Lonesome Lenny
A zany, high-energy cartoon parody that mines comedy from the friendship between a manic squirrel and a gentle, dim-witted dog, trading Steinbeck's tragedy for slapstick warmth.
Screwy Squirrel becomes the playmate of Lenny, a lonesome, dopey, but strong dog, in this broad parody of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men".
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