This movie is the logical end point of all those Bugs Bunny cartoons that Tex Avery had worked on at Leon Schlesinger's cartoon factory: the innocent prey turns on the predator, pulling whatever he needs from just outside the frame, and follows it up with a continuing series of ever more absurd gags.
That last part is the essence of Tex Avery shorts, of course. There's never any real plot in the best of his cartoons, just an ascending series of gags, like KING-SIZED CANARY, that ends when they have enough film to ship out to the theaters. Neither does he believe in the little guy being oppressed; Screwy Squirrel starts the proceedings by breaking out of the nuthouse and attacking Meathead. Motive, story, what did it matter? It's funny, isn't it?
That last part is the essence of Tex Avery shorts, of course. There's never any real plot in the best of his cartoons, just an ascending series of gags, like KING-SIZED CANARY, that ends when they have enough film to ship out to the theaters. Neither does he believe in the little guy being oppressed; Screwy Squirrel starts the proceedings by breaking out of the nuthouse and attacking Meathead. Motive, story, what did it matter? It's funny, isn't it?