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"Turn those damn things down."
"Turn those damn things down."

"Turn those damn things down."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1955
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 13 × 9 1/4 in. (33 × 23.5 cm) Sheet: 13 × 9 1/4 in. (33 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1251
"Turn down that damn sculpture."
"Turn down that damn sculpture."
Alan Dunn
1966
Thus in 1930 - things were getting rough, and due to get rougher. The Era of Mergers stopped short; in their place was to come the 77-B reorganization. There was a loss of industrial mastery; a host of governmental alphabetical agencies would soon confront the business executive with a world he never made. But the technology of a newer era was all this time being slowly and inconspicuously laid down.
Thus in 1930 - things were getting rough, and due to get rougher. The Era of Mergers stopped short; in their place was to come the 77-B reorganization. There was a loss of industrial mastery; a host of governmental alphabetical agencies would soon confront the business executive with a world he never made. But the technology of a newer era was all this time being slowly and inconspicuously laid down.
Alan Dunn
1959
"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
"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
Caption: No Immediate *DANGER* that we know of, but bad things happen all the time and inevitably one of those bad things will happen right here.
Caption: No Immediate *DANGER* that we know of, but bad things happen all the time and inevitably one of those bad things will happen right here.
Robert Mankoff
2002
"There'll be time enough to worry about being photogenic if and when the damn thing gets here."
"There'll be time enough to worry about being photogenic if and when the damn thing gets here."
Alan Dunn
c 1965
“I bet things are pretty quiet over at the Met.”
“I bet things are pretty quiet over at the Met.”
Alan Dunn
1959
"Another modern rifle arrived today so I guess things are speeding up in the defense program."
"Another modern rifle arrived today so I guess things are speeding up in the defense program."
Alan Dunn
1941
"Frankly, Miss Plackett, you have a slight overlapping of the lunar returns, but cheer up and this goes for all you Capricorns. You have Saturn conjunct Mercury, which deepens the mind, and you have Venus, the love planet in trine with Pluto, which really gives you the go-ahead provided, of course, the new earth satellite doesn't come along and gum things up."
"Frankly, Miss Plackett, you have a slight overlapping of the lunar returns, but cheer up and this goes for all you Capricorns. You have Saturn conjunct Mercury, which deepens the mind, and you have Venus, the love planet in trine with Pluto, which really gives you the go-ahead provided, of course, the new earth satellite doesn't come along and gum things up."
Alan Dunn
1957
"He has no faults whatsoever to find with the administration, he approves the conduct of the war without reservations, he likes the OPA and the way they do things, he thinks the WPB and the OWI are O.K., he made out his income tax with no difficulty..."
"He has no faults whatsoever to find with the administration, he approves the conduct of the war without reservations, he likes the OPA and the way they do things, he thinks the WPB and the OWI are O.K., he made out his income tax with no difficulty..."
Alan Dunn
1944
"I gess you think that maps are just things put out by the Standard Oil Company for advertising."
"I gess you think that maps are just things put out by the Standard Oil Company for advertising."
Alan Dunn
1941
"Just to make things even-Stephen, we ought to invite Eisenhower and Leonard Hall."
"Just to make things even-Stephen, we ought to invite Eisenhower and Leonard Hall."
Alan Dunn
1955