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The Orbiting Human Circus

The Orbiting Human Circus in Naughty Till New Years: Trailer

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

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2019

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

The Orbiting Human Circus in Naughty Till New Years is the perfect place for new listeners to begin. All your favorite Orbiting Human Circus characters return in a brand new adventure, inviting you into the mystery surrounding the lonely young janitor who lives at the Eiffel Tower... and has no idea how he got there. It all starts November 6, 2019. A co-production of WNYC Studios and Night Vale Presents. Starring John Cameron Mitchell, Drew Callander, Susannah Flood, David Barlow, Dan Solomon, and Julian Koster. Written and directed by Julian Koster, and produced by Christy Gressman. For full credits and more information, go to orbitinghumancircus.com.

Transcript

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0:00.0

High above Paris near the very top of the Eiffel Tower lives its janitor whose job it is to clean the tower by night, but...

0:15.0

I have no idea how I came to be at the Eiffel Tower.

0:19.0

He simply found himself here one night, able to recall nothing except for one childhood memory.

0:28.6

He looked at me and he said, tonight I'm going to attempt a stunt and he whispered in my ear and he told me I'm going to hypnotize all Paris.

0:41.0

And then there's this.

0:44.0

The janitor has never left the tower.

0:47.0

Be fine.

0:48.0

Go to have a cigarette.

0:50.0

Thank you.

0:52.0

That was the only two people who have ever seen the janitor.

0:56.3

It was his boss, Mr. Chenard, speaking to the Tower's 90-year-old Night Watchman,

1:01.3

Coco, and Coco might be the only one who can save the janitor.

1:07.6

The janitor had told Coco a story about a ballroom he said was at the top of the Eiffel Tower and a strange show that goes on inside of it.

1:18.0

Now there is no ballroom, yet when the janitor tells of it,

1:22.0

Coco can really picture it.

1:25.0

Uh-huh, hmm, really?

1:27.0

Yeah.

1:28.0

He tells of crew chief Latisha who runs that show.

1:31.0

Lift with your life.

1:33.0

Here she's carrying a giant backdrop with stage hand Jacques.

1:37.0

Because my mother, she always tell me if I get lost I should look for the iPhone tower and know exactly where I am.

1:43.0

Hey, mine too.

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