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Release date. January 13, 1945. ( 1945-01-13) [1] Running time. 7 minutes. Language. English. The Screwy Truant is a 1945 Screwy Squirrel cartoon directed by Tex Avery and released by MGM.
- Tex Avery
- Fred Quimby (uncredited)
Create New. "The Screwy Truant" is one of the early Tex Avery MGM Cartoons, released in 1945. The short follows Screwy Squirrel skipping school to go fishing, only to have Meathead, playing the role of a truant officer, hot on his tail and wants to know why he skipped in the first place, and Screwy tries every trick in the book to outmaneuver him.
Tex Avery Screwball Classics. Tex Avery Screwball Classics is a series of single-disc Blu-ray and DVD sets by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 's Warner Archive unit collecting various theatrical cartoons from animation director Tex Avery during his tenure at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio's cartoon division between the years of 1942 and 1955.
- Scott Bradley
- Heck Allen, Rich Hogan
Oct 9, 2021 · The Screwy Truant (1945) (RESTORED) by Tex Avery. Topics Screwy Squirrel. This is the restored print of the 1945 Tex Avery cartoon "The Screwy Truant"
The Screwy Truant is a 1945 Screwy Squirrel cartoon directed by Tex Avery and released by MGM.
The Screwy Truant is a 1945 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animated short directed by Tex Avery for MGM. Screwy Squirrel ditches school to go fishing. Truant Officer Meathead attempts to catch him. Wally Maher - Screwy Squirrel Pinto Colvig - Meathead Pat McGeehan - Wolf Sara Berner - Little Red Riding Hood Screwy's goofball laughter is reused from the rabbit's in The Boy and the Wolf.
Popular reviews. I cannot overstate how funny it is to me every time these Screwy Squirrel shorts open with a painting of Screwy Squirrel's big smiling face. You can practically hear the audiences screaming and rushing for the exits while I look on through a window from eighty years in the future, cackling and wearing a black shirt marked ...
