“I’ve been sailing this bathroom, man and boy, for two years, and I never saw anything like this!”
“Agnes, did you leave the front door open?”
“I’m making a survey of daily household annoyances. Do you lose your temper easily?”
“The screw driver’s in the garage where you left it.”
“JUN-ior!!!”
“Oh, was this your water?”
“We must be approaching civilization…I see my mother!”
“Pssst! I’m over here now!”
Stan Hunt
“My good man, I’ve been riding trolley cars for twenty-three years and I’ve never had any complaints before!”
Penberthy
“Your slip’s showing, dear.”
“Yes, but sardines are dead and don’t mind it.”
“This time it didn’t work. They usually get embarrassed and give me the seat.”
“Now that’s what I call a gentleman.” “Reception is fuzzy today, but they’re all afraid to say anything.”
“Would you care to listen to my troubles? I think they’re more interesting than most.”
“Oh yeah? Would you mind stepping outside and repeating that apology?”
“He’s beginning to make quite a name for himself. They burned him in effigy twice last year, and now he’s up for investigation.”
“My wife is the most wonderful woman in the world, and that’s not just my opinion — it’s hers.”
“Them’s fightin’ words where I come from, mister! Er…how do you feel about it in your section?”
“We had to get rid of the juke box, but he works on the same principle.”
Aagaard
Dan Q. Brown
“Good evening, Mr. Morse…is Eunice at home?”
“Oh, how sweet of you…whoever you are.”
“I had in mind a valentine that wouldn’t commit me in any way.”
“These are yeast bars, these contain vitamins A and B, and the square ones have C and D.”
Al Kaufman
“Try to get a grip on yourself, Harrigan.”
“Was it Keats who said — no, it was Shelley — no, Keats — or was it Walt Whitman?” “She won’t need a noisemaker.” Exactly at midnight I’ll drop an ice cube down her back.”
“Now we’ll celebrate New Year’s Eve in California!”
“That joke of Mr. Pringle’s we all laughed so much over—what was the point?”
“It’s a black two-door sedan—“
“I made a list of New Year’s resolutions for each of us. Here’s yours.”
“Now let’s don’t’ go at it like it was our last New Year’s on earth!” Christmas is almost here, and we hope these vintage cartoons fill you with cheer!
“Are you sure it’s the Browns? Are you sure they have presents?”
“Furthermore, I’m not at all sure that ‘I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas’ IS a carol.”
“One at each house…just say ‘Merry Christmas’ and leave right away.”
“By golly, it was thoughtful of their cocker spaniel to wish us a Merry Christmas.”
“He’ll probably make it, but it’ll be an awful tight squeeze.”
December 20, 1941
Cavalli “So whose dumb idea was it to wear our belts on our hats, anyway?”
“I hope you don’t mind my asking, but how long are you people going to be here?”
“Look, let’s put everything down and start all over again.”
“We were expecting cowboys!”
“Next year, how about if we shoot the turkey?”
September/October 1995
“Do you have the same thing in Parmesan?”
“He’s going to feel that tomorrow.”
“My wife thinks that I put football before marriage, even though we just celebrated our third season together.”
“Football is a game where 22 big, strong men run around for two hours while millions who really need the exercise sit and watch.”
“Boy, you should hear their coach!”
“Relax—the game is over!”
A picture is worth a thousand words, they say. They must be right because these cartoons require no captions.
September/October 2005
January/February 1993
May/June 1994
November/December 1994
March/April 2002
January/February 2004
“Well, it was awfully nice having you drop in, even if it was for such a long time.”
“So to hurt no one’s feelings, we’re staying a month with you and Joe, a month with Martha, a month with…”
“I suppose you want to come in.”
“Uncle Harry! This is a surprise.”
“I call this Beethoven’s unfinished fifth!”
“I don’t know about you people, but I have a busy day ahead of me tomorrow.”
“Just where do you think you’re going?”
“Man! It’s getting colder than a…”
