Naughty Till New Years: Fourthly... How to Disappear (Lesson III of III)

The Orbiting Human Circus

WNYC Studios and Night Vale Presents

Drama, Orbiting, Performing Arts, Comedy Fiction, Paris, Eiffel, Fiction, Arts, Julian, Human, Tower, Circus, Koster

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

If you haven’t disappeared yet, don’t worry — there’s still time! Listen now! Stay tuned for a special holiday episode next week. A co-production of WNYC Studios and Night Vale Presents. Starring Drew Callander, Susannah Flood, David Barlow, Walter Lowery, and Julian Koster. Written and directed by Julian Koster, and produced by Christy Gressman. For full credits and more information, go to orbitinghumancircus.com. Music from the show is released by Merge Records: https://smarturl.it/OrbitingS2songs. Music from the show is released by Merge Records: https://smarturl.it/OrbitingS2songs. In this episode, you heard the song Into the River Thames, which was written by Julian Koster. Gauvain Gamon was the live musical director. It featured Gauvain Gamon on bass, Benjamin Miller on piano, Kolja Gjoni on drums, and North the Singing Saw, who was encouraged to sing by Julian. Look for Into the River Thames soon on your favorite digital music service provider! Become a Friend of the Orbiting Human Circus on Patreon: patreon.com/orbitinghumancircus, check out shirts, pins, and more at topatoco.com/collections/orbiting-human-circus, and follow us on Instagram @orbitinghumancircus or Twitter @orbitinghuman.

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0:00.0	You are listening to How to Disappear Lesson 3,
0:03.0	the concluding act of last week's episode
0:05.2	How to Disappear Lessons 1 and 2.
0:10.0	A co-presentation of WNY studios and Night Fail presents.
0:15.6	You are listening to be here. High above Paris near the top of the Eiffel Tower, the janitor is asleep in his cot. He dreams of singing
0:45.7	saws. Ham saws, just like those hanging across from him on the wall of his janitor's closet.
0:54.0	It is a pleasant dream which is quickly erupted by a knock. Hello?
1:07.0	Hello?
1:09.0	Hi.
1:10.0	It's Coco.
1:12.0	I'm not decent. Did I just hear him say he's not decent? Well, how can one speed from solitude to small talk when hiding under the covers is an option?
1:26.4	And so the janitor curls into a ball and cocoa leaves.
1:31.8	But cocoa comes back the next night and the next night.
1:37.0	And at last the janitor opens his door to him.
1:43.0	You notice there's nothing to hear. The janitor is looking at Coco with an expression of such
1:55.5	social terror. It's paralyzed the old man. The janitor turns red and closes the door in the old man's face.
2:05.0	Not at all what he intended to do.
2:08.0	But Coco came back the next night.
2:13.0	I...
2:15.0	And that was as far as they got...
2:17.0	Then.
2:20.0	At least it's all Coco remembers.
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