The Screwy Truant (1945)

Wally Maher: Screwy Squirrel

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Quotes 

• Screwy : [In the middle of a scene, a wolf goes by chasing Little Red Riding Hood; Screwy stops him]  Wait a minute, pal. You're in the wrong picture, ain't ya, man?

  [Pulls down main title card] 

  Screwy : See? The Screwy Truant, featuring Screwy Squirrel.

  Wolf : Hmm. One of them corny B-pictures, eh?

  Screwy : Oh, yeah? Listen, you. If you were my size, I'd bust you right in the nose.

  Wolf : Oh, yeah?

  [Wolf shrinks down to Screwy's size; Screwy shrinks even smaller and runs away] 

• [after dispatching the truant officer, Screwy pulls down the end title card] 

  Screwy : Well, that's that. Now that dumb truant officer never will know why I wasn't in school.

  Truant officer : Oh, yeah? Go on, tell me. Why wasn't you in school?

  Screwy : Because...

  [Kisses truant officer] 

  Screwy : I've got measles!

• Truant officer : Duh - gee whiz. He hit me with everything but the kitchen sink.

  Screwy : Well, don't want to disappoint you, chum.

• Truant officer : I got you, didn't I? Why ain't you in school?

  Screwy : Don't worry. I've got a plenty good reason.