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"Too bad! In all other respects, he's as good a secret service man as she could ask for."
"Too bad! In all other respects, he's as good a secret service man as she could ask for."

"Too bad! In all other respects, he's as good a secret service man as she could ask for."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1963
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 14 15/16 × 11 3/8 in. (37.9 × 28.9 cm) Sheet: 14 15/16 × 11 3/8 in. (37.9 × 28.9 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1531
"For suspense, how about this? All the time she's waiting at the altar, he's top plane in an airstack over Idlewild."
"For suspense, how about this? All the time she's waiting at the altar, he's top plane in an airstack over Idlewild."
Alan Dunn
1957
"I'm sick and tired of all this nonsense about the bad effects of too much T.V. viewing."
"I'm sick and tired of all this nonsense about the bad effects of too much T.V. viewing."
Alan Dunn
1961
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
"Here's the record Chief. He's a member of the Sons of Democracy, the American Friends of Worldwide Democracy, the Guardians of the American Heritage, the People's League for Good Citizenship, the Friends of Freedom, the Conference for the Furtherance of Costitutional Government, the League for the Preservation of American Freedom, the Sentinels of Democracy, the Golden Rule Association, the Society for the Support of the Constitution of the United States, the International Congress for the Furtherance of Democracy, the Conference for the Observance of the Ten Commandments and the Society for the Preservation of North American Wild Life. We think he's a Commie."
Alan Dunn
1947
"You must meet Mr. Mapes. He's being audited too."
"You must meet Mr. Mapes. He's being audited too."
Alan Dunn
1973
"She's a perfect saint, but, of course, he's more of a person."
"She's a perfect saint, but, of course, he's more of a person."
Alan Dunn
1963
"Of all the remote, dismal places to spend Christmas! He's in Palestine!"
"Of all the remote, dismal places to spend Christmas! He's in Palestine!"
Alan Dunn
1944
"Make a big noise going out; after all, he's probably trying to avoid you more than you, him."
"Make a big noise going out; after all, he's probably trying to avoid you more than you, him."
Alan Dunn
1948
"All right. Muskie's craggy, too, but I bet he never split rails."
"All right. Muskie's craggy, too, but I bet he never split rails."
Alan Dunn
1971
"And then another wage boost followed by another rate hike, and so on, and infinitum. What more could one ask?"
"And then another wage boost followed by another rate hike, and so on, and infinitum. What more could one ask?"
Alan Dunn
1960
"We're not to wait. He's just had a meat-and-potatoes conference with some nuts-and-bolts people, and he's in no mood for dinner."
"We're not to wait. He's just had a meat-and-potatoes conference with some nuts-and-bolts people, and he's in no mood for dinner."
Alan Dunn
1969
"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
"That's just Mrs. Clarey from next door. She asked me if she could use our bathroom while hers is being fixed. I meant to tell you -"
Alan Dunn
1948
"Hawley, my lad, ask this good man if that is the correct time. Mrs. Perly's wrist watch registers a discrpancy of two minutes."
"Hawley, my lad, ask this good man if that is the correct time. Mrs. Perly's wrist watch registers a discrpancy of two minutes."
Alan Dunn
1926