A Deep Fried Korean Thanksgiving 

Rory and Lorelai work to fit in four thanksgiving dinners but they don't eat much at the family dinner when Lorelai finds out Rory applied at more colleges then just Harvard. Lane has her first kiss and human Kirk and cat Kirk have a little adjusting to do.

Director:

Kenny Ortega

Writers:

Amy Sherman-Palladino (created by), Daniel Palladino

Stars:

Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Melissa McCarthy

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Lauren Graham	...	Lorelai Gilmore
Alexis Bledel	...	Rory Gilmore
Melissa McCarthy	...	Sookie St. James
Keiko Agena	...	Lane Kim
Yanic Truesdale	...	Michel Gerard
Scott Patterson	...	Luke Danes
Liza Weil	...	Paris Geller
Jared Padalecki	...	Dean Forester
Milo Ventimiglia	...	Jess Mariano
Sean Gunn	...	Kirk Gleason
Kelly Bishop	...	Emily Gilmore
Edward Herrmann	...	Richard Gilmore
Sally Struthers	...	Babette Dell
Emily Kuroda	...	Mrs. Kim
Jackson Douglas	...	Jackson Belleville

Storyline

Rory and Lorelai work to fit in four thanksgiving dinners but they don't eat much at the family dinner when Lorelai finds out Rory applied at more colleges then just Harvard. Lane has her first kiss and human Kirk and cat Kirk have a little adjusting to do.

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Plot Keywords:

thanksgiving episode | thanksgiving dinner | thanksgiving | reference to frank sinatra | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 November 2002 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Midwest Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dorothy Parker Drank Here Productions, Hofflund/Polone, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

42 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Michael Des Barres appears in this episode as Claude Clemenceau. He starred regularly on MacGyver (1985) for seven seasons as MacGyver's nemesis, Murdoc. Jared Padalecki portrayed MacGyver's nephew, Clay MacGyver, in an unaired pilot for Young MacGyver (2003).

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Goofs

Louise mentions that "one of the Manson girls" gets the trailer her family will be using after visiting her father in prison on Thanksgiving Day. Charles Manson is housed in California's correctional (prison) system, as are any of the women who were convicted for taking part in his killing sprees. None of them would be in a Connecticut jail.

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Quotes

Paris Geller: My Thanksgiving is turning into a Wes Craven movie.
Rory: How so?
Paris Geller: I called shelters to volunteer to serve food. It's Thanksgiving - you'd think they have needs. Nope. Every stupid soup kitchen in town turned me down because they have enough volunteers.
Madeline Lynn: Bummer.
Paris Geller: I'm on a couple waiting lists, but it doesn't look good.
Rory: I've never heard of too many volunteers.
Paris Geller: Who are all these jackasses who volunteered anyway? They can't all be students like me. They're not all putting it on a college application. I get...

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Connections

References CBS Evening News with Dan Rather (1981)

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Soundtracks

Where You Lead
Performed by Carole King and Louise Goffin
Words and Music by Carole King and Toni Stern
Produced by Greg Wells and Carole King

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