Meatless Flyday (1944)
- Directed by
- Friz Freleng
- Genre
- animation, comedy
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 6 min
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A hungry spider tries to catch a fly for dinner. The fly outsmarts the spider in a series of comedic chases.
slapstickfast-pacedplayfulwhimsicalsillylightheartedcartoonish
What happens
Meatless Flyday is a 1944 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on January 29, 1944. The title is a pun on meatless Friday, a reference to the traditional Roman Catholic practice of abstinence from meat on Fridays. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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