Screwy Squirrel is pursued by a truant officer.Screwy Squirrel is pursued by a truant officer.Screwy Squirrel is pursued by a truant officer.
Sara Berner
- Little Red Riding Hood
- (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher
- Evil Laughs
- (uncredited)
Pinto Colvig
- Truant Officer Dog
- (uncredited)
- …
William Hanna
- Screams
- (uncredited)
Wally Maher
- Screwy Squirrel
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Pat McGeehan
- Wolf
- (uncredited)
Dick Nelson
- Truant Officer Dog
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe school house is painted blue. There is a sign that says "The Little Red School House", and "Red" is crossed out. Underneath is another sign saying "Technicolor Red has Gone to War". This is a parody of the wartime ad for Lucky Strike cigarettes which said, "Lucky Strike Green has Gone to War" - as the green on the packages was changed to white.
- GoofsWhen Screwy goes to hit the truant officer dog with the kitchen sink, the sink starts out as a double-basin sink with one drain in each basin. When the sink hits the officer dog, the bottom of the sink is plumbed for a single basin with just one drain.
- Quotes
Screwy: [In the middle of a scene, a wolf goes by chasing Little Red Riding Hood; Screwy stops him] Wait a minute, pal. You're in the wrong picture, ain't ya, man?
[Pulls down main title card]
Screwy: See? The Screwy Truant, featuring Screwy Squirrel.
Wolf: Hmm. One of them corny B-pictures, eh?
Screwy: Oh, yeah? Listen, you. If you were my size, I'd bust you right in the nose.
Wolf: Oh, yeah?
[Wolf shrinks down to Screwy's size; Screwy shrinks even smaller and runs away]
- Crazy creditsA few minutes in, the Big Bad Wolf chases Little Red Riding Hood into the frame. Screwy pulls the title cards back down to show them they're in the wrong cartoon.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Toon in with Me: Right Down the Middle (2021)
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Screwy and the truant officer
Love animation, it was a big part of my life as a child, particularly Disney, Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry, and still love it whether it's film, television or cartoons.
Also have much admiration for Tex Avery, an animation genius whose best cartoons are animated masterpieces and some of the best he ever did. Of the five Screwy Squirrel cartoons, it's 'The Screwy Truant' that's my favourite despite loving the previous three cartoons almost as equally. After 'Big-Wheel-Watha', which is the most tame of the Screwy cartoons but still manages to be great, 'The Screwy Truant' is back to being very violent. It's perhaps the most violent Screwy cartoon, and pretty relentless at it, but not in a way that's sadistic or stomach-churning.
Despite being a compelling, much more anarchic than his sweet appearance and funny character, as well as being charismatic enough to carry his cartoons as a lead character (as he does here), it is somewhat easy to see why Screwy didn't click and didn't last long, being a brash character with few sympathetic qualities. As one can guess, while one can see why others find him annoying, he's never been a problem with me. It was great and refreshing to see a dog in a different more authoritative role.
Tex Avery does a wonderful job directing, with his unique, unlike-any-other visual and characteristic and incredibly distinctive wacky humour style all over it once again.
Furthermore, 'The Screwy Truant' is once again wonderfully over-the-top, very creative in its violent tone and some of it is hilarious, with enough variety to stop it from being repetitious. The box and the Little Red Riding Hood characters getting lost gags are particularly strong.
It's beautifully and brilliantly animated as usual. The character designs are unique, Avery always did have creative character designs, and suitably fluid. The music, courtesy of Scott Bradley, is lushly and cleverly orchestrated, with lively and energetic rhythms and fits very well indeed.
Voice acting is very good.
Overall, absolutely wonderful and my favourite of the overall truly great and under-appreciated Screwy Squirrel series. 10/10 Bethany Cox
Also have much admiration for Tex Avery, an animation genius whose best cartoons are animated masterpieces and some of the best he ever did. Of the five Screwy Squirrel cartoons, it's 'The Screwy Truant' that's my favourite despite loving the previous three cartoons almost as equally. After 'Big-Wheel-Watha', which is the most tame of the Screwy cartoons but still manages to be great, 'The Screwy Truant' is back to being very violent. It's perhaps the most violent Screwy cartoon, and pretty relentless at it, but not in a way that's sadistic or stomach-churning.
Despite being a compelling, much more anarchic than his sweet appearance and funny character, as well as being charismatic enough to carry his cartoons as a lead character (as he does here), it is somewhat easy to see why Screwy didn't click and didn't last long, being a brash character with few sympathetic qualities. As one can guess, while one can see why others find him annoying, he's never been a problem with me. It was great and refreshing to see a dog in a different more authoritative role.
Tex Avery does a wonderful job directing, with his unique, unlike-any-other visual and characteristic and incredibly distinctive wacky humour style all over it once again.
Furthermore, 'The Screwy Truant' is once again wonderfully over-the-top, very creative in its violent tone and some of it is hilarious, with enough variety to stop it from being repetitious. The box and the Little Red Riding Hood characters getting lost gags are particularly strong.
It's beautifully and brilliantly animated as usual. The character designs are unique, Avery always did have creative character designs, and suitably fluid. The music, courtesy of Scott Bradley, is lushly and cleverly orchestrated, with lively and energetic rhythms and fits very well indeed.
Voice acting is very good.
Overall, absolutely wonderful and my favourite of the overall truly great and under-appreciated Screwy Squirrel series. 10/10 Bethany Cox
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- Sep 8, 2017
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- Runtime7 minutes
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