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Joe Glow, the Firefly

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Joe Glow, the Firefly
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Directed byCharles M. Jones
Story byRich Hogan
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
StarringMel Blanc (voice)
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byPhillip Monroe
Color processBlack-and-white
Production
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Release date
  • March 8, 1941 (1941-03-08)
Running time
7 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Joe Glow, the Firefly is a 1941 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Chuck Jones.[1] The short was released on March 8, 1941.[2]

Plot

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Full short in unrestored form

A fly with a lantern named Joe Glow enters a tent where a man (who is a caricature of Chuck Jones) is sleeping. Joe slips and slides all over the man's face and then investigates the food in the tent. Having looked everything over, Joe shouts "GOOD NIGHT!" into the man's ear.

Home media

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The short is available on disc 1 of the Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 3 Blu-ray set.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 113. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 100–102. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. "Looney Tunes Collector's Vault: Volume 3 Blu-ray". Blu-Ray.com. July 9, 2026. Retrieved July 16, 2026.
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