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3	''Time Piece'' is an Oscar-nominated 1965 [[ShortFilm short film]] directed by and starring Creator/JimHenson. The short has no discernible plot; the underlying theme of the film is a hapless everyman's adversarial relationship with time.
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6	!!This film provides examples of:
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8	* [[ArcWords Arc Word]]: The only word spoken during the short's eight-minute run is Jim's whimpered ''"Help!"'', which appears a total of four times.
9	* AudibleBlink: Jim's frequent blinks are accompanied by the sound of a camera shutter.
10	* TheCameo: Three of Henson's [[Franchise/TheMuppets usual]] [[ProductionPosse cohorts]] make brief appearances: Creator/FrankOz (as an office worker), writer and one-time performer Jerry Juhl (a bartender) and puppet designer Don Sahlin (the guy who gets a PieInTheFace).
11	* MickeyMousing: The basic structural frame of the entire film. The film is scored for percussion and everything is synchronized to the same steady rhythm -- an impressive feat for Jim, since he had to do multiple takes walking (or running) at the exact same speed and length of stride.
12	* MrFanservice: Jim himself is shirtless for part of the film, wearing only his Tarzan shorts.
13	* PieInTheFace: A nightclub comic (Don Sahlin) is smacked in the face with a pie.
14	* TheRunnerUpTakesItAll: RealLife example. This movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short Film, but lost to Claude Berri's ''Le Poulet'' -- which is only remembered nowadays as The Short That Took Jim Henson's Oscar.
15	* SomethingElseAlsoRises: A striptease scene is interrupted by a banana and a champagne cork popping off the bottle.
16	* SurrealMusicVideo: It isn't a true music video per se, but it certainly fits this trope thanks to [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext an exploding alarm clock, a man painting an elephant pink, a rubber stamp reading "DAMN!", and a man in a gorilla suit on a pogo stick]], among too many other elements to possibly list.
17	* ToplessnessFromTheBack: A short montage shows several women unhooking their bras from behind.

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