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“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.”

“If anything happens to me I want you to have the two good tires on my old flivver.”

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1942
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 7 1/2 × 4 11/16 in. (19 × 11.9 cm) Sheet: 7 1/2 × 4 11/16 in. (19 × 11.9 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1392
"Why shouldn't I use it? There's a good fifty miles left in these tires."
"Why shouldn't I use it? There's a good fifty miles left in these tires."
Alan Dunn
1942
"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
"If they overhaul the world's monetary system, what happens to my eighty-two dollars and fifty seven cents?"
"If they overhaul the world's monetary system, what happens to my eighty-two dollars and fifty seven cents?"
Alan Dunn
1972
"There must be some Supreme Intelligence - you and me couldn't just 'happen'.", " And sometimes it is my mood to crush something frail and lovely.", "20 to 1 and no lemon peel.", "-she came from a good family and never went back."
"There must be some Supreme Intelligence - you and me couldn't just 'happen'.", " And sometimes it is my mood to crush something frail and lovely.", "20 to 1 and no lemon peel.", "-she came from a good family and never went back."
Alan Dunn
1960
"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
No Caption (letting air out of tires so truck can enter tunnel)
No Caption (letting air out of tires so truck can enter tunnel)
Alan Dunn
1951
"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."
Alan Dunn
1952
"I don't know whether it means anything especially, but that makes the second time this year that my views have been solicited by Dr. Gallup."
"I don't know whether it means anything especially, but that makes the second time this year that my views have been solicited by Dr. Gallup."
Alan Dunn
1941
"Oh, please, please, Dad, give me a church wedding! I'll pay for anything I break out of my allance."
"Oh, please, please, Dad, give me a church wedding! I'll pay for anything I break out of my allance."
Alan Dunn
1930
"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
"Let me get this straight. You want me to confess I was in error when I confessed I was in error before."
"Let me get this straight. You want me to confess I was in error when I confessed I was in error before."
Alan Dunn
1955
"What a deal out there, what a deal! House boys! Coolies! Anything you want, just snap your fingers."
"What a deal out there, what a deal! House boys! Coolies! Anything you want, just snap your fingers."
Alan Dunn
1949