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—Every day he's Tayloring[src]

Taylor Doose is a recurring character on Gilmore Girls, portrayed by Michael Winters.

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Taylor Doose, a character in Gilmore Girls, owns Doose's Market and Taylor's Olde Fashioned Soda Shoppe and Candy Store in Stars Hollow. He also holds the position of town selectman.
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Taylor Doose, played by Michael Winters in Gilmore Girls, owns Doose's Market and Taylor's Olde Fashioned Soda Shoppe and Candy Store. As the town selectman, his meticulous nature and management of town meetings infuse a distinct comedic element into the series.
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Michael Winters is the actor who plays the character Taylor Doose in all seven seasons of Gilmore Girls, as well as the 2016 revival AYITL.
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In Gilmore Girls, Taylor Doose is the town selectman of Stars Hollow, responsible for running town meetings. He communicates current events to citizens and oversees polls on significant town decisions. Additionally, Taylor is part of several committees, such as the Town Beautification Committee and the Stars Hollow Historical Preservation Committee. His presence in town meetings frequently leads to unintended humor.
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Taylor is the owner of Doose's Market and Taylor's Olde Fashioned Soda Shoppe and Candy Store. He also runs the town meetings as town selectman[1]. He has a fussy manner and frequently acts as the foil to Luke Danes. He is the most politically powerful person in the small community of Stars Hollow, and much of the humor of the character comes from his overblown self-importance, and his troublesome initiatives as town leader. Taylor is also a member of a lot of committees, such as the Town Beautification Committee, the Stars Hollow Historical Preservation Committee, and many more seen over the course of the show. He has a niece, Bonnie, who works at Doose's Market and couldn't care less about her job.

Taylor has a history of using his bad ideas to better/attract tourism to the town, such as unleashing hundred bats to get rid of all the mosquitoes in Stars Hollow (which obviously resulted in bats terrorizing and presumably infecting people and wreaking havoc and destruction on the roadways), or driving to neighbouring towns and giving children candy for free which obviously resulted in him being wanted in several towns by the law.

Trivia[]

  • Although Taylor didn't appear in the series until episode 7, he is first mentioned in the pilot.
  • Taylor was slowly trying to buy up the town[2] in order to accommodate his desire to control everyone and everything going on in Stars Hollow.
  • Taylor has a sister, who lives in Woodbridge[3].
  • He's religious and doesn't believe in evolution[4].
  • Taylor excels at basketball and was once referred to as Taylor "Deuce" Doose.
  • In the revival, it is suggested that Taylor is gay.

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Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ Tippecanoe and Taylor, Too
  2. ↑ Lost and Found
  3. ↑ Just Like Gwen and Gavin
  4. ↑ To Live and Let Diorama
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