What do Jack Kerouac, RuPaul, Macy Gray, and Officer Krupke from West Side Story have in common? They’re all referenced in the Gilmore Girls pilot, of course.
On Oct. 5, 2000, Gilmore Girls debuted on The WB and caffeine-fueled single mom Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) came into our lives for the very first time. As “There She Goes” by The La’s played onscreen, Lorelai strolled down an idyllic Connecticut street in the fictional town of Stars Hollow and entered a diner called Luke’s….