That's what the cat said to the canary when he swallowed him - 'You'll be all right.'

E. In his family biography Rare Birds: An American Family (University Press of Kentucky 2001) Dan Bessie notes that Alvah was related to some highly successful entrepreneurs: he was father-in-law of well-known 1960s poster artist Wes Wilson husband of Alvah's daughter Eva and a brother-in-law (through his first wife Mary) of famous advertising executive Leo Burnett.