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"Remember the good old days, when all we had to do was say, "Fess up"?"
"Remember the good old days, when all we had to do was say, "Fess up"?"

"Remember the good old days, when all we had to do was say, "Fess up"?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1966
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 9 1/8 × 11 13/16 in. (23.2 × 30 cm) Sheet: 9 1/8 × 11 13/16 in. (23.2 × 30 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1558
"Remember the good old days when there was always something to confiscate?"
"Remember the good old days when there was always something to confiscate?"
Alan Dunn
1962
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
"Now look - International has a net quick of $15 per share. Its market price is $10, book is $36.65. Our net quick is $8; our book is$22, and at market we are selling for $25. So to start with we offer them one share of ours for two of theirs. That's five bucks premium. Can they turn it down? So they turn it down. Then we say, O.K., we'll buy the assets. We'll give you $1 million for your plant, which stands at $3,900,000 net. That wipes out all the water, gives them a fine tax carry-back. Then we give them 80 per cent of net inventory and accounts receivable - that's another $4 million. Another nice tax loss for them. So we pay 'em $5 million. There's nothing complicated about this except - say, where do we get the turn-around money"
Alan Dunn
1954
“Here’s a good buy. It was returned by a customer who found he had nothing to say.”
“Here’s a good buy. It was returned by a customer who found he had nothing to say.”
Alan Dunn
1954
"...in those days they just chucked a bundle at you and whatever you found inside you had to put on as a uniform, even if it was just a slip cover off a piano."
"...in those days they just chucked a bundle at you and whatever you found inside you had to put on as a uniform, even if it was just a slip cover off a piano."
Alan Dunn
1941
"What a dreadful twelve days! Not a bus or a subway was running, taxis were impossible, and if I wanted to go anywhere I had to walk!"
"What a dreadful twelve days! Not a bus or a subway was running, taxis were impossible, and if I wanted to go anywhere I had to walk!"
Alan Dunn
c1966
"Now, men, do you all remember what I was telling you about Japanese booby traps?"
"Now, men, do you all remember what I was telling you about Japanese booby traps?"
Alan Dunn
1943
"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
"I found that was the trouble too when I took up Rhythm - you seem to outgrow all your old friends..."
"I found that was the trouble too when I took up Rhythm - you seem to outgrow all your old friends..."
Kindl (Alan Dunn)
1930
"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round. " "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be had to tear down."
"I'm all right if I don't look down." "They wouldn't be any better if we went clockwise." "Where's the elevator? I'm all turned round. " "Hi, Alice." "Stop thinking of it as a third of a mile! " "Let's come again and really look at the pictures." "This is going to be had to tear down."
Alan Dunn
1959
"They say they'll swap their four rooms for our three if we throw in the automobile, two cases of good Scotch and six pounds of butter."
"They say they'll swap their four rooms for our three if we throw in the automobile, two cases of good Scotch and six pounds of butter."
Alan Dunn
1946
"You'll be all right in a few days. Just stay indoors, keep the windows closed, and stop reading the 'New York Times Air Pollution Index'."
"You'll be all right in a few days. Just stay indoors, keep the windows closed, and stop reading the 'New York Times Air Pollution Index'."
Alan Dunn
1965
"May I remind the Committee for the Control of Outer Space that we are simply hastening the day when we'll be taking on Mars as underdeveloped."
"May I remind the Committee for the Control of Outer Space that we are simply hastening the day when we'll be taking on Mars as underdeveloped."
Alan Dunn
1960