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"Why do you have to go and spoil everything by thinking of it as the East Bronx!"
"Why do you have to go and spoil everything by thinking of it as the East Bronx!"

"Why do you have to go and spoil everything by thinking of it as the East Bronx!"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1960
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 11 7/8 × 11 7/8 in. (30.2 × 30.2 cm) Sheet: 11 7/8 × 11 7/8 in. (30.2 × 30.2 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1447
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
"You told her, Gus - Don't bore Sylvia and eat your potatoes! Naomi, I ought to warn you there's ice cream - wine, dear, Naomi and George have no wine - I must apologize about the plumbing - I do wish the neighbors wouldn't go to the john while I'm giving a dinner - more limas, dear? - Limas, Sylvia? - Gus, more limas? - Duffy, do go on about Perry and what were his rubbers doing in the ice box -."
Alan Dunn
1948
"You have an answer for everything, haven't you?"
"You have an answer for everything, haven't you?"
Alan Dunn
1953
"Well, why do you do K.P. if you don't like it?"
"Well, why do you do K.P. if you don't like it?"
Alan Dunn
1950
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
"Here's the one - The Coming Armageddon - I wrote it four years ago - I remember I delivered it on a day that rained and only three people came. Why don't I change the wording a bit substituting 'atomic might' for 'military might' and let it solve my problem for next Sunday? After all, Dr. Blahr does it all the time - suppose I just read it to you - you can go right on sewing..."
Alan Dunn
1948
"John, I've been thinking. Why global television?"
"John, I've been thinking. Why global television?"
Alan Dunn
1962
"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
"Why don't you pray for the money? You have the clout."
"Why don't you pray for the money? You have the clout."
Alan Dunn
1971
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
Alan Dunn
1957
"We used to have a Jap, but you can't tell what they're thinking."
"We used to have a Jap, but you can't tell what they're thinking."
Alan Dunn
1931
"Everything all right in South East Asia? Last night I saw a light in Burma's window - "
"Everything all right in South East Asia? Last night I saw a light in Burma's window - "
Alan Dunn
1960
"Better make up your mind soon, son - Do you want to go to the college with the biggest cyclotron or the college with the best football team!"
"Better make up your mind soon, son - Do you want to go to the college with the biggest cyclotron or the college with the best football team!"
Alan Dunn
1960
"But you said you had some on the train to unwind. Just how many times do you have to unwind?"
"But you said you had some on the train to unwind. Just how many times do you have to unwind?"
Alan Dunn
1958