"Here we are spending billions for the moon, and what I need is a new fur coat."

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"Here we are spending billions for the moon, and what I need is a new fur coat."

Artist Alan Dunn (American, 1900 - 1974)

Date1967

ClassificationsCartoon

Mediumcrayon ink

DimensionsObject: 9 5/16 × 10 1/8 in. (23.6 × 25.7 cm) Sheet: 9 5/16 × 10 1/8 in. (23.6 × 25.7 cm)

Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest

Object number1979.1588

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"Then the question is: Do we want a prosperity based on increased government spending or a prosperity based on cutting government expenses? That's where I begin not to follow."

"Then the question is: Do we want a prosperity based on increased government spending or a prosperity based on cutting government expenses? That's where I begin not to follow."

Alan Dunn

1964

"Another billion rubles! I wish we hadn't started this keeping-up-with-the-Joneses."

"Another billion rubles! I wish we hadn't started this keeping-up-with-the-Joneses."

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1955

"May I suggest Senator, that perhaps we should offer the whole five and a half billion dollars to Mr. Stalin to buy off Communism itself?"

"May I suggest Senator, that perhaps we should offer the whole five and a half billion dollars to Mr. Stalin to buy off Communism itself?"

Alan Dunn

1948

"I have a desparate need for commitment and what happens? I'm offered a job!"

"I have a desparate need for commitment and what happens? I'm offered a job!"

Alan Dunn

c 1966

"I'm sorry son, I can't afford to send you to college. But I'll buy you a fur coat."

"I'm sorry son, I can't afford to send you to college. But I'll buy you a fur coat."

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1927

"Know what this road needs? Billboards."

"Know what this road needs? Billboards."

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c 1965

"We're American imperialists and we need a drink."

"We're American imperialists and we need a drink."

Alan Dunn

c 1965

"All we need now is another million."

"All we need now is another million."

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1931

"Here's the latest dope. I just had a call from R.B. We're to rewrite the script, placing the action in Siam. It seems we have some blocked ticals there."

"Here's the latest dope. I just had a call from R.B. We're to rewrite the script, placing the action in Siam. It seems we have some blocked ticals there."

Alan Dunn

1950

"Men, we're all a part of the greatest amphibious operation in history, and, believe me, this is a scene we here topside will never forget. I wish you fellows could see it - the sky dark with planes, our planes, and the water dotted to the horizon with craft of every description..."

"Men, we're all a part of the greatest amphibious operation in history, and, believe me, this is a scene we here topside will never forget. I wish you fellows could see it - the sky dark with planes, our planes, and the water dotted to the horizon with craft of every description..."

Alan Dunn

1944

"You'd think that with all we're spending on the Marshall Plan they’d give you a decent choice of entrees."

"You'd think that with all we're spending on the Marshall Plan they’d give you a decent choice of entrees."

Alan Dunn

1948

"Now can you visualize a billion dollars?"

"Now can you visualize a billion dollars?"

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1941

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