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"I'm sorry, but I don't know how to turn on the gas. I'm here to stabilize the currency."
"I'm sorry, but I don't know how to turn on the gas. I'm here to stabilize the currency."

"I'm sorry, but I don't know how to turn on the gas. I'm here to stabilize the currency."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1945
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 3/4 × 13 in. (27.3 × 33 cm) Sheet: 10 3/4 × 13 in. (27.3 × 33 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0961
"Oh, dear, we're just on our way out. I'm terribly sorry. I don't know any eight people we'd rather have seen."
"Oh, dear, we're just on our way out. I'm terribly sorry. I don't know any eight people we'd rather have seen."
Alan Dunn
1946
"I'm sorry but you have the wrong number - I'm sorry, too - no indeed, not at all - thank you."
"I'm sorry but you have the wrong number - I'm sorry, too - no indeed, not at all - thank you."
Alan Dunn
1948
"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
"Price support money - soil bank payments for what I don't plant - power-line lease - oil and gas pipeline right-of-way fees - Best damn farm in the country."
"Price support money - soil bank payments for what I don't plant - power-line lease - oil and gas pipeline right-of-way fees - Best damn farm in the country."
Alan Dunn
1960
"I'm sorry, but I believe in strengthening the over-all economy instead."
"I'm sorry, but I believe in strengthening the over-all economy instead."
Alan Dunn
1964
"I'm sorry, but Doctor is very busy today, and I'm afraid we can't work you in for 'just sniffles'."
"I'm sorry, but Doctor is very busy today, and I'm afraid we can't work you in for 'just sniffles'."
Alan Dunn
1970
"Dinner Friday at the Smiths', in the Hamptons. They're O.K. on heating oil. How are we on gas?"
"Dinner Friday at the Smiths', in the Hamptons. They're O.K. on heating oil. How are we on gas?"
Alan Dunn
1973
"Dinner Friday at the Smith's, in the Hamptons. They're O.K. on heating oil. How are we on gas?"
"Dinner Friday at the Smith's, in the Hamptons. They're O.K. on heating oil. How are we on gas?"
Alan Dunn
1973
"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round. " "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be had to tear down."
"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round. " "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be had to tear down."
Alan Dunn
1959
"I'm sorry son, I can't afford to send you to college. But I'll buy you a fur coat."
"I'm sorry son, I can't afford to send you to college. But I'll buy you a fur coat."
Alan Dunn
1927
"My husband doesn't know it yet, but here after I'm going to help him in a business way."
"My husband doesn't know it yet, but here after I'm going to help him in a business way."
Alan Dunn
1927
"I'm awfully sorry, but this is my first merger."
"I'm awfully sorry, but this is my first merger."
Alan Dunn
1968