Lonesome Lenny (1946)

Screwy Squirrel is bought in a pet shop to be the companion of a daft dog so strong that he squeezes his playmates to death.

Director:

Tex Avery

Writer:

Heck Allen (story)

Stars:

Tex Avery, Sara Berner, Wally Maher

Cast

Uncredited cast:
Tex Avery	...	Lenny (voice) (uncredited)
Sara Berner	...	Lady (voice) (uncredited)
Wally Maher	...	Screwy Squirrel (voice) (uncredited)

Storyline

Screwy Squirrel is bought in a pet shop to be the companion of a daft dog so strong that he squeezes his playmates to death.

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Plot Keywords:

pet shop | companion | dog | screwy squirrel | giraffe | 

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Genres:

Family | Animation | Comedy | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 March 1946 (USA)

Also Known As:

Stackars Lenny

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

8 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The last "Screwy Squirrel" cartoon.

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Quotes

Lenny: [Last line] You know I had a little friend once but he don't move no more.
[Holds up a dead Screwy Squirrel]

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Connections

Follows Happy-Go-Nutty (1944)

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Soundtracks

"Sing Before Breakfast"
(uncredited)
Music by Nacio Herb Brown

User Reviews

The last of the Screwball Squirrel shorts

This short was the last one to feature Screwy Squirrel. His nemesis here is a dog patterned after the character Lenny from Of Mice and Men, which was a device used quite often in cartoons, particularly by Tex Avery (who used the two leads as the pattern for George and Junior as well). Good, if not particularly novel, short, which is probably why Avery stopped-he'd taken Screwy as far as he could and there wasn't much more to do with him. Characters were seldom important to Avery in any case. Well worth tracking down. Recommended.