It's been 25 years since the world was first introduced to Gilmore Girls and its fast-talking, coffee-stalking mother and daughter - but you wouldn't know it given the passion of old fans and the slew of eager new ones. Within an hour of my September arrival at the A Weekend in the Life convention in New Milford, Connecticut - one of the towns that supposedly inspired the '00s (and beyond) phenomenon Gilmore Girls, starring Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel - I'm approached by no less than five kind strangers ready to chat.