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"No Chicklets? When did you people stop passing out Chicklets?"

Artist Frank Modell (1917 - 2016)

DateMarch 31, 1997

MediumInk on paper

DimensionsSheet Dimension: 8 × 11 in. (20.3 × 27.9 cm)

Credit LineGift from the Estate of Franklyn B. Modell

Object number2020.5.37LIC

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"I tell you I did try to phone. Could I help it if the booth had seventeen college students in it?"

"I tell you I did try to phone. Could I help it if the booth had seventeen college students in it?"

Frank Modell

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"Are you absorbed or just pretending to be absorbed?"

"Are you absorbed or just pretending to be absorbed?"

Frank Modell

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"Hi! This is a recording. Please leave your name and number right after you hear my impersonation of Al Jolson singing 'Swanee.'"

"Hi! This is a recording. Please leave your name and number right after you hear my impersonation of Al Jolson singing 'Swanee.'"

Frank Modell

August 5, 1974

"Now, don't you start complaining."

"Now, don't you start complaining."

Frank Modell

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"We already gave on our other phone."

"We already gave on our other phone."

Frank Modell

August 14, 1989

"You know what you have? You have awfully good taste, Marvin. I really mean it!"

"You know what you have? You have awfully good taste, Marvin. I really mean it!"

Frank Modell

October 10, 1970

"What would you say if I became a healthier, happier, more confident me this summer?"

"What would you say if I became a healthier, happier, more confident me this summer?"

Frank Modell

May 28, 1990

"If you don't mind, sports fan, I'd like to interrupt right here for an announcement or two myself."

"If you don't mind, sports fan, I'd like to interrupt right here for an announcement or two myself."

Frank Modell

October 25, 1976

"May I ask you a personal question, or am I jumping the gun?"

"May I ask you a personal question, or am I jumping the gun?"

Frank Modell

January 13, 1986

"Right away I spotted you as a hard nut to crack."

"Right away I spotted you as a hard nut to crack."

Frank Modell

April 20, 1987

"Then she began picking on the long-distance phone company I chose."

"Then she began picking on the long-distance phone company I chose."

Frank Modell

July 9,1984

"You're going to laugh when I say this, but I think you're very, very human."

"You're going to laugh when I say this, but I think you're very, very human."

Frank Modell

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