The Screwy Truant is a 1945 Screwy Squirrel cartoon directed by Tex Avery.
Plot[]
The cartoon centers around an adolescent version of Screwy Squirrel, who skips school to go fishing, which causes truant officer Meathead Dog (here depicted with a different color palette but otherwise the same) to go around attempting to arrest Screwy, with various failures. At the end, Meathead finally catches Screwy and demands to know why he is not in school. Screwy tells him the reason is because he has measles, much to the horror of Meathead, who has now contracted measles from him.
Voice Cast[]
- Wally Maher as Screwy Squirrel [2][3]
- Pinto Colvig as Meathead [2][3]
- Sara Berner as Red Riding Hood [2][3]
- Patrick McGeehan as The Wolf [2][3]
Availability[]
- (1985) VHS - MGM Cartoon Festival
- (1991) VHS - Tex Avery's Screwball Classics 3
- (1992) LaserDisc - All This and Tex Avery Too!
- (1993) LaserDisc - The Compleat Tex Avery, Side 2
- (2003) DVD - La Collection Tex Avery (The Tex Avery Collection), Disc 1 (1995 USA Turner print)
- (2012) DVD - The Clock (1995 USA Turner print)
- (2019) Streaming - Boomerang (1995 USA Turner print)
- (2020) Blu-Ray, DVD - Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1 (restored)
Notes[]
- In the middle of the short, Little Red Riding Hood and "Wolfie" appear, only for Screwy Squirrel to tell them that they are in the wrong cartoon. A similar gag would appear seven months later in the opening for Swing Shift Cinderella.
- This is the final appearance of Meathead Dog.
Gallery[]
The cartoon publicized in a February 1945 issue of MGM's Lion's Roar magazine, packaged with Barney Bear's Polar Pest.
A publicity still photo of the cartoon. Screwy hiding behind a tree, holding a bat, in preparation to bash Meathead on the head. The drawing of the cartoon's original theatrical poster is sourced from this.
References[]
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/catalogofc19723261213libr/page/72/mode/2up
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/hello-all-you-happy-tax-payers-tex-averys-voice-stock-company/
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Scott, Keith (2022) Cartoon Voices from the Golden Age, 1930-70 - Volume Two: Studio Filmographies with Voice Credits Pg. 129
| Screwy Squirrel Cartoons | |
|---|---|
| 1944 | Screwball Squirrel • Happy-Go-Nutty • Buck of the Month |
| 1945 | The Screwy Truant |
| 1946 | Lonesome Lenny |