Screwball Squirrel is an animated short that was made in 1944 by Tex Avery. It is the first appearance of Screwy Squirrel.
Plot[]
In a forest full of animals is one Sammy Squirrel, he is gathering nuts until Screwy Squirrel steps on one. Sammy tells Screwy Squirrel about his cute cartoon and all of his cute friends, 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[]
- (1992) LaserDisc - All This and Tex Avery Too!
- (1993) LaserDisc - The Compleat Tex Avery, Side 2
- (2007) DVD - The Thin Man Goes Home (dubbed version; Warner Bros.)
- (2012) Blu-ray - Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2, Disc 3 (Warner Bros.)
- (2019) Streaming - Boomerang (dubbed version; Warner Bros.)
- (2020) DVD/Blu-ray - Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1 (restored; Warner Bros.)
Notes[]
- Working title: "Nuts in May".