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Screwy Squirrel (also known as Screwball Squirrel) is an animated cartoon character, an anthropomorphic squirrel created by Tex Avery for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.. Among some of the more outrageous cartoon characters, Screwy's feats include pulling objects out of thin air, doubling himself, and breaking the fourth wall, all the while uttering a characteristic cackling laugh.
The Screwy Truant was released on LaserDisc by MGM Home Entertainment as part of All This and Tex Avery Too! in 1992 [5] and The Compleat Tex Avery in 1993. [6] [7] It was released on Blu-ray by Warner Archive Collection as part of Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1 on February 18, 2020.
Maher provided the voice of Tex Avery's cartoon character Screwy Squirrel for five shorts produced at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Screwball Squirrel, Happy-Go-Nutty, Big Heel-Watha (all 1944), The Screwy Truant (1945), and Lonesome Lenny (1946). He also voiced the Jimmy Durante-sounding turkey in Jerky Turkey (1945).
Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1 was released on Blu-ray on February 18, 2020, and on DVD on December 1 with 19 shorts. All shorts are presented uncut (with a warning stating that the cartoons shown are products of their time and may contain jokes that, by today's standards, are considered racially insensitive) and digitally restored.
Many recognizable characters were featured in at least one episode such as Bugs Bunny, Popeye, Porky Pig, Tom and Jerry, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, Barney Bear, Spike, George and Junior, and others not so famous such as Goopy Geer and The Captain and the Kids, and also include animated feature films.
Another interesting squirrel fact is that they can fall almost a hundred feet and land unharmed! They fluff out their tail like a parachute which slows their fall and usually allows them to grab ...
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Screwy Squirrel: The Screwy Truant: Tex Avery: 120 • Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 1 DVD and Blu-ray. [49] • Extra on the DVD and Blu-ray of The Clock. [60] February 17, 1945: Barney Bear: The Unwelcome Guest: George Gordon (uncredited) 116 • Final MGM cartoon directed by George Gordon. • Animation by Michael Lah, Ed Barge, and ...