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

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

Artist Frank Modell 1917 - 2016
DateMay 7, 1979
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsSheet Dimension: 13 7/8 × 16 7/8 in. (35.2 × 42.9 cm)
Credit LineGift from the Estate of Franklyn B. Modell
Object number2020.5.26LIC
Image Not Available for "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
Image Not Available for "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
Image Not Available for "Do me a favor. No more witty pajamas."
"Do me a favor. No more witty pajamas."
Frank Modell
December 28, 1968
"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
"It's such a nice evening that we thought we'd walk over."
"It's such a nice evening that we thought we'd walk over."
Frank Modell
May 26, 1980
"So! If it's good, it's Mister Coffee. If it's bad, it's me!"
"So! If it's good, it's Mister Coffee. If it's bad, it's me!"
Frank Modell
May 31, 1976
Image Not Available for "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
Image Not Available for "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
"Too bad they don't give a gold for hangng around the house."
"Too bad they don't give a gold for hangng around the house."
Frank Modell
August 27, 1984
"You used to think I was mysterious, and now I'm just baffling."
"You used to think I was mysterious, and now I'm just baffling."
Frank Modell
May 12, 1986
"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
Image Not Available for "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
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