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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?"

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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?"

Artist Frank Modell (1917 - 2016)

DateMay 2, 1959

MediumInk on paper

DimensionsSheet Dimension: 11 3/4 × 16 1/2 in. (29.8 × 41.9 cm)

Credit LineGift from the Estate of Franklyn B. Modell

Object number2020.5.32LIC

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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

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"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

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"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

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

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

Frank Modell

May 7, 1979

"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

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

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

Frank Modell

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"Do me a favor. No more witty pajamas."

"Do me a favor. No more witty pajamas."

Frank Modell

December 28, 1968

"We already gave on our other phone."

"We already gave on our other phone."

Frank Modell

August 14, 1989

"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

"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

"Do you have one that can help me decide which is the one for me?"

"Do you have one that can help me decide which is the one for me?"

Frank Modell

December 29, 1980

"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