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Screwball Squirrel

  • 19441944
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Screwball Squirrel (1944)
AnimationFamilyComedy
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.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
1K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
80,882
34,191
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    • Director
      • Tex Avery
    • Writer
      • Heck Allen(story)
    • Stars
      • William Hanna(uncredited)
      • Cal Howard(uncredited)
      • Wally Maher(uncredited)
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Tex Avery
    • Writer
      • Heck Allen(story)
    • Stars
      • William Hanna(uncredited)
      • Cal Howard(uncredited)
      • Wally Maher(uncredited)
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    • 17User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    William Hanna
    William Hanna
    • Screwy Squirrel's Scream
    • (uncredited)
    Cal Howard
    • Meathead
    • (uncredited)
    Wally Maher
    • Screwy Squirrel
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    • Director
      • Tex Avery
    • Writer
      • Heck Allen(story)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      First appearance of Screwball/Screwy Squirrel.
    • Goofs
      On 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]

    • Connections
      Edited into Putty (1992)
    • Soundtracks
      Frühlingslied (Spring Song)
      (uncredited)

      Music by Felix Mendelssohn

    User reviews17

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    Top review
    6/10
    attacking toon from Tex Avery
    In an idyllic forest, Sammy Squirrel cheerfully collects nuts. Screwball Squirrel is not having any of it and promptly beats him up. Screwball has a field day with Meathead, the bird dog.

    I don't like the uglying up of the animal designs. He's the Deadpool of cartoons. I don't mind the irreverence of Screwball but he should have a better name. I'm even game for breaking down the fourth wall. It has too much on the nose but otherwise, it's good gags. Tex does go back to Screwball with more cartoons but there are some issues with that character.
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    • Release date
      • April 1, 1944 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Навіжена білка
    • Production company
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      7 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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