Gossip Girl

Dan: So? What's he like?

Nate: Like a Dartmouth English Lit prof I have nothing in common with. Guess I could tell him how everything I have I got because I'm an Archibald.

Dan: You should mention Dr. Seuss. Theodore Geisel was his real name. He went to Dartmouth. Hall said he got the idea for The Petting Zoo from the Lorax.

Nate: The what?

Dan: You know what, never mind. Just mention how his prose style is influenced by early Faulkner. You'll be alright. Or... not.