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"Now the next thing I want is a plain ordinary barn for my wife to remodel."
"Now the next thing I want is a plain ordinary barn for my wife to remodel."

"Now the next thing I want is a plain ordinary barn for my wife to remodel."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1939
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 12 5/8 × 17 in. (32 × 43.2 cm) Sheet: 12 5/8 × 17 in. (32 × 43.2 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0692
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"I finally have it all worked out, and now you tell me not to seat a hawk next to a dove."
"I finally have it all worked out, and now you tell me not to seat a hawk next to a dove."
Alan Dunn
c 1966
"Claude, dearest, this is Sibyl again - I want you to tell me once more, beloved, those wonderful things you said about me last night at the Palm Gardens."
"Claude, dearest, this is Sibyl again - I want you to tell me once more, beloved, those wonderful things you said about me last night at the Palm Gardens."
Alan Dunn
1931
"In ordinary cases I just give them sulfathiazole."
"In ordinary cases I just give them sulfathiazole."
Alan Dunn
1944
"Don't deliver it until next week. I want a few days to myself."
"Don't deliver it until next week. I want a few days to myself."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1932
"I thought this time it was the real thing, but he was only after my proxy."
"I thought this time it was the real thing, but he was only after my proxy."
Alan Dunn
1954
"One thing I try never to forget - it's my bread and butter."
"One thing I try never to forget - it's my bread and butter."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"Well, I wouldn't be doing things like this if my husband were home. He always has to know the answer to everything."
"Well, I wouldn't be doing things like this if my husband were home. He always has to know the answer to everything."
Alan Dunn
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"Let there be no mistake about it my friends, on these things I stand foursquare. International Understanding! Honest Government! Racial Equality! Legalized Bingo!"
"Let there be no mistake about it my friends, on these things I stand foursquare. International Understanding! Honest Government! Racial Equality! Legalized Bingo!"
Alan Dunn
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"Next time you want information, don't send up three monkey's!"
"Next time you want information, don't send up three monkey's!"
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1959
"And now, if you don't mind, I would like to reassess my position on the firm stand I took in my previous reassessment."
"And now, if you don't mind, I would like to reassess my position on the firm stand I took in my previous reassessment."
Alan Dunn
1968
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
Alan Dunn
1966