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"Unfortunately, as in everything else, Jim's taste and mine are miles apart in telephones."

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"Unfortunately, as in everything else, Jim's taste and mine are miles apart in telephones."

Artist Frank Modell (1917 - 2016)

DateJuly 11,1983

MediumInk on paper

DimensionsSheet Dimension: 15 3/8 × 16 1/2 in. (39.1 × 41.9 cm)

Credit LineGift from the Estate of Franklyn B. Modell

Object number2020.5.4LIC

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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.'"

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"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!"

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"That's funny. They said the welcome mat would be for us."

"That's funny. They said the welcome mat would be for us."

Frank Modell

February 3, 1973

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"Mrs. Conner is a Valley Girl from way back."

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"For one thing, our colognes clash."

"For one thing, our colognes clash."

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"Now, don't you start complaining."

"Now, don't you start complaining."

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

Frank Modell

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

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

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"The next junior citizen who calls me senior citizen is going to get a bust in the mouth"

"The next junior citizen who calls me senior citizen is going to get a bust in the mouth"

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"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

"Oh, they're an interesting bunch, all right. They just don't happen to interest me."

"Oh, they're an interesting bunch, all right. They just don't happen to interest me."

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July 25, 1983