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“Dick! Don’t take it that way!”
“Dick! Don’t take it that way!”

“Dick! Don’t take it that way!”

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1941
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 9 3/4 × 12 3/4 in. (24.8 × 32.4 cm) Sheet: 9 3/4 × 12 3/4 in. (24.8 × 32.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1378
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"I can't say I like the way Sergeant Smith is teaching the South Vietnamese to take over!"
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1968
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"Don't deliver it too early. I don't want to take the edge off his Christmas."
Alan Dunn
1956
"Be sociable but not convivial. Smile graciously, but not from ear to ear. If drinks are served, take Martinis, but don't, at this stage, ask for Coca-Cola."
"Be sociable but not convivial. Smile graciously, but not from ear to ear. If drinks are served, take Martinis, but don't, at this stage, ask for Coca-Cola."
Alan Dunn
1955
"I'm sure you'll have a very pleasant visit, as long as you don't rub Castro the wrong way."
"I'm sure you'll have a very pleasant visit, as long as you don't rub Castro the wrong way."
Alan Dunn
1960
"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
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
"I think I'll skip breakfast and lunch, [Marie,] and just have a Martini - And, by the way, say 'Veuillez, madame?' and not 'Vaulez?' - I don't want people to think I can't afford to have you use the subjuntive - "
Alan Dunn
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"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
"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
"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
"And then a new eyebrow grows in to take its place. It's Nature's way of carrying on."
"And then a new eyebrow grows in to take its place. It's Nature's way of carrying on."
Alan Dunn
1933
"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
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"You are sure the U-shaped decollete is the new mode? I don't want to be conspicuous in a bad way, you know."
"You are sure the U-shaped decollete is the new mode? I don't want to be conspicuous in a bad way, you know."
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