One page of a standard television series script equates to roughly 60 seconds of speaking, but a Gilmore Girls script page covered only half that time, with an average scene page clocking in 20 to 25 seconds’ worth of dialogue. At 65 to 80 pages long, each script was packed with pop culture references and a plethora of quotable lines. Actress Lauren Graham said, “The show also had this wicked sense of humor, so you weren’t going to get every reference. One of the reasons I think people watch and re-watch is because it goes by so quickly.” To help the cast meet the expectations of the show’s tagline of “Life’s short, talk fast,” dialogue coach George Bell was brought in from Seasons 3 through 7. Creator and writer Amy Sherman-Palladino insisted the actors memorize each scene word for word with no improvising. Bell’s job was to help the actors “Gilmore-ize,” or speed up, what they had to say. He reveals, “What amazed me about Lauren is that she … would come to work without having even looked at the lines, but she could process it. She must have had a photographic memory or something. She was so quick with learning the lines.” Bell was given multiple guest spots on the show as Yale’s Professor Bell, a resident of Stars Hollow, and a Court Officer.

Begun with a provisional or temporary cast on, this cowl is worked in stranded colorwork as a tube, then grafted together at the end with no visible wrong side. Sassy purple poodles parade across, with one of the show’s most iconic lines, “Oy with the poodles already!” emblazoned across. Talk about a conversation piece!