The Screwy Truant
| The Screwy Truant | |
|---|---|
| Screwy Squirrel series | |
| Directed by | Tex Avery |
| Produced by |
Fred Quimby Joseph Barbera (uncredited) |
| Story by | Heck Allen |
| Voices by |
Wally Maher (uncredited) Tex Avery (uncredited) Billy Bletcher (uncredited) William Hanna (uncredited) |
| Music by | Scott Bradley |
| Animation by |
Preston Blair Ed Love Ray Abrams |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date(s) | January 13, 1945 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
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.
Cameo
Red Riding Hood and, "Wolfie" (from Swing Shift Cinderella) made a cameo appearance. In the middle of the cartoon the two interrupt 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 was in the wrong animated short. 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.