RORY: No, do not do Duane from Annie Hall!
LORELAI: I can see the flames, I can smell the smoke . . .
In the film Annie Hall, previously discussed, Duane is Annie’s brother, played by Christopher Walken. Duane has fantasies of steering his car into oncoming traffic in a fiery, glass-filled explosion, and when he offers to drive Annie (Diane Keaton) and her boyfriend Alvy (Woody Allen) to the airport, Alvy is a nervous mess.
The Annotated Gilmore Girls 