Episode Quotes
Bart Bass: (to Chuck) What’s with the business formal? Are you being arraigned for something?
Employee: (about Blair who is dancing on-stage) Who's that girl?
Chuck: I have no idea.
Serena: Wait.
Dan: What? What? Did I do something wrong?
Serena: No.
Dan: I knew the hair thing was too much.
Serena: No, actually, um --
Dan: Um? Um is never good. What?
Serena: I, I'm scared.
Dan: Of me?
Serena: No! Well, yes. But, it's just ... I've never ...
Dan: You've never? You're not a --
Serena: No. No, I wish. It's just nobody's ever looked at the way you just did. In fact, I don't think they looked at me at all. You think I'm crazy, don't you?
Dan: No. No, I don't.
Serena: Are you mad?
Dan: Come here. (they embrace)
Gossip Girl: (voiceover) As you might have guessed, Upper East Siders, prohibition never stood a chance against exhibition. It's human nature to be free, and no matter how long you try to be good, you can't keep a bad girl down.
Nate: Hey, you look beautiful tonight, anything on your mind?
Blair: No, is there anything you want to say?
Nate: No.
Dan: I know it may not compare to a suite at the Ritz in Paris or a chalet in Aspen, and it might be a fire hazard, but...
Serena: It's perfect.
Blair: You want your dad to invest in strip joint. How mid-town.
Chuck: A burlesque club. A respectable place where people can be transported to another time, feel free to let loose. No judgments, pure escape. What happens at Victrola, stays at Victrola.
Blair: Well, it does have franchise potential. Chuck Bass, I do believe that all your years of underage boozing and womanizing have finally paid off. Truly, I am proud.
Cultural References
Episode Title: Victor, Victrola
The episode title is a take on the 1982 film, Victor/Victoria.
Blair: Well, it's not very High School Musical scandalous.
High School Musical is a G-rated Disney TV movie with very little on-scren scandal, but several cast members have been involved in tabloid scandal off-screen.