Expert Cartoons

"We got a call about a consultant."

"Absolutely! Where there's smoke there's fire."

"You know, doctor, right now I'd really prefer if your sense of humor were a tad less self-deprecating."

"Caldwell know whereof he speaks. At least until around eight-thirty or nine."

"Seth, here, is one of the best young creative compromisers in the business."

Too Many Lawyers Spoil the Broth

Pond Village Store Generalists

"I can't put it into layman's language for you. I don't know any layman's language."

"We'll find the money for that. My guy is on it right now."

"Since I retired, I've been doing some part-time consulting for a younger predators' group."

"The proposal sounds good. Of course, I still have to run it by my people over at the Psychic Friends Network."

"Let me through! I'm a businessperson!"

"I hope you like sports metaphors."

"Let me interrupt your expertise with my confidence."

Discussed on Car Talk

"We had an expert restore all the original shag carpeting."

"With the caveat that the only certainty in this life is uncertainty, I still want to entertain the possibility of being a pundit when I grow up."

"That metallic grinding means her throwout bearings are shot. She's backfiring through her carburetor. The tick indicates transmission trouble, and the smoke means she's on fire."

"Shows you how much I know."

"Afterward, there will be a short Q. and A. that will be just long enough for one person to take up too much of it."

"How's the self-diagnosis coming?"

"I'm sorry--I'm a left-foot podiatrist."

"Who am I to question our government's policies? I'll tell you who I am! I'm Bernard A. Nesbitt, who reads the 'Times,' the 'Wall Street Journal,' the 'Post,' 'Newsweek,' 'Time,' 'Business Week,' 'U.S.News & World Report,' 'Look,' 'Life,' and 'Saturday Evening Post.' That's who I am!"

Two reporters interview each other.

"Behold, as I guide our conversation to my narrow area of expertise."