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"Oh, Mamma, it doesnt express me at all!"
"Oh, Mamma, it doesnt express me at all!"

"Oh, Mamma, it doesnt express me at all!"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1926
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm) Sheet: 6 9/16 in. (16.7 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1665
“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
"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 - "
"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 - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"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 - "
"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 - "
Alan Dunn
1948
"It doesn't sound like uranium to me. It sounds like WJZ."
"It doesn't sound like uranium to me. It sounds like WJZ."
Alan Dunn
1949
"The trouble is a trillion - dollar economy doesn't say anything to me."
"The trouble is a trillion - dollar economy doesn't say anything to me."
Alan Dunn
1971
"Frankly, Miss Plackett, you have a slight overlapping of the lunar returns, but cheer up and this goes for all you Capricorns. You have Saturn conjunct Mercury, which deepens the mind, and you have Venus, the love planet in trine with Pluto, which really gives you the go-ahead provided, of course, the new earth satellite doesn't come along and gum things up."
"Frankly, Miss Plackett, you have a slight overlapping of the lunar returns, but cheer up and this goes for all you Capricorns. You have Saturn conjunct Mercury, which deepens the mind, and you have Venus, the love planet in trine with Pluto, which really gives you the go-ahead provided, of course, the new earth satellite doesn't come along and gum things up."
Alan Dunn
1957
"She's a perfect Jewel. She doesn't at all mind our having cocktails as long as we don't dawdle over them."
"She's a perfect Jewel. She doesn't at all mind our having cocktails as long as we don't dawdle over them."
Alan Dunn
1944
"Mrs. Reginald Vanderpoise wishes to speak with you.", "Oh, dear me, Annie. You'd better hand me my French phone."
"Mrs. Reginald Vanderpoise wishes to speak with you.", "Oh, dear me, Annie. You'd better hand me my French phone."
Alan Dunn
1927
"Oh, Gladys, don't be such a bore - I'll tell you when I'm through haaving you lend it to me."
"Oh, Gladys, don't be such a bore - I'll tell you when I'm through haaving you lend it to me."
Alan Dunn
1926
"Oh, please, please, Dad, give me a church wedding! I'll pay for anything I break out of my allance."
"Oh, please, please, Dad, give me a church wedding! I'll pay for anything I break out of my allance."
Alan Dunn
1930
"Oh dear me - autumn!"
"Oh dear me - autumn!"
Alan Dunn
1927
"Oh, George, you weren't supposed to see that yet! It's what you're giving me for Christmas."
"Oh, George, you weren't supposed to see that yet! It's what you're giving me for Christmas."
Alan Dunn
1941