Screwball Squirrel (film)
| Screwball Squirrel | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tex Avery |
| Produced by | Fred Quimby (uncredited) |
| Story by | Heck Allen |
| Starring | Wally Maher Dick Nelson (both uncredited) |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Edited by | Fred MacAlpin (uncredited) |
| Animation by | Preston Blair Ed Love Ray Abrams |
| Layouts by | Claude Smith (uncredited) |
| Backgrounds by | John Didrik Johnsen (uncredited) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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Screwball Squirrel is a 1944 animated cartoon short directed by Tex Avery. It was released on April 1, 1944 and the first appearance of Screwy Squirrel.[1][2]
Plot[edit]
In a forest full of animals is one Sammy Squirrel, he is gathering nuts until Screwy Squirrel steps on one. Sammy tells Screwy about his cute cartoon and all of his cute friends including Barney Bear, but Screwy doesn't want to hear about it and takes Sammy behind a tree and beats him up.
Screwy then talks about how bored he is and goes into a phone booth to ring up and annoy someone. He calls Meathead, a pedigree bird catching dog and goads him into chasing him. Meathead soon arrives furious with Screwy. Screwy then starts pulling and twanging his nose.
Availability[edit]
- LaserDisc - All This and Tex Avery Too!
- LaserDisc - The Compleat Tex Avery
- DVD - The Thin Man Goes Home
- Blu-ray - Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2, Disc 3
- Blu-ray/DVD - Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1
Production[edit]
While Wally Maher voiced Screwy Squirrel and Sammy Squirrel,[3] animation historians believe that Dick Nelson provided the voice of Meathead.[citation needed]
Sources[edit]
- Adamson, Joe (1975). Tex Avery: King of Cartoons. De Capo Press. p. 219. Search this book on
References[edit]
- ↑ Adamson (1975), pg. 219.
- ↑ "Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Screwy Squirrel". www.toonopedia.com. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ↑ ""Hello All You Happy Tax Payers": Tex Avery's Voice Stock Company -". cartoonresearch.com. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
External links[edit]
- Screwball Squirrel on IMDb Search this movie on
- Screwball Squirrel at The Big Cartoon DataBase
- Tex Avery Filmography
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