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

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

Artist Frank Modell (1917 - 2016)

DateApril 20, 1987

MediumInk on paper

DimensionsSheet Dimension: 12 3/4 × 15 1/2 in. (32.4 × 39.4 cm)

Credit LineGift from the Estate of Franklyn B. Modell

Object number2020.5.18LIC

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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!"

Frank Modell

October 10, 1970

"You're probably wondering why is this guy coming on so strong to me, right?"

"You're probably wondering why is this guy coming on so strong to me, right?"

Frank Modell

April 7, 1980

"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

"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

December 12, 1977

"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

"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

"You know something? I'm already tired of the eighties."

"You know something? I'm already tired of the eighties."

Frank Modell

January 21, 1980

"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

"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

"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."

Frank Modell

July 25, 1983