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"Mind you, not their whole embassy. We may want to burn it again."
"Mind you, not their whole embassy. We may want to burn it again."

"Mind you, not their whole embassy. We may want to burn it again."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Datec 1965
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon ink
DimensionsObject: 9 7/16 × 10 5/8 in. (23.9 × 27 cm) Sheet: 9 7/8 × 10 13/16 in. (25.1 × 27.5 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1982.318
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"We hope you don't mind, but we want to show our scientists back home a real earthling."
Alan Dunn
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"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?"
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"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
"You're going to have to make up your mind and you're going to have to make it up right now. Do you want a cellar or do you want a swimming pool?"
Alan Dunn
1957
"Thank you, Somers. If I want you again I shall fire three shots in rapid succession."
"Thank you, Somers. If I want you again I shall fire three shots in rapid succession."
Alan Dunn
1938
"Now, in line with the new, conciliatory approach, we break every window in their embassy, but we don't set fire to it."
"Now, in line with the new, conciliatory approach, we break every window in their embassy, but we don't set fire to it."
Alan Dunn
1962
"Would you mind cutting short your day, Keith - Prince Loyal is on the loose again!!"
"Would you mind cutting short your day, Keith - Prince Loyal is on the loose again!!"
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"What shall I do with your Roosevelt button? Do you want me to put it away again?"
"What shall I do with your Roosevelt button? Do you want me to put it away again?"
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
"What's the official line now? Do we take an attitude of statemanlike diplomacy, or do we burn down their library?"
"What's the official line now? Do we take an attitude of statemanlike diplomacy, or do we burn down their library?"
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"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
"Claude, dearest, this is Sibyl again - I want you to tell me once more, beloved, those wonderful things you said about me last night at the Palm Gardens."
"Claude, dearest, this is Sibyl again - I want you to tell me once more, beloved, those wonderful things you said about me last night at the Palm Gardens."
Alan Dunn
1931
"First I want to caution you fellows that Army life may be something of a let-down after these modern war novels."
"First I want to caution you fellows that Army life may be something of a let-down after these modern war novels."
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