Screwy Squirrel on Head". When he finishes, the dog remarks, "Gee whiz! He hit me with !" Screwy responds with, "Well, don't want to disappoint you, chum," then pulls out that very item and bashes him over the head with it. The final cartoon in the series, "Lonesome Lenny", a broad parody of the characters of George and Lenny from the John Steinbeck novel "Of Mice and Men", ended with a joking reference to indicate that Screwy had been "crushed" to death by his antagonist, who commented "You know, I had a little friend once, but he don't move no more." Both
John Steinbeck in his best books, watered down by tenth-rate philosophising", noting that "[T]he international character of the award and the weight attached to it raise questions about the mechanics of selection and how close the Nobel committee is to the main currents of American writing. ... [W]e think it interesting that the laurel was not awarded to a writer ... whose significance, influence and sheer body of work had already made a more profound impression on the literature of our age". Steinbeck, when asked on the day of the announcement if he deserved the Nobel, replied: "Frankly, no." Biographer Jackson Benson