Cartoons: Oh, Waiter!

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Waiter looks at a father with pity after the man's family had finished their meal
“Stop looking at me pityingly. How much?”
Goldstein
June 9, 1951

 

Waiter delivers a patron's order
“I’m glad you ordered this, sir – it’s one of the few dishes the management makes a real profit on.”
Leo Garel
June 9 1951

 

Waiter checks in on a couple as they peruse a menu in an expensive restaurant
“Find anything you can afford?”
Goldstein
June 2, 1951

 

Waiter speaks with a patron
“We’re suggesting the special fillet of sole today, sir – and if you ask me, we should have suggested it yesterday.”
Gardner Rea
June 2, 1951

 

A waiter leaps for joy in a restaurant
“I’d certainly like to know the size of that tip.”
Dan Q. Brown
May 21, 1955

 

Waiter speaks with a patron
“I can’t honestly recommend anything – I’ve watched them make the stuff.”
Roy Fox
May 1, 1954

 

Waiter speaks with two patrons
“I’ve waited five years to see you two guys have lunch together!”
Gallagher
April 10, 1954

 

Patron notices a full waiter's tray resting between his seat and the wall.
“I’ll get that out of your way in just a second.”
Tom Henderson
March 1, 1952

 

Waiter speaks with a patron
“The only thing I can honestly recommend is an extravagant tip.”
January 23, 1954

 

A frog leaps off of a dinner plate
“Now – that’s what I call fresh frog legs.”
Frank O’Neal
July 16, 1955

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Cartoons: The Diner Things in Life

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Butler leads customers to the bar chairs in a diner
“You must admit he gives the joint class!”
Lundberg
May 26, 1951

 

Diner patron struggles to make a decision
“Anything catch your fancy?”
Irwin Caplan
May 10, 1952

 

Diner patron struggles to make a decision
“While you’ve been sitting here trying to decide, broiled mackerel has gone up a dime and pot roast has gone up fifteen cents.”
Robert Day
April 14, 1951

 

Diner chef yells out to a customer while he holds a plunger
“Want them potatoes mashed?”
Jerry Marcus
October 9, 1954

 

Man demands service in a 24-hour diner, but the chef is asleep under the counter
“Hey! How about some service here!”
Tom Henderson
March 13, 1954

 

Man giving a overly complicated order to a diner chef
“…toast…not too light…not too dark…coffee…not too strong…nor too weak…bacon…”
Martin Giuffre
February 14, 1953

 

Two diner servers talk
“So he says, ‘Marry me and you’ll be in gravy.’ How was I to know he owned this dump?”
Jerry Marcus
November 8, 1952

 

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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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