The Screwy Truant
| The Screwy Truant | |
|---|---|
| Screwy Squirrel series | |
| Directed by | Tex Avery |
| Produced by | Fred Quimby (uncredited) |
| Story by | Heck Allen |
| Voices by |
Wally Maher Dick Nelson Billy Bletcher William Hanna (all uncredited) |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Animation by |
Preston Blair Ed Love Ray Abrams |
| Layouts by | Claude Smith (uncredited) |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | January 13, 1945 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Big Heel-Watha |
| Followed by | Lonesome Lenny |
The Screwy Truant is a 1945 Screwy Squirrel cartoon directed by Tex Avery and released by MGM.
Summary
The cartoon centers around an adolescent version of Screwy Squirrel, who skips school to go fishing, which causes truant officer Meathead Dog to go around attempting to arrest Screwy, with various failures. At the end, Screwy reveals that he wasn't in school because he had measles.
Cameo
Red Riding Hood and "Wolfie" (from Swing Shift Cinderella) make a cameo appearance. In the middle of the cartoon, the two interrupt one of Screwy's antics with the wolf chasing Red across the screen, only for Screwy to interrupt by showing the title of the cartoon, saying he is in the wrong cartoon. Swing Shift Cinderella wasn't released for another seven months, so it can be inferred that the script was being written at the time, and Tex wanted to give a short teaser for it.