboard, and markers—we have a movie you need to get behind! In this Gilmore girls episode, Lorelai is sticking it to the man just like Norma Rae (or should we say Crystal Lee Sutton?), so we're sticking Sally Field, a tiny North Carolina town, and a union movement to your podcast feed.Other pop culture we ref: Rocky, Jane Fonda, Friends, Forrest Gump, The Parent Trap, The Amazing Spider-man, Ronald ReaganWe Wholeheartedly Recommend: Home Fries (1998), John Mulaney From Scratch 2022 Comedy TourCheck us out on Instagram! (https://href.li/?https://www.instagram.com/soitsashow/)Subscribe to our email list! (https://href.li/?https://soitsashow.mailchimpsites.com/)So it's a show? Twitter (https://twitter.com/SoItsAShow)So it's a show? Tumblr (https://soitsashowpodcast.tumblr.com)

Paris has joined the Proletariat, and she's learning the lingo with the help of an '80s rom-com and a '90s sitcom. Would the work-place banter in these productions really help Paris be a better server at Rory's DAR event? We discuss if an average TV show is better or worse than a movie with some icky undertones and an award-winning theme song.Other pop culture we ref: The Graduate; Murder, She Wrote; Sandra Bullock; The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel; Veronica Mars; Friends; Gorillas in the Mist; 98°We Wholeheartedly Recommend: Ambulance, Just Like HeavenCheck us out on Instagram! (https://href.li/?https://www.instagram.com/soitsashow/)Subscribe to our email list! (https://href.li/?https://soitsashow.mailchimpsites.com/)So it's a show? Twitter (https://twitter.com/SoItsAShow)So it's a show? Tumblr (https://soitsashowpodcast.tumblr.com)

Well, we’re here again with another episode about an ‘00s CW show about an exceptionally bright teen with a very close parental relationship and in a relationship with a rich boy named Logan. Plot twist: It’s Veronica Mars! In Kyla’s latest rewatch of our other fave CW series, she realized this teen detective show loves pop culture refs almost as much as the Gilmores, so we had to do some compare and contrast with how they’re used. We revisit some of our past refs—including but not limited to the Beatles, Casablanca, Citizen Kane, Pretty in Pink, and This Is Spinal Tap—and find other fun crossovers between the series.Other pop culture we ref: Archie Comics, Barbara Eden, Keith Richards, Mommie Dearest, National Velvet, Omar Sharif, Sid and Nancy, The Thomas Crown Affair, XanaduCheck us out on Instagram! (https://href.li/?https://www.instagram.com/soitsashow/)Subscribe to our new email list! (https://href.li/?https://soitsashow.mailchimpsites.com/)So it's a show? Twitter (https://twitter.com/SoItsAShow)So it's

Button up your uniform and step into your dancing shoes—the Hollywood Canteen is open for business! Rory is inspired by a '40s nightclub when planning a DAR event, and we're watching the star-studded movie that promoted it. We also look into the other movie we mixed it up with, how Hollywood A-listers supported the war effort during World War II, and whether Rory's idea was a hit. Spoiler: When the Andrews Sisters show up to sing, it's a piperoo!Other pop culture we ref: Bette Davis, Angela Lansbury, Judy Garland, Olivia de Havilland, Katharine Hepburn, Clark Gable, Mommie Dearest, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Rita Hayworth, Marlene DietrichWe Wholeheartedly Recommend: Forces of Nature (1999), Uncharted (2022)Check us out on Instagram! (https://href.li/?https://www.instagram.com/soitsashow/)Subscribe to our new email list! (https://href.li/?https://soitsashow.mailchimpsites.com/)So it's a show? Twitter (https://twitter.com/SoItsAShow)So it's a show? Tumblr (https://soitsashowpodcast.tumblr.com)

STOP then Rewind! We're being kind and rewinding to take a closer look at Lorelai's VHS collection, which includes one of the longest-running prime time dramas in history (Knot's Landing), a family sitcom (Please Don't Eat the Daisies), an '80s show that was turned into a movie franchise (21 Jump Street), a Hallmark movie that would never be made today (Riding the Bus With My Sister), and some Super Bowl commercials. Who is Spuds Mackenzie? Why did Brooke Shields get flack for modeling jeans? How many DeLuises acted with Johnny Depp? And WHERE'S THE BEEF? Bottom line: Lorelai better hold on to those tapes or she may never get to watch these shows again!We Wholeheartedly Recommend: Marry Me, The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselOther pop culture we ref: Bewitched, The Lord of the Rings, Peyton Place, Marathon Man, Alec Baldwin, Brad Pitt, Dallas, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, Clockstoppers, 24, "Baby Got Back"Check us out on Instagram! (https://href.li/?https://www.instagram.com/soitsashow/)Subscribe to our new email list! (https:/

It's another secret mission, and this time Emily Gilmore is giving us our assignment. As she and Rory investigate DAR drama, we investigate the Valerie Plame Affair. Who was Valerie Plame? If she was undercover in the CIA, why do we know who she is? And should Rory use her as an inspiration for her snooping? Listen to our coded message to find out!Other pop culture we ref: The Bourne Identity, The Graduate, All the President's Men, Iran-Contra Affair, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Mean Girls, Harriet the Spy, Mata HariWe Wholeheartedly Recommend: American Made, The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the WindowCheck us out on Instagram! (https://href.li/?https://www.instagram.com/soitsashow/)Subscribe to our new email list! (https://href.li/?https://soitsashow.mailchimpsites.com/)So it's a show? Twitter (https://twitter.com/SoItsAShow)So it's a show? Tumblr (https://soitsashowpodcast.tumblr.com)

