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"Hey, you poor fool, can't you read!?"
"Hey, you poor fool, can't you read!?"

"Hey, you poor fool, can't you read!?"

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1927
ClassificationsCartoon
MediumCrayon
DimensionsObject: 14 1/8 × 11 1/16 in. (35.8 × 28.1 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.1711
"Hey! Don't you fellows know Daylight Saving starts tonight?"
"Hey! Don't you fellows know Daylight Saving starts tonight?"
Alan Dunn
1938
"You fool, you! That 'delivery man' you sent to the service entrance happened to be my Uncle Garth - a member of the Union Club, the Metropolitan, the Pig and Garter, director in 32 corporations, chairman of the board of the L.W.R. and B. and Honorary Whip of the Syosset Beagles!" [Well my fine - Mr. Keeper of the portal" added in pencil.]
"You fool, you! That 'delivery man' you sent to the service entrance happened to be my Uncle Garth - a member of the Union Club, the Metropolitan, the Pig and Garter, director in 32 corporations, chairman of the board of the L.W.R. and B. and Honorary Whip of the Syosset Beagles!" [Well my fine - Mr. Keeper of the portal" added in pencil.]
Alan Dunn
1948
No caption (child watching T.V. as man reads book "Johnny can't read" )
No caption (child watching T.V. as man reads book "Johnny can't read" )
Alan Dunn
1955
"You poor dear! Did you think I didn't love you enough to take an interest in fixing you up?"
"You poor dear! Did you think I didn't love you enough to take an interest in fixing you up?"
Alan Dunn
1933
"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
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
Alan Dunn
1959
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
"For heaven's sakes, if you'll only read that note I handed you, you'll find it's a simple request for a statement of account!"
Alan Dunn
1959
"But, the Supreme Court didn't say you had to read them."
"But, the Supreme Court didn't say you had to read them."
Alan Dunn
1964
"I ought to warn you first. It's a novel you can't gulp."
"I ought to warn you first. It's a novel you can't gulp."
Alan Dunn
1936
"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."
Alan Dunn
1927
"I'm sorry, but Doctor is very busy today, and I'm afraid we can't work you in for 'just sniffles'."
"I'm sorry, but Doctor is very busy today, and I'm afraid we can't work you in for 'just sniffles'."
Alan Dunn
1970
"The trouble with the army is that you can't keep a separate mailing address."
"The trouble with the army is that you can't keep a separate mailing address."
Alan Dunn
1941