Oy with the poodles already: these are the funniest Gilmore Girls moments

Yes, 25 years ago autumn was born. In the name of Gilmore Girls; the autumn series that has been ‘holding autumn hostage’ for a quarter of a century (thank you Lauren Graham). This silver anniversary must be celebrated: get an extra pumpkin spice latte, wear a Lorelai-inspired look, stock up on pumpkins for your autumn door, and take a moment to look back with us at the most fun moments from this amazing series.

1. The poodles

Lorelai always has the most amazing pop culture references, but “Oy, with the poodles already” is one of my favorites. This quote was so legendary that Lauren Graham said girls would constantly come up to her on the street to shout it in her face. This is the moment when Lorelai and Rory are sitting on the couch at Emily's. Lorelai is deep in thought when she suddenly says: “Huh, you know, I just realized ‘oy’ is the funniest word in the entire world. I mean think about it. You never hear the word ‘oy’ and not smile. Impossible. Funny. Funny word. Poodle is another funny word.” Emily wants her to just drink her drink, but our friend doesn’t stop. She keeps rambling: “In fact, if you put ‘oy’ and ‘poodle’ together in the same sentence you’d have a good catchphrase, like ‘Oy with the poodles, already’. It makes no sense, but in her mouth it suddenly sounds like wisdom. “So from now on, when the perfect circumstances arise, we will use our new favorite catchphrase.” Yeah, sorry, but that’s just too funny, right?

2. Emily Gilmore and her boa

What an amazing woman Emily Gilmore is. Okay, she has her downsides (aka emotionally abusing and gaslighting Lorelai her whole life), but she is truly legendary. Just like this moment: she and Richard are arguing after she finds out he had lunch with his ex-fiancée a few years ago. She angrily packs her suitcase and tells him he should go to bed and that she is leaving for France. He says she really isn’t going to do that. She protests: “I’m going to get up at 10, and I’m going to France. And I’m going to have two glasses of wine at lunch. Every. Single. Day.” Richard is flabbergasted: “Only prostitutes have two glasses of wine at lunch!” Emily comes back with a strong comeback and her best line in the entire series: “Well, then buy me a boa and drive me to Reno, because I am OPEN for business.”

3. The most chaotic family dinner ever

Rory once had to be called out on her behavior, but how this happens? Too hilarious. In this scene, we see small moments from the first family dinner in ages: from arguments to laughter, this evening was a rollercoaster. First, Emily scolds her harshly, while Lorelai tries to defend her. “Rory was going through something terrible, when you’re emotional you don’t think clearly. I remember a woman who tried to buy a plane when her granddaughter moved out.” – “I didn’t buy a plane, I LOOKED at a plane,” Emily snaps back at her. Then Lorelai explains that Emily and Richard also didn’t do much to help Rory. They don’t understand why, at which point Lorelai brings out her theater skills in an imitation scene of the moment she desperately turned to them for help when everything went wrong. Then we flicker between moments: quietly enjoying dessert, an argument between Emily and Richard, the way the four laugh at Rory’s ex-mother-in-law, a discussion between Rory and Emily, another argument between Emily and Lorelai, and the moment they are all completely done with the evening. This absolutely belongs in the top five.

4. WHY DID YOU DROP OUT OF YALE?

It’s the first video that pops up when you type ‘why’ into YouTube: Why did you drop out of Yale. Ah, the most amazing scene between Rory and Jess. She is so down, she needed someone to tell her how weird she was acting. How ironic that Jess, who was initially a mess in his life, is now the one lecturing her. This shows how well the two know each other. Rory introduces Jess, her ex, to her new boyfriend Logan. There’s a lot of tension between Logan and Jess, who clearly hate each other. They get into a fight and Rory chases after Jess. Rory tries to defend Logan, he’s tired, he doesn’t usually act like this. Jess doesn’t believe it. “No, I mean what’s going on with you. I know you – I know you better than anyone. This isn’t you. What are you doing? Living at your grandparents” place, being in the DAR, no Yale – Why did you drop out of Yale?!” He is the first to finally say to Rory’s face during this period that she is acting weird and is not herself at all. This is one for the books. For our Jess and Rory shippers, that is.

5. Luke, Jess, and the river

The comedic timing of this scene is truly unmatched. Luke is trying to get the truth out of Jess, but he won’t allow it. Jess is such a “I’m not talking to you” bad boy who thinks he’s really cool. He denies stealing money from the donation jar at the supermarket, but Luke doesn’t believe him. They argue about the fact that Jess suddenly has to deal with Luke, has to go to another school, and he ‘has to stop helping him’. They walk home angrily over a bridge, where Luke pushes him in. A cookie of his own dough.

6. The first kiss of Lorelai and Luke

Sorry, but nothing is going to be more romantic than Luke finally kissing Lorelai after eight long years while shouting “Will you just stand still.” In conversation, both realize there was a moment between them and that their friendship is secretly more than they thought. Luke is done and goes for it, while Lorelai is startled and jumps back.

7. I’m all in

The time had finally come: Luke and Lorelai are dating. The moment the whole world, including me and everyone in Stars Hollow, was waiting for. The two have one of their first date nights and discuss how they met. And Luke? He remembers exactly how it went. “It was at lunch. It was super busy, packed. And this person-” Lorelai interrupts: “Ooh, is it me?” Luke continues. “This person comes tearing into the place in a caffeine frenzy. I was with a customer, she interrupts me, begging me for coffee. So I tell her to wait her turn. Then she starts following me around, talking a mile a minute God knows what. So, finally I turn to her and tell her: she’s being annoying, just sit down, shut up and I’ll get to her when I get to her. She asked me what my birthday was, she wouldn’t stop talking so I gave in and told her my birthday.” That’s the moment Lorelai opened the newspaper to the horoscope section. She wrote something down, tore it out, and gave it to Luke. He looked at the note, and under ‘Scorpio’ it said: ‘You will meet an annoying woman today. Give her coffee and she’ll go away.’ And well, Lorelai never left. “She told me to put that horoscope in my wallet and carry it around me that one day it would bring me luck.” He has kept that note in his wallet all this time. “Eight years.” this says it all. He is all in. If this isn’t the most romantic love confession you’ve ever seen, then I don’t know what is.

8. All the boys fighting over Rory

This girl is just sitting in class when Colin, Finn, and Logan pull a prank on her. Colin suddenly runs in and interrupts the class: “Rory. You can’t just walk out like that, after everything we’ve been through. You just left, I was still in bed. What is all this about?!” The teacher tries to calm the situation before Colin declares his love for her. Everyone is confused, no one knows what’s happening when Logan suddenly storms in. He confronts him about what he’s doing. “What are you doing? She’s with me now, I told you to let it go. She doesn’t love you, Rory tell him!” Colin insists that everything was fine before ‘he came along’. They get into a fight after which Colin jumps him in the lecture hall. They wrestle and fight on the ground. Logan even throws Colin over the teacher’s desk when Finn walks in dressed as a British policeman. He blows his whistle and separates the two. He addresses the class, and Rory as he holds the two boys by their collars. “Rory Gilmore, you should be ashamed of yourself. Toying with these boys like this. They used to have pride, they used to have dignity. They used to have balls! Dam it, Gilmore. Give them back their balls.” He sends the boys outside and the audience, or rather the class, applauds their ‘acting skills’.

9. The life of an ADHD-er

We already knew that Rory and Lorelai had a certain lifestyle, with all those cups of coffee and take-out dinners, but have you ever gotten a glimpse into Lorelai’s mind? That chatterbox that jumps from one thing to another? That can happen when Lorelai tries to write a letter. Rory finds it ridiculous: “just write something down.” But that’s not how her brain works. “My brain is a wild jungle full of scary gibberish: I’m writing a letter. I can’t write a letter. Why can’t I write a letter? I’m wearing a green dress. I wish I was wearing my blue dress. My blue dress is at the cleaners. The Germans wore gray, you wore blue, Casablanca, Casablanca is such a good movie, Casablanca or the White House. Bush. Why don’t I drive a hybrid car? I should really drive a hybrid car. I should really take my bicycle to work. Bicycle. Unicycle. Unitard. Hockey puck. Rattlesnake. Monkey, monkey underpants.” Yes, people. That’s how the brain of our favorite fashionista works.

So. Have you already gotten the Gilmore Girls itch again? This is the perfect season for a rewatch, and yes, with that anniversary now you really can’t do otherwise? We have to do something while we wait for that documentary.