Lorelai and Luke are arguing about the flaws of Star Wars and Bewitched, and we're comparing and contrasting the Bewitched series and movie. We're also trying to keep up with Samantha's many hijinks and her many relatives, plus the weird premise of the 2005 Nora Ephron movie. And we answer the important question: Did they screw up Bewitched?Other pop culture we ref: I Dream of Jeannie; Xanadu; Citizen Kane; The Love Boat; Murder, She Wrote; WandaVision; Miss Congeniality; You've Got Mail; Hobbs & Shaw; Santa Clarita DietWe Wholeheartedly Recommend: Sporcle.com, Red Notice, Never Been KissedCheck us out on Instagram! (https://href.li/?https://www.instagram.com/soitsashow/)Subscribe to our new email list! (https://href.li/?https://soitsashow.mailchimpsites.com/)So it's a show? Twitter (https://twitter.com/SoItsAShow)So it's a show? Tumblr (https://soitsashowpodcast.tumblr.com)

When we're not answering doors like Benson, we're recording podcasts about Benson. It's our first Michel reference, and we're trying to figure out why he thinks he's the star of an '80s sitcom. How did this show subvert stereotypes in TV? Where does this show fit in the career of star Robert Guillaume? And is Michel really as, um, helpful and successful as the butler-turned-gubernatorial candidate? Come on in and find out!Other pop culture we ref: The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Dynasty, Columbo, The Carol Burnett Show, Soap, Full House, Parks & Rec, Guys and Dolls, The Lion King, Ted Danson, Viola DavisCheck us out on Instagram! (https://href.li/?https://www.instagram.com/soitsashow/)Subscribe to our new email list! (https://href.li/?https://soitsashow.mailchimpsites.com/)So it's a show? Twitter (https://twitter.com/SoItsAShow)So it's a show? Tumblr (https://soitsashowpodcast.tumblr.com)

Would you believe it? In our season 5 finale, we cover our first Colin and Finn reference, and we are smarter for it! That's because we're talking the 1960s sitcom Get Smart, a James Bond spoof that is still making us laugh today. So put down your shoe phone—unless that's how you listen to podcasts—and join us for a discussion of spies, robots, KAOS, brainwashed dogs, switched briefcases, lots of apologies to the Chief, and a couple that likes to steal yachts for date night.Other pop culture we ref: James Bond; The Love Boat; The Thin Man; Murder, She Wrote; The Pink Panther; Inspector Gadget; The Producers; Phineas and Ferb; The OfficeWe Wholeheartedly Recommend: 2021 movies like House of Gucci and The Sparks Brothers, In the DarkCheck us out on Instagram! (https://href.li/?https://www.instagram.com/soitsashow/)Subscribe to our new email list! (https://href.li/?https://soitsashow.mailchimpsites.com/)So it's a show? Twitter (https://twitter.com/SoItsAShow)So it's a show? Tumblr (https://soitsashowpodcast.tum

We love Lucy, and we…kinda like Dick Van Dyke? Jackson wants to be just like Rick(y Ricardo) and Dick, and we’re wondering what on Earth those classic sitcoms have to do with Sookie’s pregnancy. Turns out both I Love Lucy and The Dick Van Dyke Show were subversive for their time, and both of their birth episodes made headlines. We talk famous TV births, why people thought it was risky to say “pregnant” on TV, and all about how these ‘50s and ‘60s dads tie in with the dads on our favorite TV show.Other pop culture we ref: Mary Tyler Moore, The Donna Reed Show, The Andy Griffith Show, Full House, Seinfeld, Mary Kay and Johnny, Marriage Story, Friends, Jane the Virgin, The Brady Bunch, Leave It to Beaver, Busy PhilippsCheck us out on Instagram! (https://href.li/?https://www.instagram.com/soitsashow/)Subscribe to our new email list! (https://href.li/?https://soitsashow.mailchimpsites.com/)So it's a show? Twitter (https://twitter.com/SoItsAShow)So it's a show? Tumblr (https://soitsashowpodcast.tumblr.com)

You can now listen to our episodes for the low, low price of $24.99—just don't ask where the money is going and if you'll ever get it back! We're conning you into listening to the story of and behind Paper Moon, the '70s drama starring Ryan and Tatum O'Neal. What Oscar record does this movie still hold? What sad behind-the-scenes stories change how we saw it? And what the heck does it have to do with Lorelai and Rory's shopping habits? Plus, with a quick look at the history of con people in real life and the movies, you too can learn how to pull fast ones on other people!Other pop culture we ref: Daisy Miller, Peyton Place, Jodie Foster, Orson Welles, Hailee Steinfeld, Shirley Temple, Paul Newman, The Exorcist, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, McMillion$, Inventing Anna, The Dropout, Ocean's 11, Ocean's 8, The Talented Mr. Ripley, American Graffiti, The Office, Now You See MeWe Wholeheartedly Recommend: SOUR by Olivia Rodrigo, Mystic PizzaCheck us out on Instagram! (https://href.li/?https://www.instagram.com/soitsasho