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“I bet things are pretty quiet over at the Met.”
“I bet things are pretty quiet over at the Met.”

“I bet things are pretty quiet over at the Met.”

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1959
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 5 × 6 in. (12.7 × 15.2 cm) Sheet: 5 × 6 in. (12.7 × 15.2 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1358
"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
"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
"Let there be no mistake about it my friends, on these things I stand foursquare. International Understanding! Honest Government! Racial Equality! Legalized Bingo!"
"Let there be no mistake about it my friends, on these things I stand foursquare. International Understanding! Honest Government! Racial Equality! Legalized Bingo!"
Alan Dunn
1954
"I got syko-animalized again the other day in one of them army tests and I flunk on so many questions I bet it cost the army a thousand sets of encyclopedias."
"I got syko-animalized again the other day in one of them army tests and I flunk on so many questions I bet it cost the army a thousand sets of encyclopedias."
Alan Dunn
1941
"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
"Well, I wouldn't be doing things like this if my husband were home. He always has to know the answer to everything."
"Well, I wouldn't be doing things like this if my husband were home. He always has to know the answer to everything."
Alan Dunn
1931
"All right. Muskie's craggy, too, but I bet he never split rails."
"All right. Muskie's craggy, too, but I bet he never split rails."
Alan Dunn
1971
"You take the wires out first, silly.", "I bet she don't lunch at the Colony in these!", "Got a quarter on you Mary Lou to save me going upstairs?"
"You take the wires out first, silly.", "I bet she don't lunch at the Colony in these!", "Got a quarter on you Mary Lou to save me going upstairs?"
Alan Dunn
1948
"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
"Turn those damn things down."
"Turn those damn things down."
Alan Dunn
1955
"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