Madame Gaston, can’t you just see it?

Turns out that some people can’t get enough of this provincial life… a novel she has repeatedly borrowed from the shop.

He appears as a piano player (naturally), also in the opening number.

Paige O’Hara and Richard White

The original Belle and Gaston: Paige O’Hara and Richard White.Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images

“It is a tribute and a celebration,” executive producer Katy Mullanpreviously told EW.

The cameos were only a small part of the many Easter eggs packed into the special.

1991 - Beauty and the Beast - Movie Set

Gaston and Belle in 1991’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’.Disney