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The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air): Season One, Episode 2 (The Cricket)

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4.828.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2016

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Hear Mandy Patinkin perform an extraordinary musicological demonstration and a cricket (Tim Robbins) spin the spellbinding tale of Ladislas Koskovsky. Plus, learn the remarkable history of Julian the janitor's famous great-grandfather.

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In November 2016, the janitor will be cleaning a venue near you! Upcoming tour dates: www.orbitinghumancircus.com

Featuring John Cameron Mitchell as Mr. Cameron, Julian Koster as the Janitor, and Drew Callander as the Narrator, with Tim Robbins as the Cricket and Mandy Patinkin as Cantor Moishe Lebowitz.

Written and created by Julian Koster. Co-directed by and developed with Ellie Heyman. Produced by Christy Gressman. Featuring musical composition and arrangement by Thomas Hughes and music by The Music Tapes.

Full credits: www.orbitinghumancircus.com

Part of the Night Vale Presents network: www.nightvalepresents.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, Geoffrey Granger here. This is Episode 2 of the 8 episode debut season of the orbiting

0:04.7

human circus of the air. You're receiving this recording on the Welcome to Nightville

0:08.4

Feed because orbiting human circus is the latest podcast from Nightville Presents, but

0:12.6

after Episode 3, that's it. If you want to hear the entire first season of orbiting

0:16.2

human circus, go subscribe to them on iTunes or wherever it is you get your podcasts.

0:21.1

And hey, enjoy the show.

0:25.1

As Night begins to fall on Paris. Backstage at the broadcast ballroom, busy preparations

0:32.6

for this evening's broadcast of the orbiting human circus of the air begin.

0:38.1

But before we listen, there's one thing I think you ought to know. You'll remember, last

0:43.4

week, seeking forgiveness, the janitor's snuck backstage to clean, host John Cameron's

0:48.9

dressing room as the last song of the evening played. And that music, and this is

0:55.0

what I really wanted to tell you, was performed by the orbiting human circus orchestral, a rare

1:02.2

African bird that can mimic all 47 instruments of the orchestra at once. The orchestral is

1:10.8

something of a Parisian bigfoot, believed only to land where orchestras are rehearsing.

1:16.8

Many people claim to have seen them, but one has never been filmed or recorded. Yet,

1:23.7

their one was, perched in its cage on the stage in full view of the entire studio audience,

1:31.4

beautifully mimicking a walls. With no visible strings or wires, even the stage hands don't

1:39.2

know how it's done. And it's that way with all the acts.

1:45.8

With that thought we take you back to last week in host John Cameron's dressing room,

1:51.2

where the janitor cleans with greater enthusiasm until...

1:55.6

Look out!

1:56.7

In his exuberance, the janitor accidentally knocks a small crate marked for Mr. Cameron's

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