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"Tell me frankly, General, do you think I ought to..."
"Tell me frankly, General, do you think I ought to..."

"Tell me frankly, General, do you think I ought to..."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1948
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 9 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (23.5 × 24.1 cm) Sheet: 9 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (23.5 × 24.1 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1117
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
Alan Dunn
1948
"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
"Frankly, I think Connally's getting too big for his parameter."
"Frankly, I think Connally's getting too big for his parameter."
Alan Dunn
1971
"My dear, do you mean to tell me this was the first time you ever shot a rifle?"
"My dear, do you mean to tell me this was the first time you ever shot a rifle?"
Alan Dunn
1932
"Do you mean to stand there and tell me you don't stop at Dobbs Ferry?"
"Do you mean to stand there and tell me you don't stop at Dobbs Ferry?"
Alan Dunn
1928
"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
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
"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
"I went to the Smoker's Clinic , and what do you think the first step is? Stop smoking!"
"I went to the Smoker's Clinic , and what do you think the first step is? Stop smoking!"
Alan Dunn
1964
"What shall I do with your Roosevelt button? Do you want me to put it away again?"
"What shall I do with your Roosevelt button? Do you want me to put it away again?"
Alan Dunn
1944
"Listen, Jameson, how often do I have to tell you "Thirty days hath September"..."
"Listen, Jameson, how often do I have to tell you "Thirty days hath September"..."
Alan Dunn
1939