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"Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, excuse me...."
"Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, excuse me...."

"Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, excuse me...."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1964
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 10 7/8 × 11 3/4 in. (27.7 × 29.8 cm) Sheet: 10 7/8 × 11 3/4 in. (27.7 × 29.8 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1505
"Excuse me, Mr. President, this button opens Boulder Dam - that button is Mr. McIntyre"
"Excuse me, Mr. President, this button opens Boulder Dam - that button is Mr. McIntyre"
Alan Dunn
1936
"Your office won't take 'the general malaise' as an excuse."
"Your office won't take 'the general malaise' as an excuse."
Alan Dunn
1968
"You'll have to excuse Donald, Mrs. Crumm. He had such a hard day at the office."
"You'll have to excuse Donald, Mrs. Crumm. He had such a hard day at the office."
Alan Dunn
1928
"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
"Gentlemen our attorneys inform me, happily, that the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Celler Act, and the FTC are for the moment...ah...Well, let me say...in this instance, at last ...er...inoperative."
"Gentlemen our attorneys inform me, happily, that the Sherman Act, the Clayton Act, the Celler Act, and the FTC are for the moment...ah...Well, let me say...in this instance, at last ...er...inoperative."
Alan Dunn
1954
"Pardon me. Can you direct me to the Digby's apartment?"
"Pardon me. Can you direct me to the Digby's apartment?"
Alan Dunn
1930
"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
"Pardon me. Can you direct me to the Digby's apartment?"
"Pardon me. Can you direct me to the Digby's apartment?"
Alan Dunn
1930
"Mrs. Reginald Vanderpoise wishes to speak with you.", "Oh, dear me, Annie. You'd better hand me my French phone."
"Mrs. Reginald Vanderpoise wishes to speak with you.", "Oh, dear me, Annie. You'd better hand me my French phone."
Alan Dunn
1927
"The X's radio program don't appeal to me - but that's their lookout -." [pub - "C'mon Eddie, the Happiness Toothpaste program don't appeal to me at all. I should worry - it's their lookout if I walk out on 'em."]
"The X's radio program don't appeal to me - but that's their lookout -." [pub - "C'mon Eddie, the Happiness Toothpaste program don't appeal to me at all. I should worry - it's their lookout if I walk out on 'em."]
Alan Dunn
1928
[pub- "Art!"] "Don't tell me! Me, who's been working 5th Ave [pub"workin' Fit' Avenue"] from B. Altman to Woolworth for on to a month now." {pub-"mont' now"]
[pub- "Art!"] "Don't tell me! Me, who's been working 5th Ave [pub"workin' Fit' Avenue"] from B. Altman to Woolworth for on to a month now." {pub-"mont' now"]
Alan Dunn
1927
"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