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It's time for the annual Stars Hollow Dance marathon again and Lorelai is determined to win. Dean sits in the bleachers to support Rory, but so does Jess whose intentions aren't quite so innocent.

Director:

Kenny Ortega

Writers:

Amy Sherman-Palladino (created by), Amy Sherman-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 (credit only)
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 (credit only)
Liz Torres	...	Miss Patty
Michael Winters	...	Taylor Doose
Sally Struthers	...	Babette Dell

Storyline

It's time for the annual Stars Hollow Dance marathon again and Lorelai is determined to win. Dean sits in the bleachers to support Rory, but so does Jess whose intentions aren't quite so innocent.

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Plot Keywords:

dance marathon | vintage clothing | roller skates | mirror ball | megaphone | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

In this episode, Paris mentions the film "Boxing Helena" and ironically the lead actress of that movie ,Sherilyn Fenn, has appeared in Gilmore Girls as Anna Nardini and as Jess' father's girlfriend.

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Goofs

Before Lorelai's shoe breaks, and the board reads 6 couples remaining the guy in green and girl in the blue dress are eliminated when the man falls over. After, when Rory is dancing with Dean, the board still reads 6 remaining and the couple previously eliminated can be seen in the background.

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Quotes

[Paris wants to spend Saturday working on the newspaper]
Paris Geller: This is the seventy-fifth anniversary issue. There is only going to be one seventy-fifth anniversary issue ever, and it's on our watch. We screw this up and we basically mooned a piece of history. Is that what you want? To B.A. history?
Madeline Lynn: But I don't understand. Last year was the seventy-fourth anniversary issue of the Franklin.
Paris Geller: So?
Madeline Lynn: So there's only gonna be one seventy-fourth anniversary issue ever and we didn't do anything special for it.
Louise Grant: I ...
[...]

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Crazy Credits

On Netflix Milo Ventimiglia's picture or name doesn't come up in the opening credits despite him being in this episode.

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Connections

References Boxing Helena (1993)

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Soundtracks

A String of Pearls
(uncredited)
Written by Jerry Gray
Performed by Glenn Miller

User Reviews

Loads of Fun!

The best "Gilmore Girls" episodes are always the ones featuring Stars Hollow celebrations. This time it's the town Dance-A-Thon. The set decor and costumes are particularly well-done. All the town characters and their idiosyncratic quirks are well-framed. Loads of fun with some nice twists and turns (pun intended).

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 November 2002 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

44 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1