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"Aren't you even going to listen to my scenario?"

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"Aren't you even going to listen to my scenario?"

Artist Frank Modell 1917 - 2016

DateMay 20, 1974

MediumInk on paper

DimensionsSheet Dimension: 12 × 10 5/8 in. (30.5 × 27 cm)

Credit LineGift from the Estate of Franklyn B. Modell

Object number2020.5.2LIC

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"Oh, Roger, you promised to unbend with me tonight."

"Oh, Roger, you promised to unbend with me tonight."

Frank Modell

March 25, 1972

"Before I forget, you had a call from a talking computer named Ted, who is conducting an important homeowners' survey"

"Before I forget, you had a call from a talking computer named Ted, who is conducting an important homeowners' survey"

Frank Modell

April 8, 1985

"Correction. What you should say is allegedly I have been drinking."

"Correction. What you should say is allegedly I have been drinking."

Frank Modell

January 8, 1972

"No, thank you, Rose. Rose is the Billie Jean King of the canapes. Aren't you Rose?"

"No, thank you, Rose. Rose is the Billie Jean King of the canapes. Aren't you Rose?"

Frank Modell

July 3, 1978

"You wanna know where you are? I'll tell you where you are. Nowhere! That's where you are!"

"You wanna know where you are? I'll tell you where you are. Nowhere! That's where you are!"

Frank Modell

September 5, 1977

"I don't like the commercials either, but you don't see me going berserk."

"I don't like the commercials either, but you don't see me going berserk."

Frank Modell

March 11, 1985

"Oh dear! You're probably not in the mood for canard a l'orange."

"Oh dear! You're probably not in the mood for canard a l'orange."

Frank Modell

April 19, 1969

"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

"If you think it's so amusing, you send it, but I'm not signing my name to it."

"If you think it's so amusing, you send it, but I'm not signing my name to it."

Frank Modell

January 9, 1971

"Get your own beer. I'm not Hudson, you know."

"Get your own beer. I'm not Hudson, you know."

Frank Modell

January 6, 1975

"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

May 2, 1959

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

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

Frank Modell

March 31, 1997