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3	''A Chairy Tale'' is a 1957 short film co-directed by [[Creator/NormanMclaren Norman [=McLaren=]]] and Claude Jutra, produced by the Creator/NationalFilmBoardOfCanada.
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5	A man (Jutra) reading a book tries to sit down on a chair. However, the chair does ''not'' want to be sat upon, zipping away every time the man tries to place his butt on its seat. The man goes through an increasingly frantic struggle to force the chair to stay still and let him sit upon it, to no avail. Finally, the man gives up--only for the chair to give him a surprise.
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7	Claude Jutra eventually went on to direct ''Film/MonOncleAntoine'', a landmark of Canadian film history. Maclaren went on to a long career in Canadian animation. None other than Music/RaviShankar provided the musical score for this film.
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9	Compare ''Film/{{Neighbours}}'', another [=McLaren=] film with a similar style.
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14	* AnimateInanimateObject: It soon becomes clear that the chair is sentient, and does not wish to be sat upon.
15	* HappyEnding: Ends with the chyron "And they sat happily ever after."
16	* MediumBlending: Norman Mclaren became famous as an animator who mixed live action with animation, and he does here, with a live-action shoot mixed with StopMotionAnimation as the chair moves around.
17	* MinimalistCast: There's Claude Jutra, and there's the chair.
18	* NowLetMeCarryYou: Finally the man figures out what to do. He squats down in a chair pose and ''lets the chair sit on him''. After that the chair is only too happy to let the man sit on it.
19	* PlayingHardToGet: After the man finally gives up and sits on the floor to read his book, the chair comes back to the man and actually starts nudging him to get his attention.
20	* PunBasedTitle: A "Chairy" Tale, get it?
21	* SilenceIsGolden: Not one word of dialogue in the short.
22	* StopMotion: Mclaren's pioneering "pixilation" effect in which he uses stop motion on live actors.

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