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A screwy squirrel provokes a pedigreed birddog to chase him throughout the picture.A screwy squirrel provokes a pedigreed birddog to chase him throughout the picture.A screwy squirrel provokes a pedigreed birddog to chase him throughout the picture.
- Director
- Writer
- Stars
William Hanna
- Screwy Squirrel's Scream
- (uncredited)
Cal Howard
- Meathead
- (uncredited)
Wally Maher
- Screwy Squirrel
- (uncredited)
- …
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFirst appearance of Screwball/Screwy Squirrel.
- GoofsOn the beached ship, Screwy paints a water/sky landscape on a placard to simulate the ship rocking by tipping the picture back and forth outside the porthole in order to make Meathead seasick. Watching Screwy, it is seen that he sometimes lifts the bottom of the painted placard above the bottom of the porthole window. However, when seen from inside the ship (where Meathead is), the view of the "water" (painted bottom of the placard) is unbroken.
- Quotes
Screwy Squirrel: Well, that's the end of him. You people want in on a little secret? You wanna know how I tricked that guy all through the picture?
[a second Screwy Squirrel appears]
Screwy Squirrel: [Both of them] We was twins all the time! Ha ha ha ha!
[Two Meatheads appear, each taking a hold of one of the Screwys]
Meathead: [Both of them] So was we. Ha ha ha ha!
Sammy Squirrel: My cartoon would have been cuter.
Screwy Squirrel, Meathead: Oh, brother, not that!
[They all beat up Sammy]
- ConnectionsEdited into Putty (1992)
Featured review
Deliciously screwy
Love animation, it was a big part of my life as a child, particularly Disney, Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry, and still love it whether it's film, television or cartoons.
Also have much admiration for Tex Avery, an animation genius whose best cartoons are animated masterpieces and some of the best he ever did. 'Screwball Squirrel' signals the first appearance of the short lived character of Screwy, and of his five cartoons it's one of his best. Despite being a compelling, much more anarchic than his sweet appearance and funny character, as well as being charismatic enough to carry his cartoons as a lead character (as he does here), it is somewhat easy to see why Screwy didn't click and didn't last long, being a brash character with few sympathetic qualities.
Tex Avery does a wonderful job directing, with his unique, unlike-any-other visual and humour style all over 'Screwball Squirrel'. The cartoon is wonderfully over-the-top, very creative in its violent nature and some of it is hilarious, avoiding the potential trap of being too cutesy despite the opening.
'Screwball Squirrel' as always with Avery is beautifully animated. The character designs are unique, Avery always did have creative character designs, and suitably fluid. The music, courtesy of Scott Bradley, is lushly and cleverly orchestrated, with lively and energetic rhythms and fits very well indeed.
Voice acting is very good. The ending is a little too sadistic for my tastes, one really hates the uncalled for treatment of the cute squirrel at the hands of Screwy and the dog.
Otherwise, this is great. 9/10 Bethany Cox
Also have much admiration for Tex Avery, an animation genius whose best cartoons are animated masterpieces and some of the best he ever did. 'Screwball Squirrel' signals the first appearance of the short lived character of Screwy, and of his five cartoons it's one of his best. Despite being a compelling, much more anarchic than his sweet appearance and funny character, as well as being charismatic enough to carry his cartoons as a lead character (as he does here), it is somewhat easy to see why Screwy didn't click and didn't last long, being a brash character with few sympathetic qualities.
Tex Avery does a wonderful job directing, with his unique, unlike-any-other visual and humour style all over 'Screwball Squirrel'. The cartoon is wonderfully over-the-top, very creative in its violent nature and some of it is hilarious, avoiding the potential trap of being too cutesy despite the opening.
'Screwball Squirrel' as always with Avery is beautifully animated. The character designs are unique, Avery always did have creative character designs, and suitably fluid. The music, courtesy of Scott Bradley, is lushly and cleverly orchestrated, with lively and energetic rhythms and fits very well indeed.
Voice acting is very good. The ending is a little too sadistic for my tastes, one really hates the uncalled for treatment of the cute squirrel at the hands of Screwy and the dog.
Otherwise, this is great. 9/10 Bethany Cox
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- Sep 7, 2017
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- Runtime7 minutes
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