A surreal stream of consciousness montage about time and related bizarreness.A surreal stream of consciousness montage about time and related bizarreness.A surreal stream of consciousness montage about time and related bizarreness.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 4 wins & 1 nomination total
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- TriviaJim Henson provides most of the vocalizations (coughs, hiccups, etc), as well as the only spoken lines: four times, he says "Help!".
- Alternate versionsAllthough originally shot in color, most versions circulated are in Black and White. Just as The Cube (1969).
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990)
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Time Piece is a definite far-out early Jim Henson masterpiece
Just saw this early experimental short by the creator of the Muppets, Jim Henson, on YouTube as linked by Amid on Cartoon Brew. It's basically an abstract animated slide show of Henson walking to work, having dinner with his wife, jumping on a pogo (with other people on that at various moments), etc. All done to a constant drumbeat with occasional cries of "Help!" from Henson. There's some adult humor here so I don't recommended this to children. Some of the cuts and montage that I remember from the Muppets' later TV show "Seseme Street" probably came from here. Anyone who thinks of Jim Henson as mainly a children's puppeteer would probably really be blown away with Time Piece. If you liked this, there's a short Henson did with sound man Raymond Scott called Ripples, also on YouTube. Highly recommended!
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- tavm
- Mar 24, 2008
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