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"...and then at the last minute you bring two hundred and fifty extra people in for dinner."
"...and then at the last minute you bring two hundred and fifty extra people in for dinner."

"...and then at the last minute you bring two hundred and fifty extra people in for dinner."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1944
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 3/4 × 13 1/2 in. (27.3 × 34.3 cm) Sheet: 10 3/4 × 13 1/2 in. (27.3 × 34.3 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0904
"Now, when we take three hundred millilitres of a compound containing hydrogen and oxygen in a ratio of two to one and add three millilitres of an eight-hundredths percent stannous-fluoride solution, and fifty millilitres of treated industrial wastes and solids, we get drinking water."
"Now, when we take three hundred millilitres of a compound containing hydrogen and oxygen in a ratio of two to one and add three millilitres of an eight-hundredths percent stannous-fluoride solution, and fifty millilitres of treated industrial wastes and solids, we get drinking water."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
"A last minute hitch, Colonel. He wants pocket money."
"A last minute hitch, Colonel. He wants pocket money."
Alan Dunn
1957
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
"Poison - that's the considerate way - It's gas I don't like - refrigerator switch sets it off and it blows - injures maybe fifty people - And jumping, that's messy - No, give me poison cases any day."
Alan Dunn
1948
"...and thirty-one time four makes a hundred and twenty-four, and thirty-two time four makes a hundred and twenty-eight, and..."
"...and thirty-one time four makes a hundred and twenty-four, and thirty-two time four makes a hundred and twenty-eight, and..."
Alan Dunn
1958
"You are not going to bring that out here!"
"You are not going to bring that out here!"
Alan Dunn
1953
"Morgan! Will you take care of this lady and gentleman willing to go two hundred on a deluxe Imperial bedroom suite?"
"Morgan! Will you take care of this lady and gentleman willing to go two hundred on a deluxe Imperial bedroom suite?"
Alan Dunn
1929
"Will you hold the line a minute, darling, while I pass a truck?"
"Will you hold the line a minute, darling, while I pass a truck?"
Alan Dunn
1946
"Just a minute - that isn't much fun for Mrs. Mayhew. Mr. Mayhew, will you sit over here, please?"
"Just a minute - that isn't much fun for Mrs. Mayhew. Mr. Mayhew, will you sit over here, please?"
Alan Dunn
1930
"We're not to wait. He's just had a meat-and-potatoes conference with some nuts-and-bolts people, and he's in no mood for dinner."
"We're not to wait. He's just had a meat-and-potatoes conference with some nuts-and-bolts people, and he's in no mood for dinner."
Alan Dunn
1969
"Dinner, Friday, with 'some nice Schrafftsy people' they met coming back on the boat?"
"Dinner, Friday, with 'some nice Schrafftsy people' they met coming back on the boat?"
Alan Dunn
1967
"You know, I never thought I'd live to see the day the Dow-Jones Industrial average broke eight hundred."
"You know, I never thought I'd live to see the day the Dow-Jones Industrial average broke eight hundred."
Alan Dunn
1964
"I also observed, during one of the parties in our honor, that the vodka jigger was two ounces, against our one and one-half, and that the alcohol proof was one hundred to our ninety."
"I also observed, during one of the parties in our honor, that the vodka jigger was two ounces, against our one and one-half, and that the alcohol proof was one hundred to our ninety."
Alan Dunn
1956