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"Your son, sir. He wants you to drop whatever you're doing and make a new world."
"Your son, sir. He wants you to drop whatever you're doing and make a new world."

"Your son, sir. He wants you to drop whatever you're doing and make a new world."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1968
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 11 1/8 × 11 1/4 in. (28.2 × 28.5 cm) Sheet: 11 1/8 × 11 1/4 in. (28.2 × 28.5 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1614
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"I tried to commission him in the field as you ordered sir, but he wants to know what about base pay, rental and..."
Alan Dunn
1944
"Better make up your mind soon, son - Do you want to go to the college with the biggest cyclotron or the college with the best football team!"
"Better make up your mind soon, son - Do you want to go to the college with the biggest cyclotron or the college with the best football team!"
Alan Dunn
1960
"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
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"So I said, 'Take your hands off me, Osprey you fish!' and that was all there was to that - ", "You must have led him on - that type doesn't make passes at just anybody - Just what were you doing with him on the terrace? You practically let him seduce you with those wolfish eyes - "
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"Sir, he wants to know if we're going to set up a W.P.A."
"Sir, he wants to know if we're going to set up a W.P.A."
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1943
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"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"
Alan Dunn
1948
"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"
"A Mrs. Clavicle, sounds like, wants to talk with you on the office phone. Shall I give her your private number or do you want to come down and talk with here on the office phone?"
Alan Dunn
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"The vice-president, sir, wants your O.K. on two ham and one combination on rye from Liggett's."
"The vice-president, sir, wants your O.K. on two ham and one combination on rye from Liggett's."
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"General Dolby wants to know if you're running an apartment house or a deep freeze."
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"So you don't want any part of the world my generation has made? Well, I think I can do something about that, son."
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