So it's a show?: keeping up with the Gilmore Girls

Emily and Lorelai are going to the spa, Daisy and Hoke are going to the Piggly Wiggly, and Kyla and Taylor are going to chat with Len and Vince! Micheaux Mission co-hosts Len and Vince join the podcast to discuss the 1989 Best Picture winner Driving Miss Daisy after Lorelai compares Emily to its protagonist when she arrives with a limo. Len and Taylor liked the movie, Kyla didn’t care for it, and...

Who can turn the world on with her smile? Well, it’s you, and we want you to join us for our Mary Tyler Moore-themed episode—be sure to bring your Bubbie with you! In addition to our usual chatter about Rory and Lorelai, we’re talking Mary, Rhoda, and Ida. Ariel Fisher, co-host of After All: A Mary Tyler Moore Podcast joins us for a discussion of the classic sitcom, and boy, are we glad she did. W...

Hey, duck, Harvey! I mean, we can’t see you, but we’re pretty sure you should watch out so your bunny ears don’t get clipped by that phone cord. In this ep, we’re going back to classic Hollywood to watch and discuss the 1950 fantasy/comedy movie Harvey, starring Jimmy Stewart as Elwood P. Dowd and a maybe-imaginary co-star playing a six-foot-something rabbit named Harvey. We talk why Jimmy Stewart...

*Cues the laugh track* What’s the deal with Lenny Bruce? *Uproarious laughter* Try not to fall apart with laughter as we cover the life and trials of stand up comedian Lenny Bruce! He gets a reference in Gilmore Girls 213 (one of Taylor’s all-time favorite episodes), and he’s a character in the Palladinos’ new, critically-acclaimed show The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (which Kyla is in love with). Bring...

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,...

Pow! Straight to your podcast feed! Kyla and Taylor are taking a trip to the moon to get to know The Honeymooners, aka Ralph and Alice Kramden, the couple at the center of the classic 1950s sitcom. We try to sort through all of the iterations of the couple on TV show sketches, sitcoms, and reboots, and then we keep an eye out for both how they influenced modern sitcoms and how modern sitcoms have...

Lorelai and Sookie (and Rune) are pulling off the Bracebridge Dinner, Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo are pulling off The Thomas Crown Affair, and Kyla and Taylor are pulling off episode 34. We’re taking a break from the Lorelai and Rory pop culture refs to cover the one-and-only reference to The Thomas Crown Affair from the one-of-a-kind Rune. We take some time to gush about how great this episode...

We shoulda done this episode in our Katharine Hepburn voices, ‘cause we’re talking as fast as we can to keep up with Howard Hawks over here! Wendy Mays of the Pet Cinematary podcast (#LadyPodSquad) joins us for a conversation about the 1938 classic screwball comedy Bringing Up Baby, starring Hepburn and Cary Grant and directed by Howard Hawks. Listen in as we attempt to explain (and remember) this...

Need a new way to say, “You’re the worst”? Just accuse someone of writing the screenplay to Glitter! (But please don’t let it be us.) And if you need a new way to ask the question, “So it’s a show?” for your podcast, we recommend inviting the awesome Hannah Ostic from the podcast Film Roast to join you! (But please don’t steal our podcast idea from us.) Kyla, Taylor, and Hannah take on Mariah Care...

Get ready to turn your podcast feed up to 11! Kyla and Taylor are taking on the classic rock mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap (1984) and its reference in Gilmore Girls 206. How does the fictional band Spinal Tap act like real-life rock bands? How does Emily Spinal Tap her taste in portraiture? And why shouldn’t anyone want to be the drummer in in this supposedly awesome band? Listen in to rock ‘n’...

One of these couples is cute, and the other…isn’t. Your podcast hosting power couple, Kyla and Taylor, deduce the identities of private investigator couple Nick and Nora of The Thin Man series and then dig into the tragic tale of punk rock couple Sid Vicious (of the Sex Pistols) and Nancy Spungen. Are Luke and Lorelai really more like Sid and Nancy? Or are they the Nick and Nora of our day? Listen...

Forget it, Lorelai—it’s the Cheshire Cat. What does Lorelai need to forget? And why does she need to forget it? Your private detectives Kyla and Taylor are on the case! We look into the movie Chinatown, its references in Gilmore Girls ep 204 (and beyond), and what it means as a symbol for both the movie and the series. We also cover its super creepy director and the true story that inspired the mo...

Electra-awesome! Put on your spandex and tie on your cape for our look at Gilmore Girls episode 203. Who are Electra Woman and Dyna Girl? A lot of other people would say they’re the starring roles in a 1976 children’s sci-fi TV series, but we’d call them the pop culture ref that’s made us the angriest we’ve ever been by the end of an episode. You’re the Best/You’re the West: Who would be the best...

Here come the brides! Gilmore Girls 202 references so many royals and weddings, we needed some extra help for this ep. Kyla is giving the scoop on (Grace) Kelly, Taylor is talking (Elizabeth) Taylor, and our friend Diana is reporting on (Princess) Diana. How was Lorelai going to dress like Diana for her wedding to Max? (#sparkle) What do we learn about Louise in her first pop culture ref? (#prince...

We’re back for season 2, people! And is Lorelai changing her name to Sadie? Spoiler alert: Um, no. But we are trying to get to the bottom what Sookie means when she says newly engaged Lorelai is going to be a Sadie. Kyla and Taylor watch Funny Girl (1968), talk about the woman who inspired the movie, and what we think of our first introduction to Barbra Streisand. Other pop culture we ref: Judy Ga...

We’re wrapping up our first season (and the first season of Gilmore Girls) with a very special episode indeed. Kyla and Taylor recommend autumn and winter TV episodes, music books, and movies to hold you over during the hiatus until season 2. The best part? All the recommendations connect to Gilmore Girls and the pop culture references we’ve discussed in the last year. (At least, most of them do—t...

Listen to us struggle through legal jargon as we break our rule about not being a political podcast! Well, sort of. We’re also sorting through the drama of the Iran-Contra Scandal of the ‘80s. Who the hey are Oliver North and Fawn Hall? How does Lorelai keeping her romantic life a secret make her like them? And where does Max Medina fit into this complicated (and maybe contrived) metaphor? We judg...

Haven’t you already listened to this episode? What do you mean you don’t remember listening to this episode? Are you sure you’re not going crazy? Wait, sorry—we’re gaslighting again. In this ep, we’re talking 1944′s Gaslight starring Ingrid Bergman. What the heck is gaslighting? Who is Lorelai actually having tea with? And how does Gaslight connect with the modern news cycle and hashtags like #MeT...

OoooOOOooooh! Welcome to the SECOND spooky episode of SO IT’S A SHOW? We’re not talking a House of Horrors today—we’re talking the Winchester Mystery House, which may or may not have tons of ghosts and may or may not be Lorelai’s house. Are there ghosts in the Winchester Mystery House in California? Were Luke and Emily building their own Winchester Mystery Houses? How does Sarah Winchester’s life...

We are turning 21 and throwing a party with a special guest! Say hey to Maddie Broph, a TV critic over at ZekeFilm.org (http://t.umblr.com/redirect?z=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.zekefilm.org%2F&t=Yzg4MGVlMzBhNjg0ZjM3ZWJjNTNkN2FlMGMxZGJkNGIyNzg0ZTRiMSwwZzBLY1RGbw%3D%3D&b=t%3Agcwf6g8b9nV98GjnN0hquw&p=https%3A%2F%2Fsoitsashowpodcast.tumblr.com%2Fpost%2F165420762178%2Fep-21-rachel-said-that-she-loved-out-of-afri...

If Rachel turns out to be an evil what? We better get that straight before we send Lorelai to intergalactic court. We’re covering the cultural, historical, and archetypal roles of fembots in modern pop culture. Are fembots docile housekeepers, sex-crazed maniacs, or both? Who controls them, or are they totally out of control? And what would happen to Luke if Rachel was actually a fembot? We turn t...

Who’s Louis? Keep listening to find out, because we commit the rankest sabotage and give you all the spoilers for Casablanca. We talk about the 5 million-bajillion awards Casablanca has won, why this story was personal for a lot of the cast and crew, all the crazy ways this script came together, and how Lorelai’s love life is like Ilsa Lund’s in the 1942 classic. You’re the Best/You’re the Worst:...

We weren't sure in last week's episode if Ishtar could have or even deserved a fan base, but John Mitchell, director of documentary film Waiting for Ishtar, schools us with Ishtar trivia, conspiracy theories, and reasons he loves this movie. Also, should we even call guilty pleasures "guilty pleasures?" Find out our answer in this special bonus episode. Other pop culture we reference is Anne of Gr...

Have you ever wanted us to break out the piano and sing about our podcasting? Because we’re the kind of girls who do that! At least, we do that when we’re talking about the terrible singer-songwriters in the terrible 1987 movie Ishtar. We talk about why this movie is one of the most notorious Hollywood flops ever, the director was probably derailed by Hollywood sexism, and the kind of girl Rory an...

Just be our #1 fan and listen to this cockadoodie episode already! Unlike Richard, we HAVE seen Misery, which is a good thing because we have a lot to say about the 1990 movie. What does a psycho Kathy Bates character have to do with Emily Gilmore? According to Lorelai, more than you think. We also discuss a traumatic incident in Kyla’s childhood, recent Emmy nominations for Gilmore Girls actors,...