About this episode

This episode discusses guest appearances on Gilmore Girls by actors before they became famous.

Before they were stars, they were in Stars Hollow! (Ironic, right?) Today’s episode is all about the guest appearances on Gilmore Girls by stars before (and in some cases, after) their rise to fame. During its six season run, we saw Jon Hamm before he was Don Draper, Jane Lynch before she was Sue Sylvester and even Oscar winner Rami Malek in his acting debut before he was Freddie Mercury. But who else did we notice? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara and Haley have more to say! Our fall classics are BACK! Shop(pe) the Fall Gazebo, Fall Essentials, and Autumn Stamps now at www.gilmoretosay.com <3 Our podcast, A Marvelous Time: A Marvelous Maisel Recap Podcast , is underway exclusively on Patreon . Be sure to join the Super Cool Party People tier or the Vicious Trollops tier to receive weekly episodes! But if you’re still rewatching our favorite series, now you can watch with us! Join us for The Rewatch Club by visiting our Patreon to rewatch the entire series with us OR you can also stream our entire recap catalog of Gilmore Revisited only on Patreon <3 Want to be on our next GTC? Call in with your thoughts at 860-578-4653!!!! Now you can watch the girlies…

People in this episode

Hosts: Tara Llewellyn, Haley McIntosh

Guests: Jon Hamm, Jane Lynch, Rami Malek

Topics covered

• guest appearances
• Gilmore Girls
• actors before fame
• television history
• pop culture

Keywords

• Gilmore Girls
• guest stars
• Jon Hamm
• Jane Lynch
• Rami Malek
• television
• pop culture

Sponsors

Kensington Publishing, Quince, Shopify

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gilmore Girls

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