Joe Glow the Firefly (1941)

[resculptit]

It was the best of times - It was the worse of times. 1941 - Chuck Jones was creating fantastic illusions by way of cartoons while Hitler was destroying Europe and it's people.

[poopmaster13]

Not all cartoons have to be funny. A lot of Disney classics weren't really humorous at all, but they were still beautiful art and animation, still cool.

[MatthewtheY]

I actually like this cartoon in spite of everything. Yes, it's not funny but it has a certain charm to itself and it actually does the whole "small, cute character exploring world as he sees it" bit that Disney did better than Disney itself. This and "Good Night Elmer", while not recommended for those who watch WB cartoons for laughs, are shorts I can enjoy if I want to watch something just to appreciate fine animation.

But I still like Jones' genuine "classics" far more than this.... ;-)

[VicTheMouth]

The person who disliked this is the guy Joe yelled goodnight to

[Pikachuiscool]

*bzzzzzzzz*

...

GOOD NIGHT!!!

[qr11k]

An early version of the fast paced "Merry Go Round Breakdown" in the first 10

seconds. Maybe it got redone later.

[Mariowiz1]

Porky's snout looks different and creepy. mostly creepy...

[EspioArtwork]

Another Porky Pig Ripping Himself out of the Drum

[DirOfTheObv]

TEST

[vmoldbean]

A similar version of "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" can be heard at the beginning of Warner's "Breakdowns of 1941".

[SIMPFANN]

Does anyone know the name of the classical piece playing from 2:27-57 and 5:13-35? I've been trying to figure it out for a long time now!

[vmoldbean]

This piece is the "March of the Fairies" from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" op. 61 by Felix Mendelssohn.

[SIMPFANN]

Thanks!

[westinghouse]

One of my favorites!!!

[SuperCartoon]

I Have this on my "Scrap Happy Daffy" DVD

[fromthesidelines]

Originally released in March 1941, with an "experimental" version of the "Looney Tunes" theme. This "public domain" print is a 1955 Guild Films TV print- after they bought the pre-1944 black & white "Looney Tunes" library, they refilmed the main title cards to eliminate the Warner Bros. logos (using a montage of Porky and other "funny animals", and a "Sunset Productions" copyright at the beginning, and a Guild Films credit at the end). The end title here is an earlier one used in 1939-'40.

[Kartoonkid95]

Yeah! This has the wrong Porky drum ending! Guild Films also used the original drum ending instead of the standard one (the logo is partially zoomed in to eliminate the WB notice on the bottom).

[lemonsters2008]

where's the very beginning???????

[cha5]

I've never seen this one,

Thank you so much for uploading it

I'm really getting into early Chuck Jones animation.

Does anyone know what the first cartoon was that he worked on?

[looneywoman]

I believe Jones's debut as a director was "The Night Watchman" in 1939, which is available now on Volume Four of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection. Prior to that, I believe his Warner start was as an animator alongside Bob Clampett for director Tex Avery.

[cha5]

Thanks for the information,

I've started collecting those

Looney Tunes Golden Collections and Volume Four is next on my list.

[looneywoman]

Cool; hopefully you'll enjoy it! ;) The original shield titles with the green/yellow rings have been restored to "Night Watchman," btw, so it's not the Blue Ribbon version. :) :) :)

[segasonic623]

interesting cartoon... no... wait, where is the wb shield title card? and the ending card to the cartoon came from 1937-39, not 1940-1942!

[BadBooking]

I think this came off of one of those "Cartoon Craze" DVD's I believe. I haven't seen that print, but since this is the only version I've seen, thats what I guess.

[HomeoftheGoodGuys]

@BadBooking This one is from the 12-DVD set called "Giant 600 Cartoon Collection" from Mill Creek. This is also the only WB cartoon included in the set except the opening and closing titles are completely cut off.

[jungleshots]

freeplay for the music! no dialogues.