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"Gentlemen! I don't think this is what Mayor Lindsay meant by a dialogue."
"Gentlemen! I don't think this is what Mayor Lindsay meant by a dialogue."

"Gentlemen! I don't think this is what Mayor Lindsay meant by a dialogue."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1966
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 7 5/8 × 10 in. (19.3 × 25.4 cm) Sheet: 7 5/8 × 10 in. (19.3 × 25.4 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1555
"A bit off the beaten what?", "I don't like the set-up.", "I think it's extragalactic."
"A bit off the beaten what?", "I don't like the set-up.", "I think it's extragalactic."
Alan Dunn
1960
"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
"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
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
Alan Dunn
1966
"J. V. Lindsay. Right?"
"J. V. Lindsay. Right?"
Alan Dunn
c 1966
"I went to the Smoker's Clinic , and what do you think the first step is? Stop smoking!"
"I went to the Smoker's Clinic , and what do you think the first step is? Stop smoking!"
Alan Dunn
1964
"Know What? I think he's letting me float against the dollar."
"Know What? I think he's letting me float against the dollar."
Alan Dunn
1973
"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
"I say, don't you think we've cooled the boom off long enough?"
"I say, don't you think we've cooled the boom off long enough?"
Alan Dunn
1966
"Lettuce I don't eat, but what if they organize squash?"
"Lettuce I don't eat, but what if they organize squash?"
Alan Dunn
1972
"Well, I don't care what they say about it. It's home to me."
"Well, I don't care what they say about it. It's home to me."
Alan Dunn
1967
"Really! What I don't know about history would fill a library!"
"Really! What I don't know about history would fill a library!"
Alan Dunn
1967