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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

July 9,1984

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

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

Frank Modell

May 7, 1979

"We already gave on our other phone."

"We already gave on our other phone."

Frank Modell

August 14, 1989

"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

"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

"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

"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

"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

"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

"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