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"I still can't tell 'em apart."
"I still can't tell 'em apart."

"I still can't tell 'em apart."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1942
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 8 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (21.6 × 31.8 cm) Sheet: 8 1/2 × 12 1/2 in. (21.6 × 31.8 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0811
"Oh, what do you care what a lot of bourgeois trades people in a building like this think! Tell 'em I'm your sponsor - anything."
"Oh, what do you care what a lot of bourgeois trades people in a building like this think! Tell 'em I'm your sponsor - anything."
Alan Dunn
1948
"In reply to 768K Chicago send form B486J9-X with paragraph H-JX25 underlined. We'll tell 'em where to get off at."
"In reply to 768K Chicago send form B486J9-X with paragraph H-JX25 underlined. We'll tell 'em where to get off at."
Alan Dunn
1932
"I finally managed to get a telephone but I still can't find an apartment."
"I finally managed to get a telephone but I still can't find an apartment."
Alan Dunn
1945
"We used to have a Jap, but you can't tell what they're thinking."
"We used to have a Jap, but you can't tell what they're thinking."
Alan Dunn
1931
"Who's going to tell them that utopia is still in the talk stage?"
"Who's going to tell them that utopia is still in the talk stage?"
Alan Dunn
1970
"The X's radio program don't appeal to me - but that's their lookout -." [pub - "C'mon Eddie, the Happiness Toothpaste program don't appeal to me at all. I should worry - it's their lookout if I walk out on 'em."]
"The X's radio program don't appeal to me - but that's their lookout -." [pub - "C'mon Eddie, the Happiness Toothpaste program don't appeal to me at all. I should worry - it's their lookout if I walk out on 'em."]
Alan Dunn
1928
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
Alan Dunn
1954
No caption (Cramming 'em in)
No caption (Cramming 'em in)
Alan Dunn
1945
"...instead of counting sheep he tries to challenge 'em."
"...instead of counting sheep he tries to challenge 'em."
Alan Dunn
1941
"I really can't make up my mind who I hope gets here first. As I understand it, it would be a question of which you'd rather join, the Communist Party or the Teamsters Union."
"I really can't make up my mind who I hope gets here first. As I understand it, it would be a question of which you'd rather join, the Communist Party or the Teamsters Union."
Alan Dunn
1961
"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
"You'll laugh when I tell you what I paid for this."
"You'll laugh when I tell you what I paid for this."
Alan Dunn
1950