About this episode

John Stephens discusses his experience as a writer on Gilmore Girls and shares insights about his favorite characters and iconic lines.

“Don’t you think this is funny?” “You know, I don’t…” -John Stephens, Gilmore Girls S1E13 Concert Interruptus. Except he does think it’s funny, he wrote on the show!!! Gilmore Girls Writer (and cameo actor) John Stephens sits down with us today to talk about his time in the writers room on Seasons 1-4 of our favorite series. How did he land the job (and what was he wearing when he met Amy???)? What characters did he love writing? And what iconic line did he pen that still brings a smile to his face every so often? Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable because Tara, Haley and John have more to say! And be sure to preorder John’s upcoming book The Age of Fury, available on October 20, 2026. Our new “Thank You and Good Night” tee is now available 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…

People in this episode

Hosts: Tara Llewellyn, Haley McIntosh

Guest: John Stephens

Topics covered

• Gilmore Girls
• writing
• interview
• television
• comedy

Keywords

• Gilmore Girls
• John Stephens
• writers room
• interview
• television writing
• comedy
• The Age of Fury

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Gilmore To Say, Patreon, YouTube

Books & works: Gilmore Girls, The Age of Fury

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