Joe Glow, the Firefly
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{{Infobox film
| name = Joe Glow, the Firefly
| image =
| caption = title card
| director = Chuck Jones (as Charles M. Jones)
| producer = Leon Schlesinger
| screenplay = Rich Hogan
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = Mel Blanc (voice)
| music = Carl Stalling
| cinematography =
| editing = Treg Brown
| studio = Leon Schlesinger Studios
| distributor = Warner Bros.
| released = {{Film date|1941|3|8}}
| runtime = 7 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Joe Glow, the Firefly is a 1941 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Chuck Jones.{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=113}} The short was released on March 8, 1941.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/100/mode/2up |pages=100–102}}
Plot
A firefly enters a tent where a man (who is a caricature of Chuck Jones) is sleeping. The firefly slips and slides all over the man's face and then investigates the food in the tent. Having looked everything over, the firefly shouts a single word into the man's ear.
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External links
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- {{IMDb title|id=0033773|title=Joe Glow, the Firefly}}
- {{YouTube|bYIPhse0Xb0|Joe Glow, the Firefly (1941)}}
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Category:1941 animated short films
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