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"I'm playing a hunch. I'm going to mix dacron, auneomycin, U-235, and chlorophyll and see what happens."
"I'm playing a hunch. I'm going to mix dacron, auneomycin, U-235, and chlorophyll and see what happens."

"I'm playing a hunch. I'm going to mix dacron, auneomycin, U-235, and chlorophyll and see what happens."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1952
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 × 9 3/4 in. (25.4 × 24.8 cm) Sheet: 10 × 9 3/4 in. (25.4 × 24.8 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1213
"I have a desparate need for commitment and what happens? I'm offered a job!"
"I have a desparate need for commitment and what happens? I'm offered a job!"
Alan Dunn
c 1966
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"If they overhaul the world's monetary system, what happens to my eighty-two dollars and fifty seven cents?"
Alan Dunn
1972
"I wouldn't call it a slowdown, Boss. It just so happens that none of us feel up to scratch."
"I wouldn't call it a slowdown, Boss. It just so happens that none of us feel up to scratch."
Alan Dunn
1968
“If anything happens to me I want you to have the two good tires on my old flivver.”
“If anything happens to me I want you to have the two good tires on my old flivver.”
Alan Dunn
1942
"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
"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
"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
"You can do what you want, but I'm socking mine away in gilt-edged securities. Crime waves don't last forever."
"You can do what you want, but I'm socking mine away in gilt-edged securities. Crime waves don't last forever."
Alan Dunn
1946
"Now I'm going to turn you over to Mr. Foley. Come in, Mr. Foley."
"Now I'm going to turn you over to Mr. Foley. Come in, Mr. Foley."
Alan Dunn
1937
"I'm going to take the boeuf en papillates maitre d'hotel. If I don't use my French, it grows rusty."
"I'm going to take the boeuf en papillates maitre d'hotel. If I don't use my French, it grows rusty."
Alan Dunn
1940
"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 going to leave you alone with the new wallpaper a few minutes, dear."
"I'm going to leave you alone with the new wallpaper a few minutes, dear."
Alan Dunn
1930