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"Say, Dad, aren't you taking this recent swing to the right too much for granted?:
"Say, Dad, aren't you taking this recent swing to the right too much for granted?:

"Say, Dad, aren't you taking this recent swing to the right too much for granted?:

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1969
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 8 13/16 × 10 1/8 in. (22.4 × 25.7 cm) Sheet: 8 13/16 × 10 1/8 in. (22.4 × 25.7 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1621
"You see, Dad, Professor McLuhan says the environment that man creates becomes his medium for defining his role in it. The invention of type created linear or sequential thought, separating thought from action. Now, with TV and folk singing, thought and action are closer and social involvement is greater. We again live in a village. Get it?"
"You see, Dad, Professor McLuhan says the environment that man creates becomes his medium for defining his role in it. The invention of type created linear or sequential thought, separating thought from action. Now, with TV and folk singing, thought and action are closer and social involvement is greater. We again live in a village. Get it?"
Alan Dunn
1966
"It says if we spend too much of our pay here it will upset the economy of the country."
"It says if we spend too much of our pay here it will upset the economy of the country."
Alan Dunn
1944
"Don't you think you're taking the Truth-in-Lending Act too hard?"
"Don't you think you're taking the Truth-in-Lending Act too hard?"
Alan Dunn
1967
"They agree to turn over control of the university to us, but there's an "if" to it. We have to grant the administration the same right to sit in, protest, and dissent that they granted us!"
"They agree to turn over control of the university to us, but there's an "if" to it. We have to grant the administration the same right to sit in, protest, and dissent that they granted us!"
Alan Dunn
1968
"Saw you light from the park and came up, kids - We were afraid you'd go to too much trouble if we telephoned we were coming -"
"Saw you light from the park and came up, kids - We were afraid you'd go to too much trouble if we telephoned we were coming -"
Alan Dunn
1948
"How much did you say we'd save under the new tax rate, dear?"
"How much did you say we'd save under the new tax rate, dear?"
Alan Dunn
1945
"How much did you say we'd save under the new tax rate, dear?"
"How much did you say we'd save under the new tax rate, dear?"
Alan Dunn
1945
"Now, dear, you mustn't try to do too much in one day."
"Now, dear, you mustn't try to do too much in one day."
Alan Dunn
1939
"I hope, Gladys, you didn't eat too much candy at the party.", "Holy smoke, Mamma, was there candy?"
"I hope, Gladys, you didn't eat too much candy at the party.", "Holy smoke, Mamma, was there candy?"
Alan Dunn
1927
“Oh, it doesn’t bother me too much. When I go home at night. I throw it all off.”
“Oh, it doesn’t bother me too much. When I go home at night. I throw it all off.”
Alan Dunn
1961
"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
"All right for you, if y're gonna sneak off, Wallace - I must say that's not very white of you."
"All right for you, if y're gonna sneak off, Wallace - I must say that's not very white of you."
Alan Dunn
1927