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"Say, what did this auto company use to make?"
"Say, what did this auto company use to make?"

"Say, what did this auto company use to make?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1945
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 6 11/16 × 9 1/8 in. (17 × 23.2 cm) Sheet: 6 11/16 × 9 1/8 in. (17 × 23.2 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.2212
"Remind me never to try to make a deal with a company whose founder hasn't been dead ten years."
"Remind me never to try to make a deal with a company whose founder hasn't been dead ten years."
Alan Dunn
1954
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"How much did you say we'd save under the new tax rate, dear?"
"How much did you say we'd save under the new tax rate, dear?"
Alan Dunn
1945
"How much did you say we'd save under the new tax rate, dear?"
"How much did you say we'd save under the new tax rate, dear?"
Alan Dunn
1945
"Exactly! Two children by his fourth wife - one caesarian and one by elective induction - she had to make a train. I always say, if it wasn't for people like Carl there wouldn't be any exploding population."
"Exactly! Two children by his fourth wife - one caesarian and one by elective induction - she had to make a train. I always say, if it wasn't for people like Carl there wouldn't be any exploding population."
Alan Dunn
1960
"She says she can't make up her mind whether to go on after her M.A. or take up spot welding."
"She says she can't make up her mind whether to go on after her M.A. or take up spot welding."
Alan Dunn
1942
"You say 10,486 and Dummond makes it 11,104--now who am I to believe?"
"You say 10,486 and Dummond makes it 11,104--now who am I to believe?"
Alan Dunn
1942
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"Here's tour thirty-eight through the Louvre, mother...I wonder what the American Express Company thinks of Cezanne?"
"Here's tour thirty-eight through the Louvre, mother...I wonder what the American Express Company thinks of Cezanne?"
Alan Dunn
1928
"But it's very easy to remember, lady, the one what, says 'hot' means cold and the one what says 'cold' also means cold."
"But it's very easy to remember, lady, the one what, says 'hot' means cold and the one what says 'cold' also means cold."
Alan Dunn
1931
"Well, I don't care what they say about it. It's home to me."
"Well, I don't care what they say about it. It's home to me."
Alan Dunn
1967