Screwball Squirrel
- Studio
- MGM
- Distributor
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Synopsis
Cute little Sammy Squirrel is out looking for nuts when he meets Screwy Squirrel. Poor little Sammy gets beaten up behind a tree, but Screwy reassures us that we wouldn't have liked the short anyway.
Screwy then insults Meathead, a pedigreed bird dog, who chases him around through the rest of the short. Screwy continuously provokes Meathead with violence and non-stop action.
When Meathead prepares to crawl through a hollow log while chasing Screwy, he sees the squirrel at the other end of the log holding a baseball bat. Meathead: "Duh- you're not going to hit me with that bat, are you?" Screwy, looking at the audience, replies: "What do you think?" Later, Meathead is so tired and banged up from being the recipient of gag after gag that he begs for the cartoon to be over.
Screwy then insults Meathead, a pedigreed bird dog, who chases him around through the rest of the short. Screwy continuously provokes Meathead with violence and non-stop action.
When Meathead prepares to crawl through a hollow log while chasing Screwy, he sees the squirrel at the other end of the log holding a baseball bat. Meathead: "Duh- you're not going to hit me with that bat, are you?" Screwy, looking at the audience, replies: "What do you think?" Later, Meathead is so tired and banged up from being the recipient of gag after gag that he begs for the cartoon to be over.
Characters
Screwy Squirrel, Sammy Squirrel, Meathead Dog
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Tex Avery
Producing
- Producer
- Fred Quimby
Writing
- Writer
- Heck Allen
Animation
- Animator
- Preston Blair, Ed Love, Ray Abrams
Voices
- Voice
- Wally Maher (Screwy Squirrel), Dick Nelson (Meathead Dog)
Music
- Music
- Scott Bradley
Production notes
Contrary to rumors to the contrary (often credited to Tex Avery himself), Tex Avery did not voice Meathead in this cartoon.
The first appearance of Screwy Squirrel.
The first appearance of Screwy Squirrel.
Pictures
Reviews
Screwball Squrrel
The Squirrel pushed that zany style about as far as it could go. I think this things are WAY ahead of the curve in terms of how much is being thrown at you at once. Fast paced, lots of LAFFS, I give it a Billion and a half!
Screwball Squirrel
I don't know what people are belly-aching about. I can put up with Screwy Squirrel just fine. There are many other characters that I find waaaaaaaaaay more annoying than him.
Screwball Squirrel
great! this one really tells all about the difference between avery and disney !