Cartoons: Breakfast Table Banter

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Sleepy woman reading her husband's newspaper at the breakfast table
Walt Wetterberg
March 13, 1954

 

Wife caught the attention of her oblivious husband by using a bullhorn.
“You say something, dear?”
J. Whiting
February 27, 1954

 

Woman eating a sparse breakfast while standing on a weight scale
“Sometimes I think you carry this dieting too far.”
Brad Anderson
February 21, 1953

 

Mother-in-law asks how her miserable son-in-law is doing after he spent the night sleeping on the couch
“I slept like  a top…how was the couch?”
Steve DuQuette
February 21, 1953

 

A tired couple tries, and fails, to fill a cup of coffee
Walt Wetterberg
February 7, 1953

 

Wife reads a pile of notes from the milkman
“No, the mail hasn’t arrived yet — this is just an answer to a note I wrote the milkman.”
Bob Barnes
November 27, 1954

 

Woman tries to get her husband's attention by putting herself between him and his newspaper.
“I said…’How were the pancakes?’”
Brad Anderson
March 14, 1953

 

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Cartoons: Get a Move On

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A mother cat loads her kittens onto a moving van.
Blakley
October 21, 1944

 

Two women watch movers load a coach with a very unhappy couple still sitting on it. they are upset that the bank has foreclosed on their property, and is forcing them out.
“Looks like the Smiths have decided to be unpleasant about it.”
Eric Peters
September 30, 1944

 

Two kids greet a couple who has just moved into the neighborhood.
“We’re the reason why the people who used to live here moved.”
Bill King
April 19, 1952

 

Movers take a very large rug into a house that's too small for it.
“Where do you want this?”
Gallagher
April 19, 1952

 

A woman speaks to her former neighbor before she moves out.
“I’d tell you where we’re moving, Mrs. Bremer – but that would defeat the whole purpose of it.”
Goldstein
March 10, 1951

 

Movers present the pieces of a broken vase to their shocked client, asking if she has any glue handy.
“Do you happen to have a bottle of glue handy?”
Ron
December 9, 1944

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Cartoons: Be My Valentine

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A series of comic panels showing a bachelor buying Valentine's chocolates for himself. The final panel has him laying on a couch eating the chocolates, while reading a book.
Aagaard
February 23, 1960

 

A boy greets his parents after school with a box of Valentine's chocolates in his hand.
“…because she didn’t guess which hand it was in.”
Al Piane
February 13, 1965

 

A window washer wipes away window grime in the shape of a Valentine's heart, granting him a view of a working woman inside.
Dan Q. Brown
February 13, 1954

 

A disappointed, half-naked husband in a cupid's costume hears judgement from his marriage counselor.
“If you want my honest opinion, I think it’s a lousy idea.”
Taber
February 9, 1963

 

Man putting on oversized socks that his wife had made him for Valentine's Day.
“That’s O.K., I know an airport that can use them.”
Bob Schroeter
February 9, 1957

 

Frustrated wife is served breakfast in bed by her also frustrated husband. Strewn about the bed is a loaf of bread, a plugged-in toaster and a portable stove.
“Well, you wanted breakfast in bed, didn’t you?”
Dan Q. Brown
February 13, 1954

 

Woman speaks to a buffudled salesman as she shops for Valentine's Day cards
“I’m looking for a card that says ‘I love you’ without getting myself emotionally involved.”
Mort Gerberg
February 11, 1967

 

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Cartoons: Laughed Right Out of Court

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A single juror returns to the courtroom, to the shock of the judge, lawyers, and court recorder.
“The others haven’t made up their minds yet, but I have!”
Gregory Dalescu
November 25, 1939

 

A desperate client pleads to his lawyer on the witness stand.
“I’m afraid I need just a little more coaching.”
Salo Roth
November 18, 1944

 

An angry lawyer leans over to his client during a courtroom proceeding.
“Now, when I say, ‘The mere thought of crime makes my client recoil’ — you recoil.”
Al Mueller
October 27, 1951

 

A juror whispers to the person next to her as a smug defendant sits on the witness stand during a trial.
“If you ask me, I don’t think he can premeditate.”
J. Monahan
May 10, 1952

 

A injured person is being cross-examined by a lawyer during a trial.
“How fast were you walking when you ran into the bus?”
Chon Day
February 10, 1940

 

Frustrated lawyers speak to their despondent client as they leave the courtroom after a trial.
“Well, we have ten days to gloat over your devastating retort, Ericson!”
Colin Allen
January 13, 1945

 

A disheveled man appears before a judge in a courtroom.
“Why, no, judge, I’m not ashamed to be seen here so often. I’ve always thought of it as a respectable place.”
Glenn Bernhardt
December 1, 1951

 

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Cartoons: Ski-lightful

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December 6, 1952
Man loses his clothes during a ski jump
Gallagher
November 27, 1954

 

Con Suozzi
November 19, 1955
November 18, 1944
Cobean
August 12, 1944

 

Man loses his skis during a ski jump.
Gallagher
January 30, 1954

 

Woman is stuck between two cliffs while skiing.
“Now what do I do?”
Robert Churchill
January 27, 1951

 

“Isn’t that dangerous?”
Bill O’Malley
January 13, 1945

 

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Cartoons: Shoe Store Shenanigans

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Two shoe salesmen watch a customer leave without her shoes on.
“She finally decided she didn’t even like the pair she wore in here.”
Ronson
September 13, 1952

 

Customer tries on shoes in a shoe store
“Now we’re getting somewhere. That’s exactly the opposite of what I have in mind.”
John Dempsey
June 9, 1951

 

Shoe salesman insults a customer
“If you’ll step over to our men’s department, I’ll be glad to show you what else I have in your size.”
Marty Lowenstein
October 4, 1952

 

Shoe store customer makes a decision after trying on many sets of shoes.
“I’ll take them all.”
Sivic
May 17, 1952

 

Shoe salesman stands on his customer's foot.
“I don’t know…the left one feels a little tight.”
Reg Hider
January 5, 1952

 

Show salesman sits and speaks to a customer.
“Now before we start in, I want it clearly understood I have no intention of buying.”
Chon Day
November 17, 1951

 

Customer dances with the shoe salesman, to help get a sense on how they feel during an activity.
“How do they feel?”
M. Blanchard
September 20, 1952

 

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Cartoons: Real (Funny) Estate

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Real estate agent shows potential tenants the giant clock outside the city apartment
“One thing about this apartment, you’ll never have to worry about not getting to the office on time.”
Jack Markow
October 31, 1953

 

Real estate agent heads out of his office with a giant scythe.
“I’m going out and show these folks the Tettler place!”
Clyde Lamb
October 11, 1952

 

 

 

Woman tells her husband to ask about the penguins in the living room.
“Maybe you’d better ask about the heat!”
Jeff Keate
October 7, 1944

 

 

Real estate agent tries to put a positive spin to a decrepit house.
“Now that you’ve accustomed yourselves to the exterior, suppose we step inside…”
Larry Frick
May 26, 1951

 

Real estate agent shows potential buys a run-down house
“The heirs are anxious for quick settlement on this one.”
Robert Day
March 14, 1953

 

 

Real estate agent describes a basement to potential buyers, one of whom notices a lifeboat hanging off of the ceiling.
“Fine spacious basement, snug and dry…”
Dick Cavalli
February 14, 1953

 

 

Real estate agent and buyers try to find a house in a yard filled with huge weeds.
“Tell you what. Let’s spread out and go through once more — I’m sure there’s a house in there somewhere!”
Walt Wetterberg
January 31, 1953

 

A real estate agent scoffs at a man planting in his front yard in front of potential buyers.
“On the whole, you’ll find this is one of the better neighborhoods…of course, there’s always the inevitable exception.”
Dick Cavalli
January 3, 1953

 

A home buyer expresses his disappointment about a house that is sitting in middle of the sea.
“This wasn’t exactly what we had in mind when we said we wanted a house overlooking the water.”
Herb Green
November 19, 1955

 

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Cartoons: Happy New Year!

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Man arrives at a New Year's Eve party with an axe, and announces his intention to use it on the piano
“Would you mind clearing the area around your piano for a few minutes?”
Cavalli
March 21, 1953

 

Woman tries to sit but her dress would not cooperate.
“This is something I hadn’t figured on.”
M. Blanchard
January 5, 1952

 

A couple wishing each other a Happy New Years while watching television.
“Happy New Year.”
Stan Hunt
January 3, 1953

 

A young child blows a horn and wishes his parents a Happy New Years as they struggle to wake from their hangovers
“Happy New Year!”
Don Tobin
January 3, 1953

 

A grumpy party host complains to one of his guests.
“I don’t think it’s such a dull party…but then, I’m paying for it.”
Goldstein
May 24, 1952

 

A woman tries to stop a man from drinking wine out of her shoe.
“Mr. Gatewell, wait — my arch support!”
B.R. Smith
December 2, 1944

 

“What happened to the first?”
Taber
January 2, 1954

 

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Cartoons: Merry Christmas!

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Mall santa visits a doctor's office with a bell in his eye.
“…And when did you first notice this ringing in your ear, Mr. Wallace?”
Tom Henderson
December 19, 1959

 

Husband finds a stack of Christmas cards in his coat pocket.
“Well, what do you know!…Isn’t that a scream? Haven’t mailed last year’s Christmas cards yet!”
Walt Wetterberg
November 24, 1951

 

Family gifts their father a snow shovel for Christmas
“Now, children, let’s all watch daddy open his present.”
Lepper
December 22, 1951

 

Soot-covered boy scrambles from a fireplace, after having inspected the chimney to see if Santa will fit through the passage.
“He’ll probably make it, but it’ll be an awful tight squeeze.”
Roy Fox
December 20, 1958

 

Boy tells his sister that he is going outside to meet Santa Claus on the roof.
“I’d better make it person to person. He may be outside tending to his reindeer.”
December 12, 1959

 

A mall Santa shaving, while his fake beard rests on the counter.
Cpl. Barney Tobey
December 16, 1944

 

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Cartoons: Open Wide and Say “Ha!”

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Boy in a dentist chair
“It’s the last one in the balcony.”
Gene Carr
October 7, 1944

 

Dentist about to work on his client's teeth.
“Brother, I don’t envy you!”
Roy Fox
September 3, 1950

 

Contractor pulling down a tooth-shaped sign while he speaks to the dentist.
“If you’d had this taken care of right away I might’ve been able to save it.”
June 14, 1952

 

Dentist about to work on his client's teeth.
“Let me know if I hit a nerve.”
Temes
May 31, 1952

 

A man struggles to get away from his dentist while he tries to work on teeth.
“Mr. Haggerty, you’re fighting me.”
Vahan Shirvanian
April 26, 1952

 

Dentist speaks to his client while the sink runs close to the dentist's chair.
“Just pretend you’re relaxing side a bubbling brook.”
John Dempsey
April 21, 1951

 

Dentist works on a child's teeth while dressed as a clown.
“They say he’s wonderful with children!”
Roy Fox
October 25, 1958

 

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Cartoons: Door to Door Salesmen

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Cartoon
“…and stay away!”
Harry Mace
September 27, 1952

 

Cartoon
“For the last time! I don’t want any kind of brushes!”
Wesley Thompson
July 12, 1952

 

Cartoon
“Is my mother home? — That’s a silly question.”
Geoff Green
June 9, 1951

 

Cartoon
“Ah…you’re just the man I want to see!”
Clyde Lamb
January 24, 1953

 

Cartoon
“Good morning, ladies…oh, I’m sorry…good morning, madam.”
Tom Henderson
December 5, 1953

 

Cartoon
“I see I’ve roused your curiosity — now to show you a few samples!”
Frank Beaven
November 27, 1954

 

“O.K., I’ll take one!…Two?…Three?…A dozen??”
Frank O’Neal
October 11, 1952

 

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Cartoons: Happy Thanksgiving

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Thanksgiving cartoons
“Well, at least we’ve given Mr. Schultz cause for thanksgiving!”
Herb Williams
November 24, 1951

 

Thanksgiving cartoon
I can’t help wondering, what’s in it for him?”
Don Orehek
November 23, 1963

 

Thanksgiving cartoon
“How’s it going at the kiddie table, Erv?”
Kilgore
November 1, 1999

 

Thanksgiving cartoon
“Now, for a different opinion on the issue, let’s turn to our next guest…”
Veley
November 1, 1988

 

Thanksgiving cartoon
“He came here to escape persecution.”
Foureyes
November 1, 1977

 

Thanksgiving cartoon
RH
November 1, 1978

 

Cartoons
Sixta
11-25-50

 

Thanksgiving cartoons
“Boy! These cranberries are great! I wonder if we could find something to go with them?”
Roland Michaud
November 28, 1959

 

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Cartoons: Used Cars

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Used cars cartoon
“By the way, how are the brakes?”
Tom Henderson
October 11, 1952

 

Used car with Parts on ground
“The price includes the radio, heater, and all the parts lying on the ground.”
Larry Reynolds
September 16, 1950

 

Used car cartoon
“The former owner had to work so hard to meet the payments he didn’t get a chance to drive it.”
Bob Barnes
June 23, 1961

 

Used car cartoon
“I’m not speaking to you as a salesman, but as a friend. Grab it!”
Robert Paplow
April 12, 1952

 

Used car cartoon
“I’m going to be frank with you; this is an old car…”
Jeff Keate
April 7, 1951

 

Used car cartoon
“Now that you mention it, he did seem in a hurry!”
Steve DuQuette
February 7, 1953

 

Used car cartoon
“But we can’t vacate! There isn’t a car on the lot would stand moving again.”
Gardner Rea
January 13, 1951

 

Used car cartoon
“No radio, but when you open the glove compartment it plays ‘Moonlight Bay.’”
Chon Day
June 28, 1952

 

Used car cartoon
“I’ve got a terrific buy if you’ll assemble it yourself.”
Jerry Marcus
December 13, 1952

 

Bob Schroeter
November 15, 1952
Used car cartoon
“It was owned by a little old lady who never placed better than fifth.”
Ray Helle
October 11, 1952

 

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Cartoons: Boardroom Buffoonery

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Cartoon
“The motion is carried five to one, Mr. Abernathy dissenting.”
Bill King
October 14, 1944

 

“The summer slack period is about over, and we’re now moving into the fall slump.”
Chon Day
October 4, 1952
Cartoon
“And I say to you without fear of contradiction…”
Doris Matthews
June 7, 1952

 

Cartoon
“I won’t bother you with a mass of figures and details. I’ll just say we lost our shirts.”
Ross
March 15, 1952

 

Cartoon
“Now don’t let me interrupt anything.”
Tom Henderson
March 8, 1952

 

Cartoon
“It’s refreshing, Tilson, to have a member of the board who has the courage to stand up and disagree with me! Good-by and good luck.”
Bill King
November 29, 1952

 

Cartoons
“If they don’t go back to work at those wages, we’ll fire them and run the plant ourselves. Does anyone know just where it is?”
Chon Day
November 17, 1951

 

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Cartoons: Halloween Hijinks

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Gallager
October 29, 1960

 

Cartoon
“I thought we’d have a quick bite before going to the party.”
O’Brien
October 29, 1955

 

Cartoon
“It’s all point free too.”
Richter
October 14, 1944

 

Cartoon
“I’m not going to the party without you, and that’s final.”
Bill Harrison
August 9, 1952

 

Cartoon
“Bobby … something tells me we should skip this house.”
Stromoski
Sep/Oct 1993

 

Cartoon
Jeff
September 1, 1995

 

B. Wiseman
October 31, 1959

 

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Cartoons: Little Brothers

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Cartoon
“She went dancing with a sick friend, or something.”
Harry Mace
June 2, 1951

 

Cartoon
“I was wondering how long it would take you to notice me.”
Goldstein
April 21, 1951

 

“You must be the second shift.”
Bob Barnes
April 21, 1951
Cartoon
“—simply dreamy! Tonight he called and my poor heart positively swooned with ecstasy—but really!”
Les Colin
April 7, 1951

 

Cartoon
“Sis says to tell you she’s sorry but she’s developed a splitting headache. For 50 cents do you want to know what she really said?”
Salo
March 24, 1951

 

Cartoon
“The plot’s thickening!”
Mel Lazarus
March 15, 1952

 

Cartoon
“It’s the Gregory Peck of the shipping department.”
Goldstein
January 19, 1952

 

Cartoon
“Am I breaking the spell?”
Goldstein
June 9, 1951

 

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