Rory Gilmore's birthday is October 8 1984.
Emily tells Lorelai the new maid's name is Leilani and that she is from Honolulu. Lauren Graham is from Honolulu.
Though the title of the episode is "Dear Emily and Richard," young Christopher says it "Dear Richard and Emily" when telling young Lorelai they should run away
Lorelai is giving Emily several DVD's of modern classic dancing movies. Dirty Dancing is considered a classic dancing movies, but couldn't be included, because Kelly Bishop (Emily Gilmore) plays Baby's mother (Marge Houseman).
Cristine Rose and Milo Ventimiglia both appear in this episode. A few years later, they would play mother and son in Heroes (2006).