#luke dane

[polish-lolita]

[wonderlandleighleigh]

Today's been bad. Like I just cried buckets and need to rehydrate bad. If you have the time could you imagine a Lenny/Midge and Luke/Lorelai or a Lenny/Midge and high school Jess/Rory or a Luke/Lorelai and adult Jess/Rory double date? Whichever has you most inspired.

(aw man I'm so sorry about your day. Let me see what I can do!)

"I never promised it would be a good play," Lenny chuckles as their drinks arrive.

He'd been given four comp tickets to a new show on Broadway and it had been...less than stellar. Luke has to admit though, that even though the play was crap, he's having a good time. Lorelai looks beautiful (she always does, really, but she got all dressed up for a night in Manhattan), and Midge and Lenny are in high spirits, chatting happily as they wait for their food to arrive.

"One time I went on a date to a terrible musical," Midge tells them, smiling. "It was so bad, we left during intermission."

"Oh my god, what was the musical?" Lorelai asks. "And why do I feel the sudden urge to need to see it?"

"It was the Lizzy Borden musical," Midge explains. "We realized during intermission that since the murder happened at the end of act 1, then act 2 was going to be the trial."

"Oh, god," Luke says, horrified. "An entire second act of a musical that's just a courtroom scene?"

"So we left," Midge shrugs.

"And came to my show instead," Lenny chimes in, grinning wickedly.

Lorelai gasps. "Midge! You took a date to see Lenny's act? That's so unfair to the date!"

Midge lifts her hands, trying not to laugh. "In my defense, I had no idea I had feelings for Lenny yet. Nothing had happened between us, other than him sending me flowers as a thank you for hanging out at his Steve Allen gig."

"As if flowers isn't a hint?" Luke grumbles.

Lenny chuckles. "The card I sent wasn't particularly romantic. Just a thank you and an invite to my next show. Which she missed, but her father went to. We got arrested together. He thought the flowers were nice."

Lorelai laughs at that.

"My father was over the moon when we got married," Midge tells them. "Finally, an intellectual in the family!"

"God, I can't even imagine my parents approving of a boyfriend I picked out myself," Lorelai comments. "Was that weird?"

Midge shrugs. "He hated Joel. He was fine with Benjamin - the doctor I took to see Lenny's show - but he actually wanted to talk to Lenny. I'm pretty sure if Papa could have married Lenny himself, he would have."

"Progressive for a man born in the 1890's," Lenny jokes.

Midge reaches out, patting Lorelai's hand "They'll come around to Luke."

"They won't," Lorelai snorts. "But it's okay, believe me. I've never cared what they think before, I'm not about to start caring now."

"Parents can be tough," Lenny concedes. "It took Ma a little while to warm up to Midge. And she never liked Honey."

Midge purses her lips but says nothing.

"Ooh," Lorelai comments with a chuckle. "Midge has feelings."

The older woman shrugs. "Sally was a tough old broad."

"From the day she was born," Lenny adds, snapping a finger.

Luke clears his throat a little awkwardly and looks to Lorelai. "My mother would have really liked you."

She melts a little, looking touched. "Luke, that's so sweet. I'm really glad."

"Well, you know. She was a really great person, my mom," Luke shrugs. "And you're a great person, so..."

"Oy the schmaltz, kill me now," Lenny groans jokingly.

"As if you're any better," Midge chuckles.

[soitsashowpodcast]

ep. 115: They screwed up Bewitched.

Lorelai and Luke are arguing about the flaws of Star Wars and Bewitched, and we're comparing and contrasting the Bewitched series and movie. We're also trying to keep up with Samantha's many hijinks and her many relatives, plus the weird premise of the 2005 Nora Ephron movie. And we answer the important question: Did they screw up Bewitched?

Other pop culture we ref: I Dream of Jeannie; Xanadu; Citizen Kane; The Love Boat; Murder, She Wrote; WandaVision; Miss Congeniality; You've Got Mail; Hobbs & Shaw; Santa Clarita Diet

We Wholeheartedly Recommend: Sporcle.com, Red Notice, Never Been Kissed

LISTEN TO THE EP

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EPISODES OF BEWITCHED WE WATCHED

101, "I, Darrin, Take This Witch Samantha"

102, "Be It Ever So Mortgaged"

103, "It Shouldn't Happen To A Dog"

126, “Driving is the Only Way to Fly”

131, “That Was My Wife”

136, "Cousin Edgar"

205, “The Joker Is a Card”

208, “The Very Informal Dress”

301, "Nobody's Perfect"

333, "There's Gold In Them Thar Pills"

415, “I Get Your Nanny, You Get My Goat”

713, “Sisters at Heart”

818, "Samantha On Thin Ice"

MORE ABOUT BEWITCHED THE SERIES

"Bewitched: The 10 Worst Things Endora Did to Darrin," ScreenRant.com (2020)

"Why Samantha Stephens of Bewitched Deserved a Better Husband," SyFy.com (2020)

"Dick York: The Real Reason He Suddenly Left Bewitched," Biography.com (2020)

"25 Best TV Neighbors Ranked, Including Seinfeld, I Love Lucy, Bewitched and More," GoldDerby.com (2020)

10 Things Fans Didn't Know About the TV Show Bewitched," ScreenRant.com (2021)

MORE ABOUT BEWITCHED THE MOVIE

"Bewitched Film Reboot in the Works at Sony," TheWrap.com (2021)

MORE ABOUT BEWITCHED + WANDAVISION

"How WandaVision Re-created Classic Sitcom Camera Magic," HollywoodReporter.com (2021)

"WandaVision: How Director Matt Shakman & Production Designer Mark Worthington Emulated The Golden Sitcom Era," Deadline.com (2021),

[paceywittergayboatman]

I always feel like luke knew rory was gay he didnt like any of her boyfriends but he tolerated Paris more than any of them and even the revival he never openly says anything rude about her

[westernfeelings]

[gilmoregirlsrevival2016]

Gilmore Girls reference #164

Season 1 Episode 7: Kiss And Tell

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist. He was also the founder of psychoanalysis.

[paceywittergayboatman]

The audacity of Luke to get mad at lorelai for not telling him about Christopher and acuse her of lying and then proceed to not tell her about april for months

[paceywittergayboatman]

Luke- Lorelai proposed to me

Babette and Ms.Patty