..............................WE RESPECTFULLY AWARD This Perfect 10 Rating !
FROM THE VERY start of this one, it is obvious what is going on. Due to the popularity of Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck at Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, as well as the ascent to the spotlight of Walter Lantz's Woody Woodpecker at Universal, Director "Tex" Avery wanted to present the motion picture viewing public with a wacky, manic character from MGM' Animation.
THAT HE HAD been around the animation industry for some years was ans is a well known fact. He was kept busy from the early 1930's to the 1950's, plying his ani ator's trade split between Leon Schlesinger's/Warner Brothers' studio and at MGM's animation unit. His work,wherever it appears, is unmistakable.
THE IDEA BEHIND a concept that was SCREWY SQUIRREL (as his name ws shortened to) was one of out and out madness and fueling such with rapid fire gags. The personality of Mr. Squirrel was really rather shallow, for he only acted on reacted and reacted to other, poor character who just happened to be in his same film frames. Humor and gags were plentiful in both visual and verbal forms.
IT IS OBVIOUS at the very beginning f this short that Mr. Avery was serving his notice to the World that this was definitely not disney animation, nor was he Uncle Walt ! The opening scene contrasting the highly idealized vision of Nature in contrast with his introduction of the rude, crude screwball character is an obvious example of this.
WE JUST READ that the series at MGM only lasted for 5 entries. This may be an indication that Avery & company perhaps did too good a job of making this character into a pillar of incivility. Even Bugs, ,Daffy and Woody took an occasional breather. A little contrast wouldn't have hurt. (just our opinion)
FROM THE VERY start of this one, it is obvious what is going on. Due to the popularity of Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck at Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, as well as the ascent to the spotlight of Walter Lantz's Woody Woodpecker at Universal, Director "Tex" Avery wanted to present the motion picture viewing public with a wacky, manic character from MGM' Animation.
THAT HE HAD been around the animation industry for some years was ans is a well known fact. He was kept busy from the early 1930's to the 1950's, plying his ani ator's trade split between Leon Schlesinger's/Warner Brothers' studio and at MGM's animation unit. His work,wherever it appears, is unmistakable.
THE IDEA BEHIND a concept that was SCREWY SQUIRREL (as his name ws shortened to) was one of out and out madness and fueling such with rapid fire gags. The personality of Mr. Squirrel was really rather shallow, for he only acted on reacted and reacted to other, poor character who just happened to be in his same film frames. Humor and gags were plentiful in both visual and verbal forms.
IT IS OBVIOUS at the very beginning f this short that Mr. Avery was serving his notice to the World that this was definitely not disney animation, nor was he Uncle Walt ! The opening scene contrasting the highly idealized vision of Nature in contrast with his introduction of the rude, crude screwball character is an obvious example of this.
WE JUST READ that the series at MGM only lasted for 5 entries. This may be an indication that Avery & company perhaps did too good a job of making this character into a pillar of incivility. Even Bugs, ,Daffy and Woody took an occasional breather. A little contrast wouldn't have hurt. (just our opinion)