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"Have the filet mignon - I'll put it on my expense account as having my brakes relined." [ pub - "Sure - have a filet..."]
"Have the filet mignon - I'll put it on my expense account as having my brakes relined." [ pub - "Sure - have a filet..."]

"Have the filet mignon - I'll put it on my expense account as having my brakes relined." [ pub - "Sure - have a filet..."]

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1929
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 8 13/16 × 8 1/2 in. (22.4 × 21.6 cm) Sheet: 8 13/16 × 8 1/2 in. (22.4 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1768
"Madame desires dors d'oeuvers, potage julienne, turbot genevoise, filet de boeuf sauce madere, poularde du mans truffe, asperges au beurre, celeri au jus, mousse aux fraises and cafe filtre. I'll take a vegetable dinner."
"Madame desires dors d'oeuvers, potage julienne, turbot genevoise, filet de boeuf sauce madere, poularde du mans truffe, asperges au beurre, celeri au jus, mousse aux fraises and cafe filtre. I'll take a vegetable dinner."
Alan Dunn
1927
"I think I'll have my coffee in my cell, if you don't mind."
"I think I'll have my coffee in my cell, if you don't mind."
Alan Dunn
1937
"It's darn near all the way from New York to Buffalo, where some dame suddenly slammed on her brakes."
"It's darn near all the way from New York to Buffalo, where some dame suddenly slammed on her brakes."
Alan Dunn
1971
"Well, boys, I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to put yor shoulders to the wheel once more and make pin-ball machines."
"Well, boys, I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to put yor shoulders to the wheel once more and make pin-ball machines."
Alan Dunn
1945
"Sergeant Mooney said that anybody who was dependent on me at home was getting a brake having me in the army."
"Sergeant Mooney said that anybody who was dependent on me at home was getting a brake having me in the army."
Alan Dunn
1942
“I was not badly hurt on account of I landed on my head the doctor says.”
“I was not badly hurt on account of I landed on my head the doctor says.”
Alan Dunn
1942
"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
1948
"I'm sure you won't have any trouble, Herr Muller. If you just remember to change to the cross-town trolley ..."
"I'm sure you won't have any trouble, Herr Muller. If you just remember to change to the cross-town trolley ..."
Alan Dunn
1942
"Sure I can give you examples. One, our new proton synchrontron is bigger thant theirs, two our ballistic missile program is ahead of theirs; and three, we have better mail service."
"Sure I can give you examples. One, our new proton synchrontron is bigger thant theirs, two our ballistic missile program is ahead of theirs; and three, we have better mail service."
Alan Dunn
1957
"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
"You know, I never thought I'd live to see the day when I'd have to add General de Gaulle to my list of worries."
"You know, I never thought I'd live to see the day when I'd have to add General de Gaulle to my list of worries."
Alan Dunn
1964
“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