Emily Gilmore's maid, Madonna Louise, was named after the singer/entertainer Madonna, whose full name is Madonna Louise Ciccone.
In Luke's diner, when Lorelei tells Luke "No taking me to an art museum after hours and then to an empty Hollywood Bowl where you'll give me a pair of diamond earrings that you bought with your college money when all the time you're really in love with your best friend the drummer who's posing as our driver for the evening", she is describing the plot of the 1987 movie "Some Kind of Wonderful".
First appearance of Matt Czuchry as Logan. In the show Veronica Mars, season 3, episode called "Charlie Don't Surf," Logan was played by Jason Dohring and Matt Czuchry played Charlie Stone.
Pat Crawford Brown and Kathryn Joosten both had small parts in this episode. Both would go on to play good friends on the abc hit show Desperate Housewives.
During Town Meeting Lorelai votes twice, for both Andrew and Gypsy